Advertisement The architect of a curriculum reviewâs draft changes on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history says critics are in denial about Australiaâs true identity and want children to be taught an outmoded version of the national story. âWe canât prepare the kids for 1962, weâve got to prepare them for 30, 40, 50 years down the track, because the world is going to be different,â said Mark Rose, chair of curriculum authority ACARAâs Indigenous advisory committee. History has been at the heart of all reviews of the Australian curriculum. âWhat weâre doing is really exposing kids to the reality of what is Australia: it is multicultural; it is Indigenous; it is located with Asia all around us and it has a rich colonial history in which Aboriginal people have participated.â