Compare Aboriginal totemism with European heraldry: who has them, how they are passed down, and how both show who you and your family are.
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What students do
- Compare Aboriginal totemism and European heraldry
- Learn patrilineal, matrilineal and ambilineal
Australian Curriculum
- Year levels
- Years 6 to 9
- Learning areas
- HASSHistory
- A_TSIP2Strong systems of family, kinship, law, governance and authorityPeople
- A_TSIC2Unique ways of being, knowing, thinking and doingCulture
Suggested links to version 9.0 of the Australian Curriculum cross-curriculum priorities: First Nations histories and cultures. Summaries are in our own words; see ACARA for the full organising ideas.
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