Teaching the Australian Wars Panel with Rachel Perkins and Marcia Langton

Ngarrngga and Culture is Life partnered to host the Teaching the Australian Wars with Rachel Perkins and Marcia Langton Panel at the Faculty of Education on 19 March 2025. This panel aimed to bring attention to the curriculum resources developed for the documentary series The Australian Wars by Culture is Life, and address educator hesitation regarding teaching critical parts of our shared history as Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

Filmmaker Rachel Perkins and Professor Marcia Langton AO were joined by panelists Belinda Duarte, CEO Culture is Life, and secondary educator, Bill Lewis, with the panel facilitated by Professor of Indigenous Education and Director of Ngarrngga, Melitta Hogarth.

You can watch the recording of the Panel below.

About Culture is Life

Culture is Life is an Aboriginal-led Not-For-Profit organisation that believes all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Young People have the right to thrive and flourish; strong in knowing who they are, where they come from and who they are connected to.

In recognition of The Australian Wars documentary series’ immense educational value, Culture is Life, through the support of Shark Island Foundation, has collaborated with Rachel Perkins, Blackfella Films and SBS Learn to publish curriculum-aligned education resources about the Frontier Wars.

The Australian Wars Education & Impact project is rooted in an ethic of cultural care and truth telling with education resources exploring the ongoing impacts of colonisation, highlighting historical perspectives, and providing an insight into the immense value that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander oral histories possess.

Discover their resources here: https://cultureislife.org/education/resources/the-australian-wars/