Dharawal - Sutherland Community
First Nations Wellbeing Hub
Lucas Heights Community School celebrated the opening of their First Nations Wellbeing Hub! 🖤💛❤️ The Hub will provide a wide...
NSW Department of Education
Storylines
Wiradjuri - Mudgee Community
Yarn and Cuppa 2024
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families were invited to the 2024 MPS Yarn and Cuppa afternoon on Wednesday 13 March....
Wiradjuri - Orange Community
Primary Collaborative Reconciliation Artwork
Listen to the primary kids from Anson Street School and answer these questions: What does Reconciliation mean to them? What...
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
3-6 Birpai Buddies
The Bago Small Schools 3-6 Birpai Buddies from Long Flat, Beechwood, Huntingdon and Comboyne Public Schools came together at Wauchope...
Dharawal - Narellan Community
Yarning Circle work
Elderslie High School students had their green thumbs out as they worked in the yarning circle. They weeded, they watered,...
Dharawal - Narellan Community
UWS Pathways to Dreaming
Our Yr 7 and 8 First Nations students headed to UWS Campbelltown Campus as part of the Pathways to Dreaming...
Dharawal - Narellan Community
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Year 7 and 8 First Nations students participated in a Dharawal language and poetry day at the Mount Annan Botanical...
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...
Dharawal - Ingleburn/Macquarie Fields Community
Aboriginal Students Take Charge Designing New School Uniform
Designing New School Uniform Students at Sarah Redfern High School had the opportunity on Sorry Day to collaborate with community...
Dharawal - Narellan Community
Artucation
Artucation Year 8 First Nations students and friends have been participating in Artucation over the last few weeks. This program...
Dharawal - Narellan Community
Bush Tucker Garden
Bush Tucker Garden Our Year 7 First Nations Students meet up with Cliodhna from the Botanical Gardens First Nations Youth...
Awabakal - Swansea Community
Marks Point Public School – Voices for Reconciliation 2024
2024 – Voices for Reconciliation Students and staff at Marks Point Public School participated in ‘Voices for Reconciliation’ as they...
Awabakal - Swansea Community
Marks Point Public School – National Reconciliation Week 2024
National Reconciliation Week 2024 Marks Point Public School celebrated National Reconciliation Week by participating in a whole-school assembly. Students listened...
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...
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,...
Bundjalung - Tweed/Wollumbin Community
Reconciliation Week 2023 – Bogangar Public School
National Reconciliation week at Bogangar Public School began with a smoking ceremony and welcome to country performed by community Elder,...
Bundjalung - Tweed/Wollumbin Community
For Our Elders – Morning tea at Bogangar Public School
Bogangar Public School invited Elders for a Yarn Up and morning tea as part of the NAIDOC 2023 celebrations, For...
Bundjalung - Tweed/Wollumbin Community
Coastal Learning Community Yuli Group
Tweed Coast Yuli students enjoyed a day on Country at Fingal Head with the Tweed Byron Local Aboriginal Land Council....
Bundjalung - Tweed/Wollumbin Community
Sorry Day at Bogangar Public
On 26 May 2023, the Bogangar school community came together to acknowledge and commemorate National Sorry Day. Throughout the week...
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...
Dharawal - Ingleburn/Macquarie Fields Community
Glenwood Public School’s – Acknowledgement of Country.
We are proud to announce Glenwood Public School’s personalised Acknowledgement of Country! This special declaration was also endorsed by The...
Darkinjung - Wyong Community
Gulang Fest 2022 – Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College Tumbi Umbi Campus
Tumbi is very proud of our students who performed and created artwork for the 2022 Gulang Fest! We received 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...
Wonaruah - Maitland Community
Connection to Country Program
Connection forms the basis of our Connecting Countries program. We focus on healing generations through connection.In December 2022 we welcomed...
Wiradjuri - Orange Community
Local Aboriginal artist, Sandon Gibbs O’Neil’s, Burrugu art exhibition
At the start of term 2, over 3 days, all primary students and our Indigenous Year 2 OPS students visited...
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...
Ngiyampaa/Wongaibon - Nyngan Community
Acknowledgement of Country
A group of Year 6 students from Nyngan Public School are very proud to have learnt an Acknowledgement of Country...
Dharawal - Ingleburn/Macquarie Fields Community
Staff Shirt – Professional Learning
Staff at Curran Public School had one of our Professional Learning afternoons on Country at Simmo’s Beach in Macquarie Fields. We...
Dharawal - Ingleburn/Macquarie Fields Community
NAIDOC 2022 Celebrations with Community.
This year’s NAIDOC theme was Get Up, Stand up, Show up! In honor of NAIDOC this year, Curran Public School...
