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Worimi - Port Stephens Community
Connecting to Country
Miss Price and Mrs Worley recently attended the Connecting to Country Professional Learning course, where they participated in three days...
Wiradjuri - Orange Community
Orange East Public School, Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week.
What an incredible day! Schools from across the region came together to make history, build new friendships, and celebrate Culture...
Biripi - Hastings Community
Bago Community of Schools Aboriginal Education Committee
Operating on Biripi Country The Bago Community of Schools Aboriginal Education Committee (AEC) brings together Wauchope High School, Long Flat,...
Biripi - Hastings Community
Biripi Buddies in the Bago Community of Schools
The Biripi Buddies initiative. A proud collaboration of the Bago Community of Schools Aboriginal Education Committee—continues to shine as a...
Biripi - Hastings Community
Strengthening Partnerships in Aboriginal Education: Hastings AECG and Department of Education Sign MoU
Historic MoU Strengthens Partnerships in Aboriginal Education On Wednesday, 30 July 2025, the Hastings Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG), alongside...
Biripi - Hastings Community
BAGO Schools Celebrate Reconciliation Week 2025
We all have a role to play in reconciliation. By working together, we strengthen relationships and communities that value and...
Awabakal - Glendale Community
Cultural Burn
🌿🔥 The Ngaarr Dhuwi mentors from Glendale Technology High School had the honor of attending a cultural burn on Country...
Wiradjuri - Orange Community
Bletchington Public School Sorry Day and Reconciliation week
What an incredible day! Schools from across the region came together to make history, build new friendships, and celebrate Culture...
Wiradjuri - Orange Community
Orange Public School, Sorry Day and Reconciliation Day
What an incredible day! Schools from across the region came together to make history, build new friendships, and celebrate Culture...
Wiradjuri - Orange Community
Bowen Public School, Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week
What an incredible day! Schools from across the region came together to make history, build new friendships, and celebrate Culture...
Wiradjuri - Orange Community
Calare Public School, Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week
What an incredible day! Schools from across the region came together to make history, build new friendships, and celebrate Culture...
Wiradjuri - Orange Community
Cargo Public School, Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week
What an incredible day! Schools from across the region came together to make history, build new friendships, and celebrate Culture...
Wiradjuri - Orange Community
JAECG Leadership Program
What an incredible day with the Orange Community of Schools and the inspiring Orange LAECG! The Orange LAECG has been...
Awabakal - Glendale Community
Women’s Business with Chloe Smith, Awabakal Land Council
Awabakal Land Council for women’s business On 25 September, we welcomed Chloe Smith from the Awabakal Land Council for a...
Awabakal - Glendale Community
Touch Gala Day
GTHS Girls Shine at their first-ever Ngaarr Dhuwi Touch Gala Day! The GTHS girls proudly competed in their first-ever Ngaarr...
Awabakal - Glendale Community
Bush Tucker with Rodney Lake and OzTukka
Exploring Bush Tucker with Uncle Rodney Lake & Oz Tukka On Monday 23 October, our Aboriginal students had the privilege...
Awabakal - Glendale Community
Midnight Dreaming, Renae Lamb
Ngaarr Dhuwi Girls Connect Through Art, Dance & Culture Last Wednesday, the Ngaarr Dhuwi girls joined Renae for an inspiring...
Awabakal - Glendale Community
Glendale TAFE Careers
Aboriginal TAFE officer Emma McDonald, from Glendale TAFE Campus spoke to Ngaarr Dhuwi girls about career opportunities available through TAFE....
Awabakal - Glendale Community
The Last Daughter Women’s business
Connecting Through Culture: Ngaarr Dhuwi Girls’ Weekly Women’s Business Last Thursday, our Ngaarr Dhuwi girls came together for their weekly...
Awabakal - Glendale Community
Ngaarr Dhuwi Acknowledgement of Country
Acknowledgment of Country Last Wednesday, the Girls Academy came together for their first session of Term 4, kicking off with...
Awabakal - Belmont Community
The Honey and Bee Gathering Workshop
After listening to the dreaming story The Legend of the Flowers (Tales of the Dreaming, 1975) about how there were...
Awabakal/Worimi - Newcastle/Callaghan Community
Walking with Bailey
Islington Public School had the incredible honour of joining local Worimi man Bailey Myers on the final 10 kilometres of...
Biripi - Hastings Community
Camden Haven Combined Public Schools NAIDOC Day 2024
This is the second year we have had a combined schools NAIDOC Day in the Camden Haven area. Seven public...
