Key Terms
This term refers to the original inhabitants of Australia.
Who are First Nations people?
Aboriginal culture has been living for this many years.
What is the culture which has been living for 65,000 years?
Understanding the time, place and culture a story is set in is knowing its _____.
What is context?
This refers to the Aboriginal understanding of the world, of it's creation and it's stories.
What is the Dreamtime?
This film focuses on two young Aboriginal boys who go on a walkabout to save their home from being industrialised.
What is 'Satellite Boy'?
This words means to have the power or a platform to express your opinions, emotions and perspectives.
What is voice?
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages are known as this because they are passed down by speaking, not writing.
What are oral languages?
What is inauthenticity/inauthentic representation?
A painting that uses symbols to share stories and knowledge.
What is dot painting?
This TV show is about teenagers navigating their relationships in an Australian high school. It features two First Nations characters; Missy and Malakai.
What is 'Heartbreak High'?
This term describes writing that reflects real, lived experiences respectfully.
What is authenticity?
Before European settlement, there were this many Aboriginal language groups, with other 800 dialects across 500 nations.
What culture had 250 language groups?
This Aboriginal woman did a TED Talk on her experiences with racism.
Who is Cally Jetta?
This animal is often seen as a totem of creation in Aboriginal stories.
What is the Rainbow Serpent?
This Quandamooka woman wrote famous poems such as 'Municipal Gum', 'Ballad of the Totems' and 'Son of Mine'.
Who is Oodgeroo Noonuccal?
This is when a writer uses characters or culture just for "diversity points" without depth.
What is tokenism?
The Torres Strait Islanders live in the waters between Cape York in Queensland and this country.
What is Papua New Guinea?
This man's representation of an Indigenous Australian character was controversial because of her inauthentic and stereotypical representation.
Who is Jamie Oliver?
This word refers to an animal, plant, or natural feature that represents a person's family or identity.
What is a totem?
This Kuku Yalanji woman is a singer whose music is primarily R&B and pop. One of her well-known songs is called 'Never Be the Same'.
Who is Jessica Mauboy?
This word means the lens through which a person experiences and tells a story.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have experienced this as a result of colonisation, which limited their voices and led to cultural disconnection.
What is segregation and systemic inequality?
Writing this is co-created with or guided by Indigenous Australian voices shows this.
What is authority/consultation?
This word describes the traditional method of telling history through dance, song, and performance.
What is a corroboree?
This film is inspired by a true story and follows four Yorta Yorta women who form a musical group. They are named after a gemstone.
What is 'The Sapphires'?