Anaiwan - Armidale Community
UNE Camp
Today we participated in the University Of New England – Oorala Aboriginal Center, You Leadership Camp for Junior Boys. The...
Share your story
The Storylines platform provides local community members, schools, organisations and the broader community with a culturally safe online environment to share and celebrate Aboriginal, non-secret, non-sacred stories of history, culture and achievement.
Storylines enables your community to establish their own Community Storylines website that provides local Community ownership and approval of all content shared.
Find authentic stories and resources and stay up to date with what is going on within your local community.
Share your story
The Storylines platform provides local community members, schools, organisations and the broader community with a culturally safe online environment to share and celebrate Aboriginal, non-secret, non-sacred stories of history, culture and achievement.
Storylines enables your community to establish their own Community Storylines website that provides local Community ownership and approval of all content shared.
Find authentic stories and resources and stay up to date with what is going on within your local community.
Featured Stories
Awabakal - Belmont Community
Our Smoking Ceremony
Observation – Aunty Steff’s Smoking Ceremony Today, we had the privilege of welcoming Aunty Steff to lead a smoking ceremony...
Anaiwan - Armidale Community
University Life with Bonnie
In this video we are introduced to Bonnie, a first-year Bachelor of Agriculture student at UNE. Watch as she shares...
Anaiwan - Armidale Community
Journeys to Success
In this video, we meet a selection of Aboriginal students—past and present—who have chosen UNE as their place of study....
UNE Camp
Anaiwan - Armidale Community
Today we participated in the University Of New England – Oorala Aboriginal Center, You Leadership Camp for Junior Boys.
The camp offers a comprehensive range of learning and cultural experience to empower the young men in attendance.
The camp offers a comprehensive range of learning and cultural experience to empower the young men in attendance.
Our Smoking Ceremony
Awabakal - Belmont Community
Today, we had the privilege of welcoming Aunty Steff to lead a smoking ceremony with the children.
She began by sharing the significance of her Coolamon, explaining its traditional uses for collecting berries, bush tucker, and leaves, as well as for carrying babies and even being used in fire-making.
She began by sharing the significance of her Coolamon, explaining its traditional uses for collecting berries, bush tucker, and leaves, as well as for carrying babies and even being used in fire-making.
University Life with Bonnie
Anaiwan - Armidale Community
In this video we are introduced to Bonnie, a first-year Bachelor of Agriculture student at UNE. Watch as she shares her journey from boarding school in Melbourne to university life in Armidale and her experience of studying there.
Journeys to Success
Anaiwan - Armidale Community
In this video, we meet a selection of Aboriginal students—past and present—who have chosen UNE as their place of study.
Listen as they share their experiences and the many opportunities they have encountered through their time at the University. Be inspired by their messages of encouragement and their journeys to success.
Listen as they share their experiences and the many opportunities they have encountered through their time at the University. Be inspired by their messages of encouragement and their journeys to success.
From the Community
Matthew MacDonald – Teacher
“Storylines is a fantastic resource for building lesson plans incorporating stories that are culturally accurate and locally accepted by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.”
Matthew MacDonald
Teacher
Mia Simon – Student
“I’ve always been interested in learning more about my history and culture. Storylines is a great place to find stories from my local community.”
Mia Simon
Student
Karen Keers – Teacher
“Storylines makes it easy to upload stories and share what we’re doing at the school in support of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education.”
Karen Keers
Teacher
Kiara Brindle – Parent
“I love seeing stories of what our kids are doing at school with the local community. It’s also great to have the stories saved on our local community site so we can come back to them at a later date. I’m looking forward to sharing the stories with our kids when they’re older.”
Kiara Brindle
Parent
Aunty Muriel Brandy – Elder
“When I went to school it wasn’t easy to find information about where I was from. Sharing my story has enabled me to pass on my knowledge to future generations.”
Aunty Muriel Brandy
Elder