Dharawal - Campbelltown Community
The Emu Egg Project – A Journey Of Discovery
The Bradbury Preschool Wombats were honoured with a special award at the 32nd Annual MIL-PRA AECG Art Exhibition for their...
Dharawal - Campbelltown Community
Honouring NAIDOC Week with gratitude!
🖤💛❤️ ‘Today, we at Campbelltown Performing Arts High School we started NAIDOC Week with gratitude! Today, we express our thanks...
Dharawal - Campbelltown Community
NAIDOC: Keep the Fire Burning! BLAK, LOUD & PROUD
What a day of celebrating and learning. First our First Nations students lead an assembly where we all came together...
Awabakal - Booragul/Toronto Community
Learning Gathang and Awabakal Language
Learning Gathang and Awabakal Language. We acknowledge that Fennell Bay PS sits on Worimi and Awabakal land, with the local...
Wiradjuri - Orange Community
What culture means to me.
The Orange LAECG, President, Mary Croaker invited all schools in the Orange community who have JAECG leader to attend the...
Dharawal - Campbelltown Community
Dharawal Seasons by 1A 2023
In Year 1 for our Geography unit we learnt about the weather and seasons. We learnt about Aboriginal seasons and...
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,...
Dharawal - Ingleburn/Macquarie Fields Community
Community Of Schools NAIDOC 2023 at James Meehan High School
OCTOBER A week on and we are still moved by the experience that was hosting the Community of Schools NAIDOC...
Wiradjuri - Orange Community
Brewarrina Connections
Ten Glenroi Heights students engaged in an amazing cultural experience with an excursion to the Township of Brewarrina, including a...
Bundjalung - Tweed/Wollumbin Community
NAIDOC celebrations at Bogangar Public School 2023
On Thursday 29 June, Bogangar Public School kicked off early celebrations of NAIDOC week with many different activities across the...
Biripi - Hastings Community
Camden Haven Community celebrates NAIDOC Week 2023 with local schools
A group of public schools, seven primary schools and one high school, in the Camden Haven Community gathered together at...
Dharawal - Campbelltown Community
Our deadly kids – Thomas Reddall High School
Our amazing Stage 4 students recently conducted a staff professional learning session. The students showcased and spoke about important tools,...
Wiradjuri - Orange Community
Junior AECG Leadership ceremony
The 12th of May was a special day for these wonderful new leaders; our school, Orange Public School (OPS); and...
Ngiyampaa/Wongaibon - Nyngan Community
Wangaaypuwan Ngurrampaa – Nyngan Timeline from 1835 – 1998
Nyngan Pre-contact: Ngemba boarding Wiradjuri / Wayilwan /Kawambarai Country: Traditional Language: Ngiyampaa – Wangaaypuwan (Wongaibon) Mayi (People). Clans included: Belar...
Darkinjung - Gorokan Community
Storylines Youth Ambassadors Program at Gorokan High School
The Storylines Youth Ambassadors program headed to Gorokan High School. The day started with an introduction from Melinda Brown and...
Worimi - Port Stephens Community
Tea Gardens Public School Yarning Circle Opening NAIDOC 2022
At 10 a.m. on 1 August 2022 Tea Gardens Public School officially opened our yarning circle. Many thanks to Murrook...
Awabakal - Belmont Community
Connecting to Country
Eight staff members from Belmont High attended the three-day Connecting to Country training, facilitated by Minimbah AECG. Over the three...
Awabakal - Swansea Community
Our Islands Our Home
Our Islands Our Home Torres Strait Islanders are on the frontline of the climate crisis, and urgent action is needed...
Wiradjuri - Orange Community
What does NAIDOC mean to you?
NAIDOC stands for the National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee. Each year, we honors culture and our First Nations...
Wiradjuri - Orange Community
Getting to Know me at Orange TAFE
Recently, our Storylines Youth Ambassadors Program travelled to Orange TAFE, where we got the chance to talk to some awesome...
Wiradjuri - Orange Community
What does being a Junior AECG mean to me?
The Junior AECG from multiple schools in Orange came together and wrote down what being a Junior AECG means to...
Wiradjuri - Orange Community
Storylines Youth Ambassadors Program goes to Orange
The Storylines Youth Ambassadors Program went to Orange and met up with the Orange Junior AECG from multiple schools in...
Darug - Liverpool Community
Backpacks for Lismore
Liverpool AECG started a wonderful initiative whereby they asked if local schools could raise funds to purchase backpacks filled with...
