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Traditional Aboriginal games & activities. Traditional Aboriginal games were almost lost after colonisation.

Traditional Aboriginal games & activities

Today extensive consultation with Aboriginal elders is necessary to re-establish the traditional Aboriginal games and their rules. They are now creatively adapted—for safety reasons—by using tennis balls instead of spears and soft pool noodles instead of waddies (Aboriginal heavy-wood war club) [1]. Traditional Aboriginal games are inclusive games and not competitive. For example, if a player gets ‘out’ in some games they can immediately rejoin the game once leaving the field [11]. Traditional Aboriginal games.

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