Indigenous literacy materials for students learning to read and write.
These titles also showcase Australian Indigenous artists. Titles below are just a sample of the materials held in Fisher Library's specialist Curriculum Collection.
The Honey Ant Readers. The Library holds collections of Indigenous literacy material. Check Library Search to locate Honey Ant Readers currently available and Indij readers little and big fullas
View Honey Ant Teaching resources on the web.
Library databases index the literature in the field. Before searching a database break down your question into the main concepts, list search terms and synonyms, then use these terms to search for your concepts. Not all records in the database will have full-text links, if the full-text is required consult Library Search. See below, a link to Informit Online which specialises in Australian content.
o find books on a topic, start by searching for your keywords in Library Search, the University of Sydney's Library Catalogue. Look for a title that is relevant, then scroll down to view the Subject Headings which you can click on to find more titles on the topic.
Click on the following subject headings to find books on these topics:
Children, Aboriginal Australian, Juvenile fiction.
Aboriginal Australians History
Aboriginal Australians Juvenile fiction
Aboriginal Australians Fiction
Aboriginal Australians -- Legends
Aboriginal Australians Education
Aboriginal Australians Study and Teaching
Limit your searches further to Curriculum Collection, Fisher Collection or the Wingara Mura Library collection.
You can modify Library Search to find other material types such as Audio, Video, Kits, Objects/game
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