Title Indigenous Australians / Terry Hastings

Published South Yarra, Victoria : Macmillan Education Australia Pty. Ltd., 2006

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS CRC	305.89915 Has/Iau		AVAILABLE
MELB CRC	305.89915 Has/Iau		AVAILABLE
W'BOOL CRC	305.89915 Has/Iau		AVAILABLE

Description 32 pages : color illustrations, maps., portraits ; 29 cm Series Civic issues Civic issues Summary Indigenous Australians are a civic issue. Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders are the Indigenous people of Australia and have lived by hunting animals and gathering plants for thousands of years. When the settlers came to Australia in 1788 life for the Indigenous Australians changed, their land was taken so they lost their sources of food and contact with their sacred areas. indigenous Australian were urged to assimilate and often forced to live on reserves. Indigenous people today still continue their struggles for justice and equality Notes Includes index Audience For upper primary aged children Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Juvenile literature. Citizenship -- Juvenile literature. ISBN 073299800X hardback

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