Worimi - Forster Community
Bush medicine
Tea tree oil (Melaleuca alternifolia) Bundjalung Aboriginal people from the coast of New South Wales crushed tea-tree (or paperbark) leaves...
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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.
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Darug - Liverpool Community
Olympic Torch Relay
During the recent Covid lockdown, Mr Robert Deacon – Lawrence Hargrave SSP PE teacher – came up with an original...
- The Australian Defence Force
Navy Indigenous Development Program Course Overview
The Navy Indigenous Development Program (NIDP) was launched in March 2014 and is aligned with the national Closing the Gap...
Wiradjuri - Orange Community
The Koori Ninja and Afro Ninja visit Bowen Public School
Jessica Russell and Travis Edwards visited Bowen Public School to have fun with students on the school’s very own Ninja...
'River to the Sea' by 380 Crew
Yaegl - Maclean Community
Maclean High School, in collaboration with Desert Pea Media, has released its second song and film clip by the group 380 Crew.380 Crew is a group of incredible young First Nations artists from Yaegl Country, Northern New South Wales.
NAIDOC Week 2019 Celebrations
Awabakal - Warners Bay
On Thursday 27 June, NAIDOC Week celebrations were held at Warners Bay High School.Year 7 and Year 9 students attended the ceremony, along with members of the Junior AECG, their families, representatives from the local primary schools and community members.
Uncle Perry Playing the Didgeridoo
Awabakal/Worimi Newcastle/Callaghan Community
Muloobinbah LAECG hold a Connecting to Country every year.This is the time where we invite Uncle Perry Fuller to come and attend and show us his deadly style of playing the didgeridoo.
Aunty Janice's Story
Worimi - Forster Community
The following extracts are from Aunty Janice Paulson’s personal recount of growing up in Forster in the 1950s.Aunty Janice is a valued Worimi community member, having spent most of her life living here in Forster. These are her stories...
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From the community
“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
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From the community
“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
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Photo: Aunty Mooie Muriel Brandy, passed 2019. Aunt will be sadly missed. Our heart felt condolence to Aunt’s family, friends and community. We pay our respects to the Family. We thank them for their permission to use this photo. The photo is a loving tribute to Aunty Mooie's support of the next generation of Aboriginal leaders and is seen sharing her story with students from Campbelltown area.
From the community
“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
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“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
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From the community
“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