Focus on Aboriginal Education

What song was playing at the beginning of this session?

• Took the children away

• Wiyathul

• Djarimirri

• Djapana

Who sang it?

• Frank Yamma

• Baker Boy

• Kev Carmody

• Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu

What does Bujari Gamarruwa mean?

• Hullo

• Welcome

• Goodbye

• Come here

What does nangami mean?

• return

• warm hands

• a dream

• fire

What is today's Greeting?

• Yaama

• Kaya

• Palya

• Budyeri Kameru

A Welcome to Country is a ceremony performed by a local or non local Aboriginal person of significance (usually an Elder) to acknowledge and give consent to events taking place on their traditional lands.

• True

• False

An Acknowledgement of Country can be delivered by a First Nations person or non-Indigenous person.

• True

• False

What film are these quotes from -

"This land is mine" - "This land is me, this land owns me"

• Rabbit-Proof Fence

• Charlie's Country

• One Night the Moon

• My name is Gulpilil

Approximately how many languages are currently spoken by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (according to the last census)?

• 50

• 100

• 150

• 200

How many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were removed from their families between 1920 and 1970 according to estimates?

• Up to 1 in 2

• Up to 1 in 3

• Up to 1 in 5

• Up to 1 in 10