Moreton Bay Aboriginal Case Study

The Turrbal homelands stretch from the North Pine River south to the Logan River and inland as far as Moggill. The Turrbal have a harsh historical experience.
Tribes were thinned out and are thought to be extinct. As quoted by Tom Petrie “of all the blackfellows who were boys when was a boy, there is only one survivor; most of them died off prematurely through drink introduced by the white man (Petrie, 2014 pg 4) The introduction of alcohol to the Aborigines let to abuse of liquor as in the case Nar-dha group (Nudgee) in 1914 it was believed only two were left (Ballard, 2007 pg 102)
Settlement also introduced and exposed the Aboriginal to new illnesses. In 1829 the Moreton Bay Aborigines were seriously affected by smallpox(Wikipedia, 2016).
By the end of the 1800’s Brisbane

Aboriginal were given Anglicised names (Buchanan, 1995). In an early education childcare setting it is important to embrace and develop a child’s sense of being.
Aboriginal Elders play a critical role particularly in education and maintenance of culture in the Aboriginal communities (Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency, 2008).
Neville Bonner, in his 1995 interview describes an education system in the Aboriginal community of education by role model, you don’t ask questions, you listen you understand what the elders are telling you because they know how and nothing was competitive. Educators can in-corporate this teaching style into the curriculum by having story time and telling stories of the Dreamtime stories. Inviting an Elders to talk to the children about their beliefs, culture and language. It is also important that educators role model acceptance of others.
Aboriginals are “artistic, there is always an urge to express their doctrines, myths, desires and experiences, when painting their body in design” (Ballard 2007 pg 6) Educators, as part of the curriculum in-corporate art especially dot painting of stories from the