Opening Ceremony
Parliament House
Opening by Hon John Wessel Elferink MLA
Welcome to Country
'One Mob Different Country'The One Mob Different Country is a program that has been operating out of the Darwin Correctional Centre (DCC) for approximately 12 years.
The program allows low-security Indigenous prisoners who have demonstrated good behaviour to take part in performing traditional aboriginal dances at events for community, government and not for profit organisations. The dancers have been given permission from the Elders of the Beswick and Barunga communities to perform certain dances and songs from that region.
Fantastic Initiative - providing an opportunity for rehabilitation or criminal offenders promoting them to take responsibility for themselves and to re-connect with community.
Keynote 1
Keynote 2
Living history: The story of the walk off at Wave Hill
Brian Manning, Ted Egan and Maurie Japarta Ryan tell the story of the Gurindjiwalking off Wave Hill Station. This piece of Australian history is presented through
words and song!
Brian supported the Gurindji people when in 1966, they walked off Wave Hill
Station to protest against their comparative pay and working conditions. Brian
drove his small truck hundreds of miles along dirt tracks loaded with food and fuel,
to and from the Gurindji people while they were on strike. This presentation provides
a first-hand account of the politics of the ‘Walk off at Wave Hill’, an important
historical event in the Northern Territory. The Wave Hill story also holds a significant
place in Australia’s history of struggles for equal work for equal pay, and has become
known as a precursor to Prime Minister Gough Whitlam acknowledging the Gurindji
land rights.
reflections about issues such as ‘whose history’?
Ted Egan,
Ted describes himself as an old bushy who lives in Alice Springs. Since he leftMelbourne at age 16, he has been fascinated by Australian history, its unique people and the Australian way of life, in this, perhaps the most multicultural nation on earth. For the last 40 years he has been writing and recording songs, filming and writing about the Australian people who, to Ted, represent the real ethos of this country.
Brian Manning
Brian arrived in Darwin in 1956. He became friends with an Aboriginal man
from Elcho Island who made him aware of the extent of discrimination suffered by
Aboriginal people, especially with regard to wages. In 1966 the Gurindji tribal elder
Vincent Lingiari led 200 Aboriginal workers off their jobs at Wave Hill Station. The high
profi le, ultimately successful, strike which lasted seven years was the foundation of the Aboriginal land rights movement in Australia. Brian will recount his experiences supporting the strikers.
Maurie Japarta Ryan,
Karan and Maurie (direct grandson of Vincent Lingiari)
This photo will go straight to Karan's Pool Room!!!
Maurie is a senior Malgin and Gurindji man and is a direct grandson of Vincent Lingiari, leader of the Wave Hill walk off and father of land rights recognition for First Nations people in Australia. Born at Wave Hill Station in the late 1940s, Maurie was removed as a three year old to Croker Island Mission (under what is now referred to as
Stolen Generations) and was later sent to an orphanage in Adelaide. Maurie never got
to meet his father and the many years spent away from country and family has propelled
a lifelong pursuit of social justice for First Nations families. For many years Maurie was an accomplished sportsman then trained as a school teacher actively involved in educating Indigenous children. He was recently appointed chairperson of the Central Land Council by senior traditional owners of Central Australia. He has been a consistent advocate that a quality education is the key for improved life opportunities for Indigenous children and has challenged both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and governments to work creatively in moving past
Gurindji Walk off
Which lead to the Aboriginal land rights 1976
http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/fact-sheets/fs224.aspx
Keynote 3
Professor Peter Buckskin
Does the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cross-curriculum priority
pass the cultural integrity test?
The Australian Curriculum has a moral and ethical responsibility to ensure that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cross-curriculum priority is respectfully embedded and not relegated to the margins of the learning areas and subjects.
This is a unique opportunity for all Australian students to develop their understanding and respect for the contribution Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have made to Australian society and their place in Australia’s future. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cross-curriculum priority has the capacity to significantly contribute to Australia’s reconciliation agenda.
The important question is ‘Does the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cross curriculum
priority pass the cultural integrity test?’ as defined by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Screenshots from keynote presentation
Workshop Session 1 Auditorium 2 - Level 1
Kevin Lowe, postgraduate doctoral student at Newcastle University, NSW
The Australian Curriculum: Is the Australian Curriculum a national policy failure in
the making, or does it equip teachers to authentically engage with and about
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders peoples?
This presentation focuses on an investigation of the Australian Curriculum as a
national policy statement. It discusses how the Australian Curriculum addresses
the issue of what future generations of Australians will know and understand of
themselves, their history, and their relationship with the nation’s Indigenous
peoples. The second part of this presentation will inform discussion on the
development of a collaborative framework based on an intensive investigation of
teachers and Aboriginal people taking up the real, but currently unmet, challenge
of establishing an authentic learning environment for all students.
Keynote to come: from Kevin
Session 2 Waterfront 2 Level 1
Pamela Stewart, Asia Education Foundation
In the wake of the Australia in the Asian Century White Paper and Implementation
Plan, this workshop looks at how the development of students’ Asia-relevant
capabilities (including intercultural understanding) can be supported through the
Australian Curriculum cross-curriculum priority of Asia and Australia’s engagement
with Asia. Using examples from Phase 1, 2 and 3 learning areas/subjects, the focus on Asiarelevant
capabilities will be situated in the context of developing young people’s
capabilities for the 21st (Asian) century and international approaches to intercultural
curriculum.
The Asia Education Foundation will also showcase illustrations of practice from
its What Works research series, recent Geography and Arts resources developed
for Education Services Australia, and programs and initiatives that support the
implementation of the Asia priority in schools. In view of the post-conference study
programs to Asia, the examples provided in the workshop will focus on Indonesia,
Malaysia and Thailand.
Notes and weblinks
End of Day One
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