Anonymous 1128
This submission discusses the impacts of colonisation on First Peoples, their limited education on this history, and suggests historians and First Nations advisers creating educational resources to inform students of the past, and it's consequences.
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I know something about the Henty brothers, John Batman, and attacks on First Nations peoples. The immediate impact was illness, displacement, and loss of livelihood. Later First Nations were forced into certain areas, made to work, and treated like criminals, and deprived of their traditional culture.
I learned a little about the violent history in Year 9, in 1972. However, I have learned nothing about stories, rituals, daily life, skills, or language.
Our state needs to facilitate teams of historians and First Nations advisers to produce text books and learning kits for both primary and secondary students (perhaps Years 4 and 9) to inform them of the past, and its consequences. By the age of 14, all Australians should be aware of the reason for the 1967 referendum. Between Years 10 and 12, students should read the autobiographies of Charles Perkins, and Sally Morgan.
Non-First Nations people should be prepared to listen, and learn on an ongoing basis. They should attend rallies calling for a treaty.
Non-First Nations people should be prepared to listen, and learn on an ongoing basis. They should attend rallies calling for a treaty.
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