Wiradjuri - Mudgee Community
Heal Country – NAIDOC Week 2021
Students from Mudgee Public School enjoyed a week celebrating the culture and achievements of our First Nations Peoples through art,...
Ngiyampaa/Wongaibon - Nyngan Community
Interview with Elder Eddie Shipp
Some of the students from Nyngan High School and Nyngan Public School were thrilled to interview local Elder Eddie Shipp,...
Ngiyampaa/Wongaibon - Nyngan Community
Getting to Know the Elders at Nyngan
In this video, students from Nyngan High School and Nyngan Public School get together with some of their local Elders...
Yaegl - Maclean Community
Maclean High School Staff Cultural Tour
On Friday 17 December 2021, over 60 Maclean High School Staff participated in a cultural tour that was organised and...
Yaegl - Maclean Community
Maclean High School Cultural Tours 2021
The cultural tours for Year 7 were run again in mid-March, allowing the students to spend some time with the...
Wiradjuri - Lithgow Community
Cooerwull Public School Grand Champion Award
Cooerwull Public School was placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd in many areas, and we were delighted to receive the Grand...
Wiradjuri/Ngunnawal - Yass Community
Binit Binit Learning Community
The Binit Binit Learning Community was formed in 2016 by schools in the Yass Valley and surrounding areas of NSW....
Eora - Canterbury Community
STEM Youth Development Camp
From Tuesday to Thursday in Week 10, Anthony Nykolyn, Wundarra Murray, Tahleeha Young, Damien Pintley, Tayne Peacock, and Baynen Miller...
Darkinjung - Wyong Community
NGARA AECG Excellence Assembly 2018
Snapshots from the Excellence Assembly at Wyong High School. The assembly was for all schools involved with the NGARA AECG....
Awabakal - Whitebridge Community
Stories from the AECG
This video explains the role and reasoning behind the creation of the AECG. In the video you will learn about...
Awabakal - Whitebridge Community
Connecting to Country December 2018
Connecting to Country is a 3-day cultural awareness training program offering a unique opportunity to engage directly with Aboriginal people...
Awabakal - Swansea Community
Stories from the AECG
This video explains the role and reasoning behind the creation of the AECG. In the video you will learn about...
Awabakal - Swansea Community
Connecting to Country December 2018
Connecting to Country is a 3-day cultural awareness training program offering a unique opportunity to engage directly with Aboriginal people...
Awabakal - Belmont Community
Stories from the AECG
This video explains the role and reasoning behind the creation of the AECG. In the video you will learn about...
Awabakal - Belmont Community
Connecting to Country December 2018
Connecting to Country is a 3-day cultural awareness training program offering a unique opportunity to engage directly with Aboriginal people...
Awabakal - Gateshead Community
Stories from the AECG
This video explains the role and reasoning behind the creation of the AECG. In the video you will learn about...
Awabakal - Gateshead Community
Connecting to Country December 2018
Connecting to Country is a 3-day cultural awareness training program offering a unique opportunity to engage directly with Aboriginal people...
Awabakal - Edgeworth Community
AECG STEM Camp
Edgeworth Heights Public School students Denzel, Charlie, Sierra, Ashlyn, Brandon and Tatum attended the AECG STEM Camp at Rathmines. The...
Awabakal/Worimi - Newcastle/Callaghan Community
Uncle Perry playing the didgeridoo
Muloobinbah LAECG hold a Connecting to Country every year. This is the time where we invite Uncle Perry Fuller to...
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
NAIDOC Week 2019 celebrations
On Thursday 27 June, NAIDOC Week celebrations were held at Warners Bay High School. Year 7 and Year 9 students...
Dharawal - Nowra Community
Aunty Pat on Identity
A quick call out about identity by NSW AECG life member Aunty Pat from Nowra.
Darug - Fairfield Community
NAIDOC Week celebrations at Bossley Park Public School
On 1 August 2018, Bossley Park Public School held its annual NAIDOC Week Celebrations. An important and highly anticipated time...
Wiradjuri - Lithgow Community
Rydal show and awards celebrations
We celebrated NAIDOC and Awards at Cooerwull Public School (CPS) Rydal Show Cooerwull Public School (CPS) students and staff have...
Wiradjuri - Dubbo Community
Tech Savvy Elders at Dubbo
Here we are at Dubbo where students and community came together to connect and learn about technology from the past...
Kamilaroi - Walgett Community
Walgett Tech Savvy Elders
Tech Savvy Elders 2018 was delivered in partnership with the NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group, Family and Community Services, and...
