Communication of Aboriginal people who speak English as their first main language. Includes overview of Aboriginal ways of speaking English and the implications for both education and the law. Discusses the term 'Aboriginal English'.Glossaryaboriginal english, sociolinguistics

Part of original kit produced by a Primary and Senior Secondary School in Western Australia dealing with communication, language and Aboriginal History. Video 1. Moving Into Other Worlds Video 2. Two Way Learning and Two Kinds of Power Video 3. Now You See It, Now You Don?t Video 4. A Shared World of Communicationb&w illustrations, colour illustrations, b&w photographs, colour photographs, DVDaboriginal education, aboriginal english, cultural awareness, school curriculum, language and literacy, bilingualism, two way learning

Some ecological bases for Australian tribal boundaries /? Norman B. Tindale Man and ecology in the highlands of southeastern Australia : a case study /? Josephine Flood The natural and cultural areas of Aboriginal Australia : a preliminary analysis of population groupings with adaptive significance /? Nicolas Peterson 'The chain of connection' : the material evidence /? D.J. Mulvaney Realities and transformations : the tribes of the Western Desert of Australia /? Joseph B. Birdsell Structure, event and ecology in Aboriginal Australia : a comparative viewpoint /? Aram A. Yengoyan Territoriality and the problem of demarcating sociocultural space /? Ronald M. Berndt Communication and change in mythology /? Kenneth Maddock Levels of organisation and communication in Aboriginal Australia /? D.H. Turner Boundaries and kinship systems in Aboriginal Australia /? F.G.G. Rose Tribes, languages and other boundaries in northeast Queensland /? R.M.W. Dixon Aboriginal language distribution in the Northern Territory /? E.P. Milliken.maps, b&w photographs, diagramsecology, environment, sociology, kinship systems, language distribution

These Message Sticks acknowledge the return of Dja Dja Wurrung Cultural material held by the Burke Museum. The Burke Museum is the current custodian of a significant collection of First Peoples’ cultural material from across South-Eastern Australia. These objects were sold to the Museum by Reynold Everly Johns in 1868. We recognise the harm caused by dispossession of cultural material, and by any inappropriate display and interpretation of this collection over the past 150 years. The Burke Museum is continuing to build relationships and collaborate with traditional owners, Aboriginal communities and the museum sector to ensure culturally appropriate outcomes for the collection, including repatriation of objects to communities of origin. Message sticks are a form of communication between Aboriginal nations, clans and language groups even within clans. Traditional message sticks were made and crafted from wood and were generally small and easy to carry (between 10 and 20 cm). They were carved, incised and painted with symbols and decorative designs conveying messages and information. Some were prepared hastily, like you might create a note left on a friend’s desk or a quick text message; others were prepared with more time to make the markings neat and ornate. There were always marks that were distinctive to the particular group or nation sending the message and often marks identifying the relationship of the carrier to their group. This way it could be identified and authenticated by neighboring groups and by translators when the message stick was taken long distances. Two solid cylindrical shaped pieces of wood bound together with black, red and yellow string. Each stick has etchings with angular lines and dots. dja dja wurrung, message sticks, burke museum, beechworth, beechworth museum, repatriation, reynold everly johns

Pt 1 History and contexts: 1. Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health: an overview 2. A history of psychology in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health 3. The social, cultural and historical context of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians 4. The policy context of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health Pt 2 Issues of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing: 5. Mental illness in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 6. Social determinants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and emotional wellbeing 7. Preventing suicide among Indigenous Australians 8. Anxiety and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people 9. Substance misuse and mental health among Aboriginal Australians 10. Trauma, transgenerational transfer and effects on community wellbeing 11. Indigenous family violence: pathways forward Pt 3 Mental health practice: 12. Working as a culturally competent mental health practitioner 13. Communication and engagement: urban diversity 14. Issues in mental health assessment with Indigenous Australians 15. Reviewing psychiatric assessment in remote Aboriginal communities 16. Promoting perinatal mental health wellness in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities Pt 4 Working with specific groups: models, programs and services: 17. Ngarlu: a cultural and spiritual strengthening model 18. Principled engagement: Gelganyem youth and community well being program 19. Dealing with loss, grief and trauma: seven phases to healing 20. The Marumali program: an Aboriginal model of healing 21. Mental health programs and services.colour photographs, tablesmental health

"The relation of Aboriginality to English has important implications for communication between Aborigines and other Australians, and especially for the education of Aboriginal and other Australian children within a context of reconciliation." Executive summary "The relationship between Aboriginal English and Australian English requires an appropriate educational response, and the report concludes by providing the rationale for two way bidialectal education which is the best way in which Aboriginality and English may thrive together within a schooling which will relate meaningfully to a life experience in which both English dialects have an important place". Executive summaryword lists, tableslinguistics, education, reconciliation, sociolinguistics

bilingual education, two way education

Chapters: Language & Communication; Historical Perspective: Learning; Language use in Multilingual Malaysia; Language Impairment; Descriptions of Linguistic Categories; Effects of Language Impairment; Strategies to enhance Early Communication Skills; Teaching your Child; Suggested Activities that can promote Language Development; Frequently Asked QuestionsB&w illustrationslanguage and learning, language impairment, sociolinguistics