1. THE AUSTRALIAN CONTEXT: AN OVERVIEW Australian Government: Child care benefit Training dollars – Cert. III, IV Children’s Services Indigenous Child Care Strategy: multi-function Aboriginal centres Secretariat of National Aboriginal & Islander Child Care Indigenous Child Care Strategy: evaluation of child care; child care forum 2004; literature review re. quality assurance Longitudinal Study for Indigenous Children National Council for Accreditation for Child Care: quality assurance State & Territory Governments: Legislation and regulations

2. Ancestors Filter Waterways Climate Animals People Plants Skies Land

3. RELATEDNESS your Identity. your Country and the elements within that Place. (Land, Animals, Plants, Skies, Climate, Waterways & People). Your Stories Stories are your Law. Your Law is the source of your being. RELATEDNESS your Identity. your Country and the elements within that Place. (Land, Animals, Plants, Skies, Climate, Waterways & People). Your Stories Stories are your Law. Your Law is the source of your being. Ways of Knowing: Knowing your Stories of Relatedness Ways of Being: Respecting your Relatedness Ways of Doing: Living your Stories of Relatedness. Ways of Knowing: Knowing your Stories of Relatedness Ways of Being: Respecting your Relatedness Ways of Doing: Living your Stories of Relatedness. Relatedness is experienced and comes to be known through Depths Rites Rituals Stories Stories are known are learned and shared in many ways: art dance life ‘Winunga’ Relatedness is experienced and comes to be known through Depths Rites Rituals Stories Stories are known are learned and shared in many ways: art dance life ‘Winunga’

4. RITES: Processes and practices for fulfilling relatednesss RITUALS: to celebrate to filter to embrace to prempt, accept and be a part of change ROLES: throughout Lifehood autonomy and inter-relatedness at the same time RITES: Processes and practices for fulfilling relatednesss RITUALS: to celebrate to filter to embrace to prempt, accept and be a part of change ROLES: throughout Lifehood autonomy and inter-relatedness at the same time Relatedness and Lifehood

5. The Replacement of Relatedness

6. The Expansion of Relatedness: an interface

8. To our Father’s Fathers…the pain the sorrow To our Children’s Children…the glad tomorrow (Oodgeroo Noonuccal 1993) To our Children’s Children…the glad tomorrow (Oodgeroo Noonuccal 1993)