Awabakal - Gateshead Community
Building a humpy with Windale Public School
On 23 February, 4/5D students learnt that a humpy is a small, temporary shelter, traditionally used by Aboriginal people. They...
Awabakal - Swansea Community
Marks Point Public School – Yarning Circle Opening
On Friday 28 October, Marks Point Public School celebrated the official opening of our Yarning Circle – Nupalikoba Malang: A...
Worimi - Port Stephens Community
NAIDOC Week 2022 – Glen William Public School
This year, Glen William Public School commemorated NAIDOC Week with different activities each day. Given the NAIDOC theme ‘Get Up!...
Dharawal - Ingleburn/Macquarie Fields Community
Curran Public School: Who’s Your Hero?
Recently, our Storylines Youth Ambassador program travelled to Curran Public School where the kids took some deadly videos of themselves...
Dharawal - Ingleburn/Macquarie Fields Community
Acknowledgement of Country
Students from Guise Public School perform an Acknowledgement of Country.
Dharawal - Ingleburn/Macquarie Fields Community
Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!
From the Frontier Wars and our earliest resistance fighters to our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities fighting for change...
Darug/Dharug - Bankstown Community
Picnic Point High School First Nations Mural
Over the past months, our First Nations students have had the fantastic opportunity to work with Michael Fardon, a local...
Yaegl - Maclean Community
Yaegl Elders lead the way for Maclean High School’s Reconciliation Action Plan
In October the Yaegl Elders group met at Botero, in Maclean, to go through Maclean High School’s Reconciliation Action Plan...
Worimi - Port Stephens Community
The Storylines Youth Ambassadors Program at Hunter River High School
The Storylines team headed to Hunter River High School with the Storylines Youth Ambassadors Program. The day started with the...
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...
Yaegl - Maclean Community
NAIDOC 2022
NAIDOC 2022 at Maclean High School. Maclean High School has lived up to the theme of NAIDOC this year –...
Awabakal - Swansea Community
Swansea Public School Celebrates NAIDOC Week 2022
An opening ceremony was held to mark the beginning of the week-long celebration where many special guests, including Aunty Laurel,...
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 - Belmont Community
NAIDOC 2022 Painted Pebble Project
During NAIDOC Week 2022, Visual Arts students in Years 7–10 learnt about the local Awabakal Dreaming Story ‘When the Moon...
Dharawal - Ingleburn/Macquarie Fields Community
The Storylines Youth Ambassador Program at Curran Public School
The Storylines Youth Ambassadors Program visited Curran Public School. The day started with Riley Long doing an Acknowledgement of Country....
Dharawal - Ingleburn/Macquarie Fields Community
An Interview with Uncle Charlie
A few weeks ago our Storylines Ambassadors program travelled to Minto, where we got to catch up with some of...
Dharawal - Ingleburn/Macquarie Fields Community
What does NAIDOC mean to you?
A few weeks ago, some deadly students at Sarah Redfern High School were given the opportunity to interview Uncle Charles...
Dharawal - Ingleburn/Macquarie Fields Community
A Day in the Life of a Storylines Ambassador
In this video, we showcase just a few of the opportunities and activities that await Storylines Ambassadors through footage taken...
Yaegl - Maclean Community
River of Learning 2022
The River of Learning Celebration Day was held at Maclean High School on Wednesday 1 June. It was a lovely...
Yaegl - Maclean Community
River of Learning Art Show 2022
River of Learning Art Show 2022: ‘My Favourite Place on Yaegl Country’ As part of the River of Learning program...
Awabakal - Swansea Community
Fernleigh Awabakal Shared Track Project
In Term 1, a selected group of students were invited to attend an Aboriginal Art Workshop with Jo Davies, from...
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
First Nations Youth Cultural Workshop
Fairfield City Council provided a unique cultural experience for our students. We did weaving and art, made clap sticks, and...
Darug - Liverpool Community
Harmony Day
Every year we celebrate cultural diversity through Harmony Day.
Dharawal - Ingleburn/Macquarie Fields Community
Storylines Youth Ambassadors Program – Robert Townson Public School
The Storylines Youth Ambassadors Program visits Robert Townson Public School The day started with Melinda Brown and Jessica Russell introducing...
Wiradjuri - Mudgee Community
Christmas Wreaths
LL created beautiful Christmas wreaths using fallen leaves and Aboriginal designs.
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,...
Wiradjuri - Mudgee Community
Always Was, Always Will Be
Students and teachers at Mudgee Public School had fun week celebrating NAIDOC 2020 (albeit late in the year due to...
Wiradjuri - Mudgee Community
Yarn & Cuppa – PLP Afternoon
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families of students at Mudgee Public School were invited to a Yarn & Cuppa afternoon....
Ngiyampaa/Wongaibon - Nyngan Community
Storylines Youth Ambassadors Program – Nyngan
The Storylines team headed to Nyngan to do the Storylines Youth Ambassadors Program with some incredible students from both Nyngan...
