What

Self-directed

When

Terms 1 to 4, Monday to Friday

Duration

30 minutes

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Curriculum links & Accessibility

Year level

Years 9 to 10

Maximum student numbers

Maximum 30 students

Cost

$7 per student + education service fee

Booking information

Bookings 13 11 02

School visit information

Listen to the voices of First Peoples to gain a better understanding of the continuing struggle for rights and freedoms.

Students will experience

• Enter Bunjil’s nest to experience the creation story as told by the Kulin community
• Journey through 2000 generations of farming, trade, Ceremony, and creativity
• Listen to First Peoples voices
• Understand the impact of colonisation and early encounters on south-eastern First Peoples
• Discuss the stories of servicemen and civil rights activists

Students will learn

• The diversity of First Peoples in Australia
• How Galbaling Ngarruk (greenstone) was traded throughout Australia
• Stories and Lore from south-eastern First Peoples
• Our shared history and Naarm’s (Melbourne) false treaty
• The role government policy has played in the dispossession of Indigenous children
• The injustices First Peoples soldiers and their family members faced upon their return from service

Students will be provided

• Students will be provided with a trail booklet to guide them through the exhibition. It can also be used upon returning to school to reflect on the experience and extend their learning.
• Teachers should follow the trail on the map included in the booklet.

Students will need

• Before visiting Bunjilaka, students should watch the Bunjilaka Introduction video
• Teachers may want to watch the videos on the Bunjilaka website, in particularly Boorun’s Canoe and Representing diversity - Videos - Bunjilaka (museumsvictoria.com.au)
• Students will require pencils to write or draw in their booklets (pens are not permitted within the exhibit)

Other key information

• Visit the Bunjilaka First Peoples page to learn more about the exhibit. Students with additional needs can view the Bunjilaka virtual tour before visiting to familiarise themselves with the space.

Victorian Curriculum links

Geography: level 9 to 10

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ approaches to custodial responsibility and environmental management
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History: level 9 to 10

The continuing efforts to create change in the civil rights and freedoms in Australia, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, migrants and women
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’, local-born colonists’ and migrants’ experiences and perspectives of continuity and change between 1750 and 1914
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The reasons that Australians, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, fought in the world wars
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The experiences and perspectives of those who fought or were deployed overseas, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and women
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Significant consequences of the world wars on Australian society and the experiences and historical perspectives of those on the home front, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and women
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ experiences and perspectives of colonisation and resistance between 1788 and 1938
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The significant events, developments, campaigns and movements for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ rights and freedoms
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The experiences and perspectives of significant individuals and groups that contributed to or denied Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ rights and freedoms
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The rights and freedoms Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have secured since 1938
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Intercultural capability: level 9 to 10

How diverse cultures, including their own, influence one another in a range of contexts and how this impacts identity and a sense of belonging and inclusion
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross curriculum priorities:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities of Australia maintain a deep connection to, and responsibility for, Country and Place and have holistic values and belief systems that are connected to the land, sea, sky and waterways.
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The occupation and colonisation of the land now known as Australia by the British, under the now overturned doctrine of terra nullius, were experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as an invasion that denied their occupancy of, and connection to, Country and Place.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples are the Traditional Owners of Country and Place, protected in Australian law by the Native Title Act 1993, which recognises pre-existing sovereignty, continuing systems of law and customs, and connection to Country and Place.
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