Kangaroo - Artist Connie Ah See, Wiradjuri The traditional method of decision-making in Aboriginal communities is consensus. Most things were prescribed by customary law. Where customary law 28 provided no answer, numbers were ordinarily small enough and time was ordinarily plentiful enough for discussions between the old and wise to proceed until true consensus emerged.
Some Signposts From Daguragu
Sir William Deane, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia
Lingiari Lecture no. 1

A Shared History

Internet sites

Other useful Internet sites can be found in the HSIE section of the Curriculum K-12 Directorate Internet site.

Some film guides can be found in the Aboriginal section of the Curriculum K-12 Directorate Internet site.

Aboriginal Nations Pty Ltd
http://www.ablnat.com.au/

Australia's Culture and Recreation @ Australian Government site
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/australianhistory/
Australian Electoral Commission
http://www.aec.gov.au/_content/how/education/index.htm
Australian Heritage Directory
http://www.heritage.gov.au/
Australian History on the Internet @ National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/histsite.html
Australian War memorial
http://www.awm.gov.au
ANTaR
http://www.antar.org.au/
Awaba
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/group/amrhd/awaba/index.html

Bangara Dance Theatre
http://www.bangarra.com.au/
Barani @ The City of Sydney Council
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/barani/default.html

Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation
http://www.reconciliation.org.au/

Dust Echoes
http://www.abc.net.au/dustechoes/

Eora and Cameragal:The Sydney coastal clans, A cultural profile Keith V. Smith 2002 http://www.warawara.mq.edu.au/abst100/lecture_clans.html

Founding Documents (NSW Index of Founding Documents)
http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/places/nsw/index.htm
Frontier Online
http://www.abc.net.au/frontier/default.htm

Garma Festival
http://www.garma.telstra.com/
Geographical Names Board
http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au
Gold @ Special Broadcasting Services
http://www.sbs.com.au/gold/

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (NSW)
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/

Indigenous Australia
http://www.dreamtime.net.au/main.cfm
Indigenous Cultural Affairs Magazine
http://www.sbs.com.au/icam/icam_set.html
Indigenous Portal @ Australian Government site
http://www.indigenous.gov.au/ip.dll

Jouney into the Dreamtime
http://www.aboriginal-art.com/journey.html

Lags and lashes, the vocabulary of Convict Australia http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/nlanews/2002/jul02/article1.html
Local Government
http://www.lgov.org.au
Councils at Work
http://www.lgov.org.au/docs/NewsAndInfo/KidsAndCouncils/INDEX.HTM
Lore of the Land
http://www.loreoftheland.com.au/

Mabo 10 Years On
http://www.myinternet.com.au/edu/indigenous/index.html

National Archives of Australia
http://www.naa.gov.au
National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au/
National NAIDOC week
http://www.naidoc.org.au/default.aspx
NSW Aboriginal Land Council
http://www.alc.org.au/
NSW Heritage Office
http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/
NSW Maritime Heritage Program
http://maritime.heritage.nsw.gov.au/public/welcome.cfm
NSW State Transit Authority educational excursion site
http://www.liveituseit.nsw.gov.au
NSW State Electoral Office
http://www.seo.nsw.gov.au/
NSW State Library
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/

Maps, general
http://geography.about.com/library/blank/blxaustralia.htm
Migration Heritage Centre
http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/
Message Stick @ The Austalian Broadcasting Commission
http://www.abc.net.au/message/

Federal Parliament
http://www.aph.gov.au
Parliament of New South Wales
http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au
Federal Parliamentary Education Office
http://www.peo.gov.au
NSW Parliamentary Education Office
http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/web/common.nsf/key/ResourcesEducation

Racism No Way
http://www.racismnoway.com.au
Ronin Films Aboriginal section
http://www.roninfilms.com.au/
Reconciliation Australia
http://www.reconciliation.org.au/

Teaching Heritage in NSW
http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/

Vibe Australia
http://www.vibe.com.au/

World Heritage Committee, UNESCO
http://whc.unesco.org/
Whose land
http://www.whoseland.com/