Celebrate Indigenous art from your local area or further afield with our Indigenous Art Review.
Students will research a piece of art such as music, stories, language, painting or symbols. The guided questions help to appreciate the artist and their work.
Use this research task to celebrate and show respect to First Nations Australians as the world’s oldest continuing culture.
Use this guided activity to research a piece of art from your local area.
The celebrations and commemorations of significant events shared with their families and others
The people in their family, where they were born and raised, and how they are related to each other
The interconnections of First Nations Australians to a local Country/Place
The ways First Nations Australians in different parts of Australia are interconnected with Country/Place
Significant events, symbols and emblems that are important to Australia’s identity and diversity, and how they are celebrated, commemorated or recognised in Australia, including Australia Day, Anzac Day, NAIDOC Week, National Sorry Day, Easter, Christmas, and other religious and cultural festivals
Investigate and explain the ways that visual artists represent views, beliefs and opinions for different purposes and in different contexts
How they, their family and friends commemorate past events that are important to them
How the stories of families and the past can be communicated, for example, through photographs, artefacts, books, oral histories, digital media and museums
The ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples maintain special connections to particular Country/Place
The importance of Country/Place to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples who belong to a local area
Days and weeks celebrated or commemorated in Australia (including Australia Day, Anzac Day, and National Sorry Day) and the importance of symbols and emblems
Identify intended purposes and meanings of artworks using visual arts terminology to compare artworks, starting with visual artworks in Australia including visual artworks of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Explain how visual arts conventions communicate meaning by comparing artworks from different social, cultural and historical contexts, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artworks
How they, their family, friends and communities commemorate past events that are important to them
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
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
The significance of Country and Place to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who belong to a local area
Significance of days and weeks celebrated or commemorated in Australia and the importance of symbols and emblems, including Australia Day, ANZAC Day, Harmony Week, National Reconciliation Week, NAIDOC week and National Sorry Day
Identify and describe how ideas are expressed in artworks by comparing artworks from different contemporary, historical and cultural contexts, including artworks by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Communicates stories of their own family heritage and the heritage of others
Demonstrates developing skills of historical inquiry and communication
Describes features of places and the connections people have with places
Identifies ways in which people interact with and care for places
Communicates geographical information and uses geographical tools for inquiry
Describes the ways people, places and environments interact
Acquires and communicates geographical information using geographical tools for inquiry
Identifies celebrations and commemorations of significance in Australia and the world
Applies skills of historical inquiry and communication