Stage 1 | Subject outline | Version control

Australian Languages — First Language Stage 1
Subject outline

Version 4.0
For teaching in 2024. Accredited in November 2018 for teaching at Stage 1 from 2020.

Stage 1 | Subject outline | Content | Community

Community

The focus area of community supports students to engage with resources of community and Country to develop a deeper sense of identity and understanding of self through and with community practices. Students may focus their study on the language and culture of:

  • community history, including links to pastoral industries, missions, railways, etc.
  • past, present, and future industries of the community, including tools and implements, hunting and food collection, etc.
  • community and social issues
  • community projects and/or programs
  • flora and fauna in and around the community, both past and present
  • significant events, celebrations, and ceremonies in the life of the community
  • music and art of the community
  • law and lore 
  • imagining future communities.