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Indigenisation resources: Sport

Resource portal to assist with locating Indigenous content for courses.

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Adam Goodes was a champion AFL footballer and Indigenous leader. In the final three years of his playing career he became a lightning rod for a heated public debate and widespread media commentary that divided the nation. He publicly called out racism, was named Australian of the Year, was accused of staging for free kicks, and performed an on-field war dance celebration. The cheers became boos as football crowds turned on him. Using only archival footage aired at the time, the film holds a mirror to Australia and is an opportunity to reconsider what happened on and off the football field.

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Through the lens of some of the world's greatest sporting achievers, the program looks at how far Aboriginal Australians have come, and it acknowledges the struggle undertaken so far. As the journey is not over, we share their current concerns and aspirations for the future of their sports as well as their hopes for Indigenous Australians in all walks of life.

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Featured resources

  • Traditional Indigenous Games (NSW Office of Sport) - Staging a Traditional Indigenous Games event develops a greater understanding and appreciation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island culture.
  • Yulunga Traditional Indigenous Games - After almost a century of silence as a creative voice in screen culture, Indigenous filmmakers have, within a generation, become a vibrant presence in the centre of filmmaking in Australia. - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art collections.
  • Informit Indigenous Collection - Contains specialist journals, conference papers, reports, magazines, eBooks and grey literature unavailable elsewhere online. Some full-text.
  • SPORTDiscus with full text - Sports, health, fitness and well-being.
  • CINAHL complete - Broad content coverage for nursing, midwifery and allied health specialties, speech and language pathology, general health and medicine.