Awabakal - Glendale Community
Kumaridha AECG Connecting to Country Program
Kumaridha Local AECG held our Connecting to Country Program for our collegiate of schools from Wednesday 27 June to Friday...
Awabakal/Darkinjung - Morisset Community
Morisset High School Junior AECG
On 25 March 2018, Itji-Marru JAECG was formed. A JAECG is made up of Aboriginal students aged from 11 to...
Awabakal - Belmont Community
2016 at Belmont High School
As the school year draws to a close, Belmomt High School reflects on 2016. This year, new programs have been...
Wiradjuri - Lithgow Community
Cooerwull Public School at the Rydal Show
Rydal Show Cooerwull Public School (CPS) students and staff worked hard with Aboriginal Educational Officers Aunty Kym and Uncle Owen...
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
Cultural Workshops WBHS
On Thursday 5th April, 20 students from the Junior AECG attended a cultural workshop with Aboriginal Elder Dawn Conlan. Dawn...
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
Sorry Day Commemorations – Warners Bay High School
On Monday 28th May, Warners Bay High school Junior AECG led a whole school assembly to commemorate National Sorry Day....
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
Warners Bay High School NAIDOC 2018
On Thursday, 28th June, NAIDOC Week celebrations were held at Warners Bay High School. Year 7 and 9 students attended...
Darug - Mt Druitt/St Marys Community
Chifley College Dunheved Campus – Pemulwuy Local Junior AECG
Chifley College Dunheved Campus established a Pemulwuy Local Junior AECG in Term 2, 2018. Students held an AGM with the...
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
Connecting to Country Workshop
Three staff members from Warners Bay High School participated in the Kumaridha Local AECG Connecting to Country workshop. The program...
Korreil Wonnai - Cessnock Community
Kurri Kurri High School – 2018 JAECG Leadership Networking Day
Kurri Kurri High School hosted the JAECG Leadership Networking Day, Term 2 2018. Students participated in Traditional Aboriginal Games, a...
Wonaruah - Maitland Community
Maitland Local AECG Connecting to Country Program 2018
On day three of the Maitland Local AECG’s Connecting to Country Program, LAECG committee members and community Elders take the...
Awabakal - Belmont Community
Belmont High School 2017
The students at Belmont High School have had another busy year this year, attending, participating and getting involved in as...
Korreil Wonnai - Cessnock Community
ATSI Leadership Day
On 22 November 2017, Kurri Kurri High School JAECG leaders, accompanied by Mrs L’Green, participated in a Leadership Networking Day...
Worimi - Port Stephens Community
Bro Speak at Tanilba Bay Public School
The Bro Speak program was again offered to students at Tanilba Bay Public School in Term 4 of 2016. Positions...
Dhungutti - Kempsey Community
Kempsey High School’s NAIDOC assembly
Prior to the holidays, Elders, special guests, parents, students and staff collaborated for the NAIDOC assembly led by the Junior...
Biripi - Hastings Community
Hastings Public School celebrates NAIDOC Week
Hastings Public School celebrated NAIDOC in Week 10 of Term 2. The assembly was run on Monday morning by our...
Awabakal/Worimi - Newcastle/Callaghan Community
Lambton High School Junior AECG
Lambton High School’s Junior Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG)
Biripi - Hastings Community
Junior AECG and preparation for NAIDOC Week
Hastings Public School’s Junior AECG has been busy preparing for NAIDOC Week. Students showed a strong interest in learning more...
Dharawal - Campbelltown Community
Indigenous Leadership Conference
On 18 May 2017, we held a Leadership Day at the Campbelltown Art Gallery with twenty Aboriginal students and teachers....
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
Sorry Day Commemorations
On Monday the 5th June, Warners Bay High School junior AECG students led a whole school assembly to commemorate National...
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
Connecting to Country Workshop
Three staff from Warners Bay High participated in the Kumaridha Local AECG Connecting to Country workshop. The program ran for...
Worimi - Port Stephens Community
Connecting to Country Programme
Connecting to Country is an Aboriginal community cultural awareness teaching programme. Over the course of three days, participating teachers will...
Bundjalung - Ballina/Cabbage Tree Island Community
Connecting to Country Program
The video below displays teachers from the Ballina Cabbage Tree Island Local AECG community getting involved with some cultural arts...
Wonaruah - Maitland Community
Maitland Local AECG Connecting to Country Program 2017
This has been our fifth year running the amazing Connecting to Country Program with participants once again engaging with the...
Biripi - Hastings Community
What’s been happening at Hastings Public School?
