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Australia’s school curriculum: what are the proposed changes, and what’s the fuss about ‘invasion’? Naaman Zhou © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: davidf/Getty Images On Thursday, the body in charge of reviewing what Australian students are taught released hundreds of pages of proposed changes to the curriculum. Among the many suggestions, the education minister, Alan Tudge, singled out for criticism the references to Australia’s colonisation by the British and ...

Newly Proposed Curriculum Faces Harsh Criticism For Removing the History of the Western World and Democracy The newly proposed changes to the Australian curriculum, which removes references to the nation’s democratic and Christian heritage, have been strongly criticised by experts and educators, with some calling the proposed changes “radical left-wing.” The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) revealed its proposal yesterday to increase the amount of content...

Proposed changes to the national curriculum will see school students taught that First Nations Australians experienced European colonisation as an invasion.  The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) also advised the terms Aboriginal and Indigenous be replaced with First Nations Australians or Australian First Nations Peoples.  In a report released for discussion on Thursday, ACARA said it found a lack of truth telling about the experience of First Nations Peoples...

Brook Mitchell/Getty-Images Last year protest in Sydney were organised to rally against aboriginal deaths in custody in Australia as well as in solidarity with protests across the United States following the killing of an unarmed black man George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Australian school students will be taught for the first time that First Nations Australians experienced European colonisation as an invasion under proposed changes to the national curric...

The 1797 headstone for Elizabeth Steel was uncovered during the restoration of Town Hall, but not her bones. The occupant of the coffin remains a mystery.

Schools around Australia will now prioritise teaching the culture, perspectives, and history of ‘First Nation Australians’ in the ...

In search of the Indigenous history Australian schools didnt teach Fiona McIntosh gets a fresh take on the past while on a trek through Tasmania with an Aboriginal guide 26 April 2021 • 11:59am Fiona and a friend relax at the visually striking ‘krakani lumi’ eco camp after a day’s trek in the Tasmanian bush Credit: Rob Burnett ‘Are these strictly necessary?” I ask our guide Hank as I hold up a pair of thick, black-nylon gaiters dripping with Velcro straps. “Well,” says Hank, wea...

Trevor Kennedy Collection: Highlights exhibition features extraordinary historic objects Over 500 Australian historical artefacts and decorative arts objects drawn from the internationally recognised Trevor Kennedy Collection are now on display at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra. This is the first time Australiana objects from the Trevor Kennedy Collection have been available for public viewing. To acknowledge the Museum’s largest and most significant acquisition, the Museum’s ...

South China Sea: U.S. Show Of Strength Also Exposes Chinks In The Armor KEY POINTS Four U.S. F-16s flew from Misawa airbase in northern Japan to the South China Sea Monday Taking these F16s to the disputed region required the services of four  Air Force KC-135 tankers In case of a war, the US would require "hundreds of tankers" to deploy its fighter jets against PLA An impressive flight by four U.S. F-16s into the South China Sea last week was the sign China was looking for. Along with the mis...

‘Since time immemorial’: In conversation with Evelyn Araluen Evelyn Araluen discusses her first book of poetry, Dropbear, prior to her appearance at the Sydney Writers’ Festival. Evelyn Araluen’s inaugural poetry book Dropbear opens up the uncomfortable space between her personal understanding of the Australian landscape and the way it has been continuously redrawn and interpreted by colonisers. Araluen was born and raised on Darug land, and is a descendent of the Bundjalung nation. D...