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Article Source: Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment The Australian Government is continuing to work with states and territories and non-government education authorities to support teachers, school leaders and […]
Catholic schools around the country are increasingly partnering with local Indigenous communities to teach first languages – and the impacts are profound. First Languages Australia (FLA) is the country’ s […]
The practice of inclusion forms an important part of rebuilding the relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous Australians. The erection of a plaque or sign that […]
Aboriginal children living in safe, resilient and culturally rich families and communities thrive and grow up with a strong sense of identity and belonging. Sadly, this is not the experience […]
In 1986, Pope (now Saint) John Paul II visited Australia and delivered an historic address in Alice Springs to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: You are part of […]
Just three years after graduating from her ACU education degree, Erin Eade has become the first female principal, and the first Aboriginal principal, of Mogo Public School. Located in a […]
In schools across our country, students of all ages are engaging with and learning about the significance, contribution and strength of the First Peoples of our nation. In these same […]
I ’m sitting on the sacred lands of my ancestors at Lake Mungo thinking about the time I w as sitting in the classroom. It is grade 4 and the […]
Here in Townsville Catholic Education, we have been blessed with a very productive relationship with the National Indigenous Australians Agency, formerly operating out of the Department of the Prime Minister […]
Did you know there are more than 130,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholics in Australia? Interestingly, between the last two censuses, this part of the Catholic population was the […]
Australian Catholic schools and the wider Australian community are supporting the empowerment of the marginalised through Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion. Your support of Project Compassion helps to build strong communities […]
Monivae College and the Missioniaires of the Sacred Heart have historically had a long history of educating indigenous students and students from Tapini, PNG and Kiribati. The benefits of a […]
