Cultural ecology

In this resource, students gain an understanding of

• how First Nations Peoples use knowledges of the structural features, otherwise known as structural adaptions, of certain species of animals and plants in everyday life
• Australia’s unique plant and animal diversity
  the ways
• First Nations Peoples continue to use and manage plants and animals through ancestral knowledge systems and practices
• how these expert knowledge systems have been formed over thousands of years through cultural traditions and synchronised relationships between people and Country.
• Please keep in mind, you don’t need to be an expert on this topic – we often learn alongside our students.

While this resource has been created so it can be taught in a linear fashion, feel free to start small. You may prefer to select a single activity that connects to what you’re teaching or about to teach. Even small actions can make a big difference.