Teaching notes for 'Growing up Aboriginal in Australia'

• Main Author: Shay, Marnee
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Black Inc 2017
• Subjects: Aboriginality; Culture; History; Identity; Kinship; First Nations
• Online Access: https://eprints.qut.edu.au/115004/

A rich combination of diverse stories from diverse Aboriginal people, Growing up Aboriginal in Australia provides an essential and timely counter - narrative to negative stereotypes about Aboriginal people that continue to pervade Australian society. The text includes stories from men, women, young people through to Elders, who generously share insights into – and experiences of – how they have shaped and navigated their identities as Aboriginal or First Nations peoples of Australia. Stories that highlight Australian government policies, such as assimilation, provide a rare opportunity to understand more deeply the humanity and dignity of Aboriginal people who lived through the decades of that dark time in Australian history. A strong theme throughout the text is stories from mob who are consistently speaking back to stereotyping, racialised constructs, and negative concepts about Aboriginality