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Indigenous Australia for Kids for Dummies

Indigenous Australia for Kids for Dummies

by Larissa Behrendt
Paperback
Publication Date: 27/08/2021

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A comprehensive, relevant, and accessible look at all aspects of Indigenous Australian history and culture.

Indigenous Australia For Kids For Dummies is here to enlighten you about the history, struggles and triumphs of the diverse peoples that make up Australia's Indigenous communities. Did you know that Australia is home to the world's oldest culture? Experience 60,000 years of history and culture, plus, get right up-to-the-minute, with amazing facts about Indigenous sports and entertainment figures and info on what matters to Indigenous peoples today.

This interactive book has loads of features that will engage and excite readers aged 10-15 years old - and their teachers and parents! Featuring profiles of celebrated Indigenous people like Cathy Freeman and Albert Namatjira, as well as fun research projects and hands-on activities that bring Indigenous Australia to life. Ever wanted to connect with your local Indigenous communities? This book will give you ideas about how you can connect with First Nations peoples and other interactive ways to extend your learning out of the book.

  • Discover the rich culture, long history and special values of the world's oldest race
  • Learn about Indigenous art, song, dance, literature and contributions to contemporary Australia
  • Impress friends and family with your knowledge of Australian colonisation and Indigenous rights
  • Figure out what's going on in the lives of Indigenous Australians today - and bust the most common myths

This book is perfect for young readers who want to appreciate and understand the diverse, proud, and fascinating peoples that make up Australia's Indigenous communities.

ISBN:
9780730390336
9780730390336
Category:
Sociology
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
27-08-2021
Language:
English
Publisher:
John\Wiley#& Sons, Incorporated
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
23.4x18.9x2.1mm
Weight:
0.79kg
Larissa Behrendt

Larissa Behrendt is Professor of Indigenous Research and Director of Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the University of Technology, Sydney. She is a regular columnist for The Guardian and has published numerous textbooks on Indigenous legal issues.

She is also the author of two novels: Home, which won the 2002 David Unaipon Award and the 2005 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book (South-East Asia and South Pacific); and Legacy, which won the 2010 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing. She is the Ambassador of the Gawura Aboriginal Campus at St Andrew’s Cathedral School in Sydney and a board member of the Sydney Story Factory, a literacy program in Redfern.

She was awarded the 2009 NAIDOC Person of the Year award and 2011 NSW Australian of the Year.

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