Spirituality

The books, journal articles and other literature listed below have been identified by the working party as key resources in assisting academics to embed the Faculty of Health’s Indigenous Graduate Attribute, particularly with regard to the spirituality of Indigenous Australians.

Indigenous artwork by Lucy Simpson

Artwork by Lucy Simpson, Gaawaa Miyay Designs, gaawaamiyay.co.

Books

Behrendt, L. 2012, Indigenous Australia for dummies, John Wiley & Sons, Richmond, Vic. 

Parbury, N. & Lamberton, K. 2005, Survival : a history of Aboriginal life in New South Wales, NSW Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs, Surry Hills, NSW. 

Poroch, N., Arabena, K., Tongs, J., Larkin, S., Fisher, J. & Henderson, G. 2009, Spirituality and Aboriginal People’s Social and Emotional Wellbeing: A Review, Discussion Paper No. 11, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health, Darwin. 

Trudgen, R.I. 2000, Why warriors lie down and die : towards an understanding of why the Aboriginal people of Arnhem Land face the greatest crisis in health and education since European contact : djambatj mala, Aboriginal Resource & Development Services, Darwin. 

Rose, D.B. 1996, Nourishing terrains : Australian aboriginal views of landscape and wilderness, Australian Heritage Commission.

AV resources

First Australians produced for the SBS Network and available online.

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.