Indigenous Symbol Craft Mats

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This is a terrific multi-purpose resource to have when studying Indigenous Australia or as a NAIDOC Week activity. It will also make a terrific permanent addition to your classroom as an investigation table activity.
Print and laminate these mats onto A4. Students can use play-dough, natural materials or sand tracing to explore, trace and create the symbols. You may also choose to print multiple copies per page and use them as flashcards for wall displays or for children to use as inspiration for their own drawings.

Designed in collaboration with Bunya Designs.

Please note: some of these symbols may vary by region but they are generally understood to have the same or similar meaning.

Suitable for

Fast Finishers
Relief Teachers

Lesson Structure

Individual Activity
Rotations / Group Work
Class Activity

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Curriculum Codes

AC9HSFK01 9

The people in their family, where they were born and raised, and how they are related to each other

AC9HS1K04 9

How places change and how they can be cared for by different groups including First Nations Australians

AC9HS2K02 9

How technological developments changed people’s lives at home, and the ways they worked, travelled and communicated

AC9HS2K04 9

The interconnections of First Nations Australians to a local Country/Place

ACHASSK013 8.4

How the stories of families and the past can be communicated, for example, through photographs, artefacts, books, oral histories, digital media and museums

ACHASSK032 8.4

The weather and seasons of places and the ways in which different cultural groups, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, describe them

ACHASSK046 8.4

How changing technology affected people’s lives (at home and in the ways they worked, travelled, communicated and played in the past)

ACHASSK049 8.4

The ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples maintain special connections to particular Country/Place

VCHHK059

Differences in family structures of families and the role of family groups today, and what they have in common and how these have changed or remained the same over time

VCGGK067

Weather and seasons and the ways in which different cultural groups, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, describe them

VCHHK065

The effect of changing technology on people’s lives and their perspectives on the significance of that change

VCGGK066

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Country/Place on which the school is located and why Country/Place is important to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and the ways in which they maintain special connections to particular Country/Place

HTe-1 old

Communicates stories of their own family heritage and the heritage of others

HTe-2 old

Demonstrates developing skills of historical inquiry and communication

GE1-1 old

Describes features of places and the connections people have with places

GE1-2 old

Identifies ways in which people interact with and care for places

GE1-3 old

Communicates geographical information and uses geographical tools for inquiry

HT1-3 old

Describes the effects of changing technology on people’s lives over time