Looking into the Hindu Community in Australia and how they form bonds - extension activity on Indigenous Community of Australia also

1. RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES:
Community Connections
Place and Liveability - 4.3

2. Communities of Purpose
◻ The last lesson we looked at Surf Life Saving Australia as a community with
purpose. Other examples of communities of purpose are The Fire Brigade
and Ambulance.
◻ Brainstorm – make a list of 5 or 7 things that bring workers in the fire brigade
or ambulance communities together

3. Page 164

4. The Hindu Community Fact Sheet
◻ Using the information on the previous slide (From your textbook
p.164)
◻ Create a ONE page fact sheet about the Hindu community
◻ You need to include:
⬜ What the Hindu community believes in
⬜ Two images that relate to the Hindu Community
⬜ 7 dot points of information about the Hindu Community

5. Religious Communities Extension: Indigenous
Communities
Indigenous Australian communities share an ethnic background, have strong family
ties and centuries of shared history and beliefs. These factors make them an example
of a community of the past. Indigenous Australian communities are found throughout
Australia and tend to have strong spiritual connections to the land. These factors also
make them an example of a community of place. There are two distinct groups of
Indigenous Australians. The largest group are Aborigines from mainland Australia and
Tasmania. The second group are native to the Torres Strait Islands, the islands
between Australia and Papua New Guinea. Although they are more closely linked (in
terms of ethnic origins) to the Melanesian people of Papua New Guinea than with
Aboriginal Australians, Torres Strait Islanders are Australian citizens. The border
between Australia and Papua New Guinea means that Thursday Island (along with
many other islands in the Torres Strait) is considered part of Queensland, not part of
Papua New Guinea.
Explain why Torres Strait Islanders have strong connections to Papua New Guinea