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 | Family

Family

The focus area of family invites students to explore and engage with resources of kinship to develop a sense of identity and understanding of self through and with others. Students may focus their study on the language and culture of:

  • family and kinship connections, including obligation and avoidance relationships
  • family connections to Country
  • family connections to other language groups
  • family histories
  • naming protocols
  • mourning rites
  • family art.