Campion Library: Personal Development Libguide: Sport and Culture

Indigenous Games

Indigenous Traditional Games
Game play and basic rules on selection of Indigenous games.
Yulunga Traditional Indigenous Games
A collection of game cards of Indigenous games from Sport Australia
Traditional Aboriginal games & activities
Here is a collection and brief description of many traditional games.

A researcher has uncovered evidence that Aussie Rules Football might actually have been influenced by a traditional Indigenous game called Marngrook. Watch the video and decide if you think they're related.

Indigenous Traditional Games-Resource
Indigenous Traditional Games - Planning Resource

Teacher Resources

Sports Ability
Inclusive activity cards for all levels of ability designed to develop children's skills, confidence and motivation for sports-based activities.
Move it mobstyle
Class activity worksheets taken from the health, dance and cultural stories presented in each episode of Move It Mob Style
RightsEd: Disability Rights: Inclusion and Sport
These lessons fit within the Years 7-8 Health and Physical Education curriculum.

Strange sports around the world

Hacky sack

A game of Hacky sack consists of two or more players standing in a circle and trying to keep the sack off the ground for as long as possible. Click HERE for more information on playing Hacky sack.

Wikipedia has a very comprehensive list of traditional children's games from all over the world and is a good starting point.

Here are some of best-loved children's games from different countries.

Traditional Games Children Play
A collection of group games from around the world.

Bocce

Backyard bocce
Bocce
Bocce is a ball sport belonging to the boules family, closely related to British bowls and French pétanque, with a common ancestry from ancient games played in the Roman Empire.