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[|National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Website] A portal to 2,000 internet resources indexed by 800 keywords related to Aboriginal culture, history and education [|Terra nullius - Wikipedia] [|Native title and Terra nullius] [|European Network for Indigenous Australian Rights:News - Issues index] Includes links to human rights, law & justice, native title, social justice, repatriation, stolen generations, stolen wages [|Indigenous issues] Edna Online Resources links to various resources on indigenous issues. Includes Government policy, Rudd's apology speech, native title, education. [|Aboriginal Australians] State Library of Victoria's "Hot Topics" site yields a variety of links. [|Aboriginal health issues] Better Health Channel lists various Aboriginal health issues by age group [|Aboriginal issues today] Pearson Education resource site with links to web resources [|Aboriginal family issues] Article reprinted from "Family Matters" journal which discusses effects of child removal (government policy) and racism [|Agreements, Treaties and Negotiated Settlements Project] A database of various treaties. Treaties can be found by location. [|ABS - Indigenous Statistical Releases] Australian Bureau of Statistics link to various statistics and reports related to indigenous population [|Barani Indigenous History of Sydney City] This site has information about European first contact with indigenous peoples. The theme link "Government Policy" has information about assimilation and other policies relating to the indigenous population [|Indigenous Rights in Victoria] State Library of Victoria's online links to Reconciliation and the effect of European settlement on Victorian indigenous communities

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[|Video of Rudd's Apology to the Stolen Generations] Video of Prime Minister Rudd's apology. Duration just over 4 minutes

Picture Australia database of National Library of Australia gives access to images from many collections throughout Australasia. Picture trails show a variety of images relating to broad themes. [|Indigenous Art] [|Indigenous Dance]


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 * Aboriginal Studies
 * “Indigenous health in Australia” (2003) 25 mins - This program aims to provide an overview of Aboriginal health and provides some reasons why significant differences exist within Australia in terms of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal health.
 * “Indigenous organizations today” (1999) 21 mins - This video studies several Aboriginal organisations in the areas of politics, health, law and education.
 * “Mandatory sentencing – the issues” (2000) 19mins - This program examines the background to mandatory sentencing, the views of a range of concerned parties and 2 major case studies of imprisonment.
 * “Out of sight, out of mind” (2003) 18mins - This program examines the current state of Indigenous psychological and physical health in Australia. Some relevant reports are cited and their findings discussed.
 * “Talking Native Title and reconciliation” (1998) 25mins - Issues concerning Reconciliation are discussed at two Sydney conferences in 1997. Speakers include Noel Pearson, Lois O'Donaghue and Henry Reynolds.
 * “The Aboriginal civil rights movement” (1999) 28mins - This program highlights the loss of rights and paternalism, the tent embassy, black power, increasing sophistication and the reaction of authorities.
 * “Treaty – understanding the issues” (2001) 21mins - The program looks at the nature of treaties, the movement for a treaty since the 1980s, overseas experience, and the case for and against a treaty in Australia today.
 * “White Australia has a black history” (1999) 30 mins - The coming of the Europeans, wars, massacres, disease and dispossession, missions, reserves, racism, population decline, stolen children, political activism, land rights, native title and culture.