Resources in Aboriginal languages
Raising Them Strong
The Raising Them Strong booklet offers support for Aboriginal foster and kinship carers. It covers topics such as health, education, grief and loss, family contact and navigating ‘the system’ - part of the Raising Them Strong support package.
Raising Them Strong: Caring Together - Caring for kids with a disability has information for carers who care for an Aboriginal child or young person who has a disability. It covers settling children with disabilities into your family and talking with them, specialist support staff and teachers about how to give them the care and attention they need.
Illawarra and Shoalhaven
Growing Up Strong Booris offers basic child development information in a simple format and uses words from the Wandanian and Dharawal languages.
Central Coast
Darkinyung Yada Gudjagang: Strong Healthy Kids features Darkinyung language and talks about how we can help gudjagang to grow up strong by spending time with them.
Hunter region
Growing Up Strong Wonai features language from both the Awabakal and Worimi people and talks about how we can help our burray and wonai to grow up strong by spending time with them.
Mid North Coast
Happy Gamambi, Healthy Dhalayi, Strong Burray offers information about child development and includes words from 3 Aboriginal languages - Gumbaynggirr, Dhanggati and Gathang
Northern Sydney
Growing up Strong Cuchicums contains ideas about activities for children and basic child development information using words from the Guringai and Dharug languages.
South East Sydney
Deadly Healthy Bubs includes information about what bubs do at different stages, ideas about things we can do with our bubs, games and activities. It also includes a list of contacts where you can find support.
South West Sydney
Growing Up Strong Kooris offers basic child development information and ideas for activities and games parents can play to help little Kooris grow up strong.
South East NSW
Growing Up Strong Booris offers basic child development information in a simple format and uses words from the Dhurga language, which is 1 of the 4 dialects used by the Djuwin (Yuin) people.
Sydney Inner West
Growing Up Strong Guring offers basic child development information in a simple format and uses words from the Eora language.
Western Sydney and Blue Mountains
Growing up Strong and Healthy Bubs offers basic child development information in a simple format and uses words from the Dharug language.
Far Western NSW
Growing Up Strong Birrali and Gundanoo is a resource for Aboriginal and Family Workers in the Far West NSW region of Goodooga and surrounding districts.
Kiilalaana marta-marri – Growing up really big in Barkindji is a resource for Aboriginal and Family Workers in the Far West NSW region of Broken Hill and surrounding districts.
North Coast of NSW
Doordarnbee Muggy Jarjums: Growing Up Strong Jarjums offers basic child development information in a simple format and incorporates the Bundjalung language and Yaegl dialect.
New England area
Bubaa Ngambaa Gaayili, Father Mother Child offers basic child development information in a simple format incorporating the Gamilaraay and Nganyawana languages.
Riverina, Murray and Central West
Growing Up Strong Buraay offers information on children's behaviour and how best to care for them, together with ideas for simple games and activities, incorporating Wiradjuri language terms.
Being dad, being proud
Information sheets for Aboriginal dads with children 0 to 6 months, 6 to 12 months, 1 to 3 years , 3 to 5 years and 5 to 8 years.