Stand Up My Country, Stand Up! Aboriginal Views on Education Since Colonisation

Authors

  • Jack Frawley

Abstract

Aboriginal artists, authors and songwriters have expressed their thoughts and experiences about Aboriginal education through plays, poems, short stories, novels and songs. Their views cover a broad spectrum of educational issues that focus on educational experiences since contact, the teaching of traditional Aboriginal knowledge as part of the school curriculum, and other issues in both ways education.

References

BUNBURY B and BOWDEN R. ( 1990) Being Aboriginal, A.B.C. Books, Crows Nest

CARMODY K. ( 1990) ‘ Thou Shalt Not Steal’ on Pillars of Society, Larrikin Records, Australia

DAVIS J. ( 1983) The First Bom and Other Poems, J. M. Dent Pty Ltd, Melbourne

McLEOD B. ( 1987) ‘ Wayward Dreams’ on Culture Up Front, Enrec Studios, Tamworth

MILLER P. ( 1990a) ‘ Blackmans School’ on Blekbala Mujik, Nitmiluk!, CAAMA Music, Alice Springs

MILLER P. ( 1990b) ‘ Living In The Dreamtime’ Blekbala Mujik, Midnait Mujik, CAAMA Music, Alice Springs

MIRRITJI J. ( 1976) My People's Life, Dominion Press, Melbourne

NEIDJIE B. ( 1989) Story About Feeling, Magabala Books, Broome

NEIDJIE B., DAVIS S., and FOX A. ( 1985) Kakadu Man. Mybrood P/L, N.S.W.

NOONUCCAL OODGEROO ( 1990) My People, Jacaranda Press, Milton

ROACH A. ( 1990) “ Took the Children Away” on Charcoal Lane, Mushroom Records, Australia

WARLUKURLANGU ARTISTS( 1987) Kuruwarri: Yuendumu Doors, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra

YUNUPINGU M. ( 1990) ‘ Homeland Movement’ on Yothu Yindi Homeland Movement, Mushroom Records, Australia

YUNUPINGU M. ( 1991) ‘ My Kind of Life’ on Yothu Yindi, Tribal Voice, Mushroom Records, Australia

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Published

1992-11-01

How to Cite

Frawley, J. (1992). Stand Up My Country, Stand Up! Aboriginal Views on Education Since Colonisation. The Aboriginal Child at School, 20(5), 14–23. Retrieved from https://ajie.atsis.uq.edu.au/acs/article/view/860

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Articles