Ngiyampaa/Wongaibon - Nyngan Community
Acknowledgement of Country
Students from Nyngan Public School perform an Acknowledgement of Country.
Yaegl - Maclean Community
Cultural Tours – Maclean High School 2022
BROOMS HEAD CULTURAL TOUR 2022 The 2022 cultural tours were held over three days in March as part of the...
Darug - Liverpool Community
AECG Cultural Camp 2018
Aboriginal students from our school were invited to a two-day AECG Cultural Camp in The Royal National Park in 2018....
Darug - Liverpool Community
Aboriginal Mural
In 2018 we received a grant from Kari, a local Aboriginal Community Organisation. Kari provides programs which teach local community...
Darug - Liverpool Community
Meeting Place
LHS Aboriginal students collaborated with Warwick Farm PS to design and construct a garden feature based upon an ancient Aboriginal...
Darug - Liverpool Community
NAIDOC 2018
Aboriginal students made a kangaroo pie in preparation for our special guest, Aunty Carol Brown. She viewed student work in...
Darug - Liverpool Community
Western Sydney Airport Reconciliation Celebration
Fairfield City Council arranged for students from LHS to go to Western Sydney Airport to participate in their official Reconciliation...
Darug - Liverpool Community
South Cares – Weaving
Bianca from South Cares teaches how to weave bracelets from lomandra leaves.
Darug - Liverpool Community
South Cares – Fitness and Wellbeing
Football legend Rhys Wesser has been training our students to improve their fitness and wellbeing by training and playing football.
Yuin - Wreck Bay Community
Kade King – NSW Department of Education School-Based Apprentice/Trainee of the Year Award
16th Annual Nanga Mai Awards 2021. Kade is an inspiring future leader of our community. He is currently completing Year...
Worimi - Port Stephens Community
Reconnecting School Communities Post Covid-19
Karuah Public School hosted the first school-based Port Stephens Youyoong AECG face-to-face meeting since Covid-19 restrictions. Our Aboriginal Dance Group...
Worimi - Port Stephens Community
Yapii the Platypus Dreaming Story
As the final collaborative project for 2021, students at Glen William Public School created a book based on a Dreaming...
Worimi - Port Stephens Community
Aboriginal Dreaming Story – Creation of the Worimi Conservation Land Film
The Infants class at Glen William Public School created a film based on the Aboriginal Dreaming Story ‘Creation of the...
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...
Worimi - Port Stephens Community
NAIDOC 2021 – Heal Country!
Students at Glen William Public School had a wonderful time learning all about NAIDOC. Students choreographed and performed a dance...
Worimi - Port Stephens Community
Hunter River High School Clontarf Academy visits Salt Ash
Salt Ash Public School students have thoroughly enjoyed Hunter River Clontarf Academy visiting our school this term. So far, our...
Worimi - Port Stephens Community
Worimi Mural – Glen William Public School
Students at Glen William Public School created a mural to display on the outside of the school. They decided to...
Darug - Mt Druitt/St Marys Community
Celebrating NAIDOC Week 2018 at Clairgate Public School
Introduction This document contains an introduction, a curriculum and planning grid, a K-6 scope and sequence chart and information about...
Yaegl - Maclean Community
NAIDOC 2021
This year, we celebrated NAIDOC in the last week of Term 3 before the break. During the week, different activities...
Yaegl - Maclean Community
NAIDOC Week 2021 Games
During NAIDOC Week, Maclean High School hosts Year 5 students from local primary schools to participate in Aboriginal games, which...
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...
Darug - Liverpool Community
Olympic Torch Relay
During the recent Covid lockdown, Mr Robert Deacon – Lawrence Hargrave SSP PE teacher – came up with an original...
Bundjalung - Tweed/Wollumbin Community
Former Kingy High Student Graduates Uni
A great day for Tyarna Larkin, a former Kingy High student, who graduated from UNSW in 2020. Her ceremony was...
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...
Awabakal - Booragul/Toronto Community
NAIDOC Week 2018
Wow, what great NAIDOC celebrations we had! Our week started with listening to our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students...
Awabakal - Booragul/Toronto Community
News from Aunty Niss
Wow, what a term we have had in Aboriginal Education! Did you know that learning could be so much fun?!...
Awabakal - Booragul/Toronto Community
NAIDOC 2019
NAIDOC 2019 was a whole-school affair in Term 2 at Fennell Bay Public School. Firstly, this is the year that...
Awabakal - Booragul/Toronto Community
Welcome to Lingo
KAAYI!! 2020 Here we are!! Fennell Bay Public School has started the year off with a BANG!! We are learning...
