Dharawal - Nowra Community
The Yarning Circle
St John the Evangelist Catholic High School loves to celebrate culture. On significant dates the school does a smoking ceremony...
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
Dharawal - Nowra Community
Shine ‘Shines’ for AFL South Coast
Ms Shine, a student at St John’s Catholic High School in Nowra, began the program in July 2021, and whilst...
Eora/Gadigal - Redfern Community
Blak Caucus Micro-Treaty Retreat
Our Blak Caucus … Has been established to prioritise Aboriginal community collaboration and guidance on the project. It consists of...
Yaegl - Maclean Community
Cultural Tour Maclean High School 2024
Fine, clear, and slightly warm weather was the perfect backdrop for the Year 7 Cultural Tour held at Lake Arragan,...
Shine ‘Shines’ for AFL South Coast
Dharawal Nowra Community
Ms Shine, a student at St John’s Catholic High School in Nowra, began the program in July 2021, and whilst not having much insight into the program upon starting, took the opportunity with both hands.
The Storylines SBAT combines school-based learning and the completion of Year 12 studies with a Certificate II in Sport & Recreation. In addition to this learning, Kiah has assisted the delivery of AFL in school and in after-school programs.
The Storylines SBAT combines school-based learning and the completion of Year 12 studies with a Certificate II in Sport & Recreation. In addition to this learning, Kiah has assisted the delivery of AFL in school and in after-school programs.
The Yarning Circle
Dharawal Nowra Community
St John the Evangelist Catholic High School loves to celebrate culture.On significant dates the school does a smoking ceremony and the boys do a welcome dance.
Blak Caucus Micro-Treaty Retreat
Eora/Gadigal Redfern Community
Our Blak Caucus... Has been established to prioritise Aboriginal community collaboration and guidance on the project. It consists of Aboriginal cultural leads from our eight participating schools.
Working in conjunction with the Blak Caucus team, a Cultural mentoring program is designed to localise and provide explicit truths and examples in re-shaping content resources and teacher perspectives.
Working in conjunction with the Blak Caucus team, a Cultural mentoring program is designed to localise and provide explicit truths and examples in re-shaping content resources and teacher perspectives.
Cultural Tour Maclean High School 2024
Yaegl Maclean Community
Fine, clear, and slightly warm weather was the perfect backdrop for the Year 7 Cultural Tour held at Lake Arragan, Red Cliff, and Brooms Head on 11–12 and 20 March. One hundred and sixteen students attended along with 20 staff over the three days which the Yaegl Elders hosted.
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