• What is the Uluru Statement from the Heart?
• What is meant by a Voice to Parliament?
• Why is truth-telling necessary to heal?
• What is a treaty?
• How can people learn valuable lessons from the past and avoid repeating mistakes?

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• What makes a site sacred to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?
• Why do sacred sites get destroyed?
• Why is it important to protect sacred sites that are thousands of years old?
• How can we prevent loss of heritage on Country, and how does preserving sites help to heal Country?

What is a treaty? Compare and contrast different treaties in other Commonwealth countries around the world, their approach to treaty and how these are structured. (You may wish to include former Commonwealth countries as well as present). Determine the most appropriate matrix for comparing these treaties and what the essential characteristics to capture should be. Analyse key similarities, differences, outcomes and fundamental information. This SBS explainer is a helpful reference. 

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sites are being lost at an alarming rate. When the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge rock shelters were destroyed by mining company Rio Tinto, the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura peoples lost this sacred site forever. Provide the following three articles then ask students to produce a case study about Juukan Gorge (or a different example of their finding). What are some of the measures being taken to prevent the destruction of sacred sites? Are there additional measures students formulate that might aid prevention?

SBS News article about the one-year anniversary of the destruction.
Reconciliation Australia statement on Rio Tinto.
NITV article about changes implemented at Rio Tinto.

Mabo and Native Title – Terra Nullius
Watch Thomas Mayor explain the Uluru Statement of the Heart, Makarrata and a Voice to Parliament.
The Makarrata project by Midnight Oil
The Uluru Statement translated into more than 60 languages by SBS.

Research sacred sites that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are trying to save and protect today. Create a poster board where you can add a fact file of the campaigns to save these sacred sites. Follow the actions people take and the decisions made. Include your thoughts on what is happening. Focus your research on how advocacy (for example advocating for the protection of sacred sites) is a human right, and that this advocacy can be crucial to the healing process. Have the class find examples of how the actions of individuals and/or small groups of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have resulted in significant change.

Useful resources
Online
Two articles on the last days of climbing Uluru.
Read about the first public corroboree in Wagga Wagga in more than 100 years.