PC - National Reconciliation Week

What is one of the biggest myths about Aboriginality?

• Aboriginal children were taken away for their own good

• That there is only one Aboriginal culture in Australia

• Aboriginal people live in the outback

• That if you have fair skin you can't be Aboriginal

What ideas are offensive to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people?

• Saying someone is 1/8 Aboriginal

• Asking what nation group they come from

• Telling someone they can't be Aboriginal because they are too white

• Asking an Aboriginal about their culture

What are the are three legal ‘tests’ that determine whether a person is Indigenous

• Be of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent.

• Identify as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person.

• Have gone through a religious ceremony with elders

• Be recognised as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander by other Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people.

What should you do if you meet someone new and they tell you they identify as Aboriginal but you are doubtful because they don't look the way you think Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should look?

• Tell them they cannot be Aboriginal

• Ask them what makes them Aboriginal

• Accept them as an Aboriginal person

• Ask them what percentage of Aboriginality they are

What percentage of the Australian population is made up of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people?

• 2.5

• 25

• 12.5

• 4.5

How many different groups make up indigenous Australia?

• 4,000

• 400

• 7

• 200

Where do indigenous nation group names come from?

• regions

• language

• skin groups

• colonists

Who was the first elder to deliver a 'Welcome to Country' to federal parliament

• Eddie Mabo

• Matilda House Williams

A typical 'acknowledgement of country' will

• welcome people to Australia

• acknowledge the traditional owners/custodians and pay respect to their Elders past and present.

• ask permission to be on Aboriginal land

An 'acknowledgement of country' and a 'welcome to country' is essentially the same thing

• Yes

• No