Our Junior AECG have recently been involved in making a collaborative artwork. Each student had to design and dot paint...
Biripi - Hastings Community
Wauchope High School’s Yarning Circle
The school’s Junior AECG was successful in receiving a grant for a Yarning Circle at Wauchope High School. In 2015,...
Biripi - Hastings Community
Hastings Public School Junior AECG
Since forming the Hastings Public School Junior AECG, Aboriginal students have created a suggestion box. This is used during Junior...
Eora/Gadigal - Redfern Community
D’harawal calendar mural – Alexandria Park Community School
An authentic representation of D’harawal-Eora science, the mural demonstrates local Aboriginal knowledge in context. It provides an opportunity for the...
Biripi - Hastings Community
Collaborative work at Hastings Public School
At Hastings Public School we formed a Junior AECG group. The group meets several times a term to develop leadership...
Awabakal/Worimi - Newcastle/Callaghan Community
The Callaghan Education Pathways Recognition Awards Ceremony
The Callaghan Education Pathways Recognition Awards Ceremony is an annual event at which our students, parents and community come together...
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
The Warners Bay Community of Schools participated in two Speaking in Colour workshops
On Wednesday the 23rd of November 2016, 40 students, teachers and parents from the Warners Bay Community of Schools participated...
Wiradjuri - Orange Community
Orange’s first Junior AECG
Orange’s first Junior AECG meeting was held with guest speaker Sandon Gibbs-O’Neill, and Indigenous community workers Mary Croaker and Leanne...
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
Warners Bay Community of Schools Memorandum of Understanding
On Tuesday 21st June, 2016 The Kumaridha Local AECG and the Warners Bay Community of Schools signed a Memorandum of...
Wonaruah - Maitland Community
Maitland Local AECG Connecting to Country Program 2016
Maitland Local AECG has just completed its fourth Connecting to Country Program. We had thirty-three participants, comprising senior school executives,...
Bundjalung - Evans Head Community
Tech Savvy Elders at Evans Head
An inter-generational learning experience was delivered through the Tech Savvy Elders program held at Evans River K-12 School in April...
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
Young Aboriginal Artist wins Artwork Competition
Talented Year 10 student Bella Niarros is the proud winner of the Kumaridha Local AECG artwork competition. Students were asked...
Gumbaynggirr - Nambucca/Bellingen Community
Tech Savvy Elders at Nambucca
An inter-generational learning experience was delivered through the Tech Savvy Elders program held at Nambucca High School on 7 April...
Yuin & Monaro - Eden Community
Tech Savvy Elders at Eden Marine High School
An inter-generational learning experience was delivered through the Tech Savvy Elders program held at Eden Marine High School on 1...
Garindja Naway Djingis - Ulladulla Community
Aunty Nell at Tech Savvy Elders
Aunty Nellie Mooney talks about the beginnings of the Wandarma Local AECG and the very successful Aboriginal Homework Centre which...
Garindja Naway Djingis - Ulladulla Community
Tech Savvy Elders at Ulladulla High School
An inter-generational learning experience was delivered through the Tech Savvy Elders program held at Ulladulla High School on 4 April...
Wonaruah - Maitland Community
Maitland Local AECG Connecting to Country Program 2016
We had a great time with Uncle Warren Taggart and Michael Heitmeyer, who were introducing us to their Culture staff...
Wonaruah - Singleton Community
Singleton Junior AECG Walk a Mile, Koori Style
On 27 November, Singleton Junior AECG members attended Walk a Mile Koori Style at King Edward Park in Newcastle. The...
Wonaruah - Maitland Community
Maitland Local AECG Connecting to Country 2015
Maitland Local Aboriginal Consultative Group (MLAECG) held their first three-day Connecting to Country cultural awareness program in July for schools...
Yuin - Tathra Community
Tathra Public School launches Aboriginal language book
An initiative that has yielded interest far and wide is the publication of the Tathra Public School Aboriginal Education book...
Darug/Dharug - Bankstown Community
Bankstown Paceway exhibit
The Local AECG was invited by the Bankstown Paceway to attend a racing meet and to share with everyone Aboriginal...
Darug/Dharug - Bankstown Community
ANZAC Redfern march and speeches
Members of the Local AECG attended the ANZAC Redfern march and speeches in honour of our Aboriginal servicemen and women....
Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay/Gomeroi - Boggabilla/Toomelah
Welcome to the Kamilaroi Community
The Kamilaroi or Gamilaraay nation extends from the area between Tamworth and Goondiwindi, and west to Narrabri, Walgett and Lightning...