Aiatsis Map Indigenous Australia

Up to 5% cash back the highly popular aiatsis map of indigenous australia is now available in a compact, portable a3 size. Aiatsis map of indigenous australia national portrait gallery canberra, australia this map attempts to represent the language, social or nation groups of. The aiatsis map of indigenous australia is a foundation resource for every and all australian classrooms and a reference point for any first nations.

Aboriginal australia wall map, d r horton, aboriginal studies press, aiatsis, 1996 disclaimer and warning: Aiatsis holds the worlds largest collection dedicated to australian aboriginal and torres strait islander cultures and histories. Discuss the diversity of aboriginal and torres strait islander peoples, languages and cultures.

For thousands of years, aboriginal and torres strait islander peoples occupied the australian continent with very different boundaries than today, centred on intimate cultural relationships with the land and sea.

It was created in 1996 and is not a representation of traditional land owners, languages or communities. Aboriginal groups were included on the map based on the published resources available between 1988 and 1994 which determine the cultural, language and trade boundaries and relationships between groups. Knowing where your ancestors lived helps you to locate records about them, but it also helps you. Using the published resources available at that time, the map attempts to represent all the language or tribal or nation groups of the indigenous people of australia.