First Australians: Plenty Stories are comprehensive resources for upper primary classrooms that draw on a range of sources to tell stories of significant issues still facing Australian Indigenous peoples. Covering three connecting themes (Our Places, Our Cultures and Our Voices), the series is aligned with state and territory curricula in SOSE, HSIE and Humanities and the Arts.
In Welcome to Mer Island, we meet Joey, a Meriam person from remote Mer Island in the Torres Strait. Learn about Joey's cultural identity and efforts to keep his history alive. What traditions are important to Meriam people and how do they express their connections to their place? Discover why a High Court ruling in 1992 attracted national attention to Mer Island and made Joey's homeland famous.
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