Communities and Justice

Resources for Aboriginal parents and carers

These helpful articles and printable guides and booklets were created by Aboriginal carers and support workers for Aboriginal families and kinship carers across NSW.

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 (PDF, 1.5 MB) 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 (PDF, 1.7 MB) 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 (PDF, 1.3 MB) 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 (PDF, 1.6 MB) 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 (PDF, 2.0 MB) offers information about child development and includes words from 3 Aboriginal languages - Gumbaynggirr, Dhanggati and Gathang

Northern Sydney

Growing up Strong Cuchicums (PDF, 1.3 MB) 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 (PDF, 1.7 MB) 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 (PDF, 1.4 MB) 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 (PDF, 1.9 MB) 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 (PDF, 1.3 MB) 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 (PDF, 2.9 MB) 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 (PDF, 2.7 MB) 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 (PDF, 1.9 MB) 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 (PDF, 1.2 MB) 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 (PDF, 1.4 MB) offers basic child development information in a simple format incorporating the Gamilaraay and Nganyawana languages.

Riverina, Murray and Central West

Growing Up Strong Buraay (PDF, 1.3 MB) 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 (PDF, 387.2 KB), 6 to 12 months (PDF, 529.3 KB), 1 to 3 years (PDF, 434.1 KB), 3 to 5 years (PDF, 430.9 KB) and 5 to 8 years (PDF, 491.3 KB).


Last updated:

20 Jun 2024