Aboriginal PEGs

Aboriginal - Coping skills for our kids

View Guide		It's breakfast time... 3 year old Jomurri is making his own breakfast. His mother says "put the milk down, I'll tip it in for you, you'll waste it all". Jomurri says "No, me can do it". Then he pours all what's left of the milk into his bowl. His mother says "See, now there's no more left, none for me none for Illanya and no milk left for your drink." Jomurri looks at his mother and then cries. She says "See, no good crying Jomurri, nothing for you to drink now." Jomurri says "Me can't have drink now?" His mother says "Shouldn't have tipped it all over your breakfast, unna?" View Related Article

Aboriginal - Families that work well

View Guide		"Hey, what you all doing Saturday? Come around to our place for a BBQ, unna?" "Yeah OK, but what for?" "No special reason; let's just get together, seems the only time we see each other is at funerals!" View Related Article

Aboriginal - Family togetherness

View Guide		"Hullo Sis, how you been?" "Alright, a bit tired, got my minya granny here, his mum is sick, she's been in hospital for a couple of weeks now." "Hey Sis, you can bring him over here for a couple of days, I'll watch him unna?" "Yeah c'mon gives you a break, and it would be good for me to see my little nephew!" View Related Article

Aboriginal - Grandparents

View Guide		"Nanna, Nanna..." little Jaimun calls out loudly as he comes running up to greet his Nanna..." My Nanna, not yours" he says to his mother.! View Related Article

Aboriginal - Identity

View Guide		"Hullo, sister" "Who's your mob?" "My mob come from up North there!" "Unna... they my people too." "Hey, you my relation then!" View Related Article

Aboriginal - Kids grieve too

View Guide		"Mummy, what you crying for... you crying for Papa?" "Yeah baby, Mummy crying for Papa!" "Where Papa gone Mummy?" "He's gone to sleep now." "Wake him up then!" "No baby, he's gone up into the sky now." "Me want my Papa ..." View Related Article

Aboriginal - Now you are a parent

View Guide		"Oh! Korka unna, you got your little baby now?" "Yeah, it's all over now!" "Only for now though, then comes feeds at night, nappies, crying, not much sleep; but it's all going to be worth it unna?" "Yeah." View Related Article

Aboriginal - Our Children, Our Family, Our Way

View Guide		There are many Aboriginal people in Australia today, all just a little different, but we are all Aboriginal in our own way. Within all cultures there are differences in the way we live and there are differences in the ways we parent our kids. View Related Article

Aboriginal - Role models

View Guide		"It's the start of the Women's Final 200 metres" says the man on the TV" ...and Cathy Freeman is in lane 7". All the family are here, Uncle and Auntie and even Nanna. They've come to watch Cathy Freeman racing today. The race is finished... Cathy wins, and is given her medal. "Hey, deadly, she's won and look Mum, she's carrying the Nunga flag too... deadly unna!" View Related Article

Aboriginal - Step Families

View Guide		"Come here you kids, I've got something to tell you. You know me and Brian go together, well he's going to move here and stay with us now!" "Is he going to bring his kids too, because they can go to school with us unna?" "Yeah" "Is that OK?" "Yeah that will be deadly... but where are they going to sleep?" View Related Article

Aboriginal - Storytelling

View Guide		"Okay Karii, bed time now!" "Mummy, tell me a story unna?" "Alright then, jump into bed!" View Related Article

Aboriginal - Support

View Guide		"Mum, I'm old enough to move out and get a place of my own." "What for... where you going to go?" "Thinking about sharing a flat with friends." "Alright then, maybe I can help you get some stuff together, let's talk to Auntie, she might be able to help. Maybe she can help you with some furniture and I can help with baby for a little while... unna?" "Yeah, thanks." View Related Article

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