| Engineering Disciplines | Key Concepts | Web links and Resource Sites | Story Resources | |
| Aerospace and aviation | Design and operation of aircraft, propulsion systems, efficiency, spend and strength | http://www.alpha-port.com/nesdesigncontest/pdfs/GreatBoomerangChallengeOverview.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomerang http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woomera_%28spear-thrower%29 http://www.roninfilms.com.au/feature/10738/western-desert-woomera-fashioned-with-stone.html |
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| Acoustics | How sound generated and propagated | http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/didjeridu.html | Ben Lange Ausgrid Engineer. Email: blange at ausgrid.com.au |
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Environmental |
Preparation for growing foods,
harvesting, preserving |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portulaca_oleracea | Bruce Pascoe Bruce.Pascoe at uts.edu.au | |
| Biomedical | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_tetragonophylla | |||
| Construction | Material and construction techniques | http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/austn-indigenous-architecture
http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/land/aboriginal-houses#toc1 |
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| Chemical engineering | Convert raw materials into useable products | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinifex_resin | ||
| Civil | Physical infrastructures urban/living environments | https://www.australianarchaeologicalassociation.com.au/journal/review-of-gunyah-goondie-and-wurley/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_architecture http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/austn-indigenous-architecture |
Aboriginal Housing Coop
Lani at ahc.org.au |
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| Electrical | Electrical energy generation and usage | At the time of European arrival in Australia there was also no electrical engineering in Europe
Electrical flow can link to water and the way the communiites lieve off the life blood of the river |
Phil Duncan Cultural Advisor Macquarie University
phil.duncan at mq.edu.au |
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| Network engineering | Protocols for linking knowledge packets |
Networking and governance structures in Aboriginal society suggest a more trusted networking system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songline http://dl.nfsa.gov.au/module/1566/ https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/articles/songlines-important-aboriginal-art/ http://www.naidoc.org.au/2016-national-naidoc-theme-announced |
Bruce Pascoe?
Bruce.Pascoe at uts.edu.au |
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| Telecommunications | Communication | Message sticks | Michael West | |
| Mechanical | Force and energy | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woomera_%28spear-thrower%29
http://www.roninfilms.com.au/feature/10738/western-desert-woomera-fashioned-with-stone.html also http://www.jaunay.com/unaipon.html |
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| Mining | Extraction | http://www.environment.gov.au/node/19708 | ||
| Materials | Strength and other features, production | |||
| Naval architecture | Construction and propulsion | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboriginal_Dugout_Canoes
http://australianmuseum.net.au/Building-a-canoe-noe-nowey/ http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2010/08/aboriginal-traditional-canoe-recreated/ |
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| Water and waste management
Aquaculture |
Physical, chemical, and biological treatment of water | http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/national/brewarrina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewarrina,_New_South_Wales http://www.environment.gov.au/indigenous/ipa/declared/lake-condah.html |
Bradley Moggridge ANU Hydro Geologist
bradley.moggridge at anu.edu.au Phil Duncan Cultural Advisor Macquarie University Water management and fisheries phil.duncan at mq.edu.au |
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| Project Management | Sustainability | Every project should involve students across disciplines so that the understanding of how component parts link can be assessed.
The way that we consult and work in teams is crucial for the future success of designs |
Ben Lange Ausgrid Engineer. Email: blange at ausgrid.com.au Phil Duncan Cultural Advisor Macquarie University Water management and fisheries phil.duncan at mq.edu.au |
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| Information Technology | Teaching knowledge | http:://www.Indigital.net.au
Use of technology to link video and other material to art works to augment behind material and the providence and artist’s story |
Mikaela Jade mik at indigital.net.au | |
| Computer Engineering | Programming | Languages, whether computing or human, are ways of communicating in that culture | Terrie Lowe Bundjalung speaker and teacher
terrie.lowe at muurrbay.org.au |