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THE AUSTRALIAN CONTEXT: AN OVERVIEW Australian Government: Child care benefit Training dollars – Cert. III, IV Children’s Services Indigenous Child Care Strategy: multi-function Aboriginal centres Secretariat of National Aboriginal & Islander Child Care Indigenous Child Care Strategy: evaluation of child care; child care forum 2004; literature review re. quality assurance Longitudinal Study for Indigenous Children National Council for Accreditation for Child Care: quality assurance State & Territory Governments: Legislation and regulations

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THE AUSTRALIAN CONTEXT: AN OVERVIEW

Australian Government:

Child care benefit

Training dollars – Cert. III, IV Children’s Services

Indigenous Child Care Strategy:

• multi-function Aboriginal centres

• Secretariat of National Aboriginal & Islander Child Care

• Indigenous Child Care Strategy: evaluation of child care; child care forum 2004; literature review re. quality assurance

Longitudinal Study for Indigenous Children

National Council for Accreditation for Child Care: quality assurance

State & Territory Governments:

Legislation and regulations

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RELATEDNESS

• your Identity.

• your Country

• and the elements within that Place.

(Land, Animals, Plants, Skies, Climate, Waterways & People).

• Your Stories

• Stories are your Law.

• Your Law is the source of your being.

RELATEDNESS

• your Identity.

• your Country

• and the elements within that Place.

(Land, Animals, Plants, Skies, Climate, Waterways & People).

• Your Stories

• Stories are your Law.

• Your Law is the source of your being.

• Ways of Knowing:

Knowing your

Stories of

Relatedness

• Ways of Being:

Respecting your

Relatedness

• Ways of Doing:

Living your Stories

of Relatedness.

• Ways of Knowing:

Knowing your

Stories of

Relatedness

• Ways of Being:

Respecting your

Relatedness

• Ways of Doing:

Living your Stories

of Relatedness.

Relatedness is experienced and comes to be known through

Depths

Rites

Rituals

Stories

Stories are known are learned and shared in many ways:

art

dance

life

‘Winunga’

Relatedness is experienced and comes to be known through

Depths

Rites

Rituals

Stories

Stories are known are learned and shared in many ways:

art

dance

life

‘Winunga’

RITES: • Processes and practices for

fulfilling relatednesss

RITUALS:

• to celebrate• to filter• to embrace• to prempt, accept and be a part of

change

ROLES:• throughout Lifehood• autonomy and inter-relatedness

at the same time

RITES: • Processes and practices for

fulfilling relatednesss

RITUALS:

• to celebrate• to filter• to embrace• to prempt, accept and be a part of

change

ROLES:• throughout Lifehood• autonomy and inter-relatedness

at the same time

Relatedness and LifehoodRelatedness and Lifehood

The Replacement of Relatedness The Replacement of Relatedness

The Expansion of Relatedness: an interfaceThe Expansion of Relatedness: an interface

To our Father’s Fathers…the pain the sorrowTo our Father’s Fathers…the pain the sorrow

To our Children’s Children…the glad tomorrow

(Oodgeroo Noonuccal 1993)

To our Children’s Children…the glad tomorrow

(Oodgeroo Noonuccal 1993)