Yulunga: traditional Indigenous games (2009)

Description

This resource is a selection of games and activities from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations all around Australia. It provides an opportunity to learn about, appreciate and experience aspects of Indigenous culture.

The games and activities in Yulunga: traditional Indigenous games are:

• played in their traditional forms with modern equipment
• modified for safety, ease of use or to cater for all ages and abilities
• reconstructed from incomplete accounts

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

When to use this resource

These games can be used as skill games or lead-up games in physical education lessons or in specific sport practice sessions at school or for a sporting program. When the games are used as part of a school or sporting program it is recommended that local elders and Indigenous groups are invited to participate in some way.

These games can also be used to run physical activity sessions with adults, encouraging an emphasis on participation and fun.

Contact details

Indigenous Sport Unit
Australian Sports Commission
PO Box 176
Belconnen ACT 2616
Ph: (02) 6214 1210
Fax: (02) 6214 1095
Email: isp@ausport.gov.au

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Links

• View resource: Yulunga: traditional Indigenous games
• View resource: Bari barlam bembinge: ‘the children are playing’ (PDF - 264.0 KB)
• View resource: Yulunga: traditional Indigenous games (PDF - 8.5 MB)
• View information: Yulunga: individual games
  Provides links to individual games in pdf form
• View media release: Behind the News: Indigenous games

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