Awabakal - Booragul/Toronto Community
Deadly Streaming Excursion
In 2019 our Year 5 & 6 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students were involved in an Identity and Cultural...
Awabakal - Booragul/Toronto Community
Reconciliation Week 2020
Reconciliation Week 2020 started on 27 May at Fennell Bay Public School. For Sorry Day on the previous day, Aunty...
Wiradjuri - Lithgow Community
Dux of Wallerawang Public School
The awarding of the Dux of Wallerawang Public School in 2020 has acknowledged and celebrated the achievement of Stevie-Lee Mealey...
Wiradjuri - Lithgow Community
Outdoor Learning Area and Memorial Garden at Wallerawang Public School
The Outdoor Learning Area and Memorial Garden is a tranquil space that enables the students and wider community to share,...
Yaegl - Maclean Community
NAIDOC 2020 at Maclean High School
NAIDOC Week was celebrated differently at Maclean High School this year. The existing celebratory week was not only moved into...
Yuin - Merimbula Community
Merimbula Public School Schools Reconciliation Challenge 2020 ‘Caring for Country’
Merimbula Public School is very proud to have had two students enter the Schools Reconciliation Challenge 2020, with the theme...
Ngunnawal - Queanbeyan Community
NAIDOC Week 2018 at Jerrabomberra Public School
During NAIDOC Week 2018, the theme was ‘Because of Her, We Can’. The year 5 students at Jerrabomberra Public School...
Ngunnawal - Queanbeyan Community
Reconciliation Week 2020 at Jerrabomberra Public School
Reconciliation Week is an important time on our school calendar. This year it commemorates 20 years of the Reconciliation Walks,...
Ngunnawal - Queanbeyan Community
Reconciliation Week 2020 at Jerrabomberra Public School Year 6
Year 6 focused on the need for reconciliation and on the policies with respect to colour enacted in the 19th...
Ngunnawal - Queanbeyan Community
Reconciliation Week 2020 at Queanbeyan East Public School
This year’s Reconciliation Week theme is ‘In this Together’. Chief Executive Officer at Reconciliation Australia, Karen Mundine, speaks about the...
Biripi - Taree Community
Old Bar Public School NAIDOC Film 2020
In celebration of NAIDOC 2020, Old Bar Public School has created a montage celebrating the identity of our Aboriginal and...
Awabakal - Gateshead Community
Learning Hub and Cultural Centre
The St Pius X Primary School Reconciliation Project – Learning Hub and Cultural Centre aimed to remodel the existing library...
Awabakal/Worimi - Newcastle/Callaghan Community
Glendore Gets Healthy and Educated in Bike Safety
Bike and fitness coaches from Bike and Fitness delivered an Aboriginal Bike Safety Program on Tuesday 10 March 2020 at...
Awabakal - Booragul Community
2020 NAIDOC Celebrations
My role as a classroom teacher in the NSW Department of Education is to support my students to: develop a...
Awabakal - Gateshead Community
NAIDOC 2019 Celebrations at Windale Public School
NAIDOC Day was celebrated at Windale Public School on Thursday 4 July 2019. We started off our deadly celebrations with...
Awabakal - Booragul Community
Reconciliation Week 2020
Reconciliation Week 2020 started on 27 May at Fennell Bay Public School. For Sorry Day on the previous day, Aunty...
Biripi - Hastings Community
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day 2020
Our students were part of the 2020 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day advertisement. This year’s theme, We...
Wiradjuri/Ngunnawal - Yass Community
Gugan Gulwan Woodwork Group
Students from Yass High School have been working with Dale and Buddy from Gugan Gulwan to learn about culture and...
Wiradjuri/Ngunnawal - Yass Community
Totem Poles: Indigenous Mentoring Group Project at Yass Public School
Yass Public School and Yass High School deliver a fortnightly Indigenous mentoring group, which we were excitedly able to reintroduce...
Wiradjuri/Ngunnawal - Yass Community
Art and About Program
Artworks made by Binit Binit students during the Art and About program. These students worked with local Indigenous artists Robert...
Wiradjuri/Ngunnawal - Yass Community
Yass Public School’s human Aboriginal flag
Yass Public School celebrated NAIDOC Week 2019. Here is an aerial drone shot of our NAIDOC Day celebration. We created...
Wiradjuri/Ngunnawal - Yass Community
Wagga Regional Art Gallery – HOME Program
Artwork made after studying Badger Bates and Euraba paper artists. Prints made by Year 6 students after studying HOME art...
Wiradjuri/Ngunnawal - Yass Community
Yass Public School and Yass High School Mentoring Group
Primary and high school female Indigenous students come together to form a Yarning Circle. During the first semester of this...
Wiradjuri - Lithgow Community
Maiyingu Marragu
Staff at Wallerawang Public School had the opportunity to increase their cultural awareness and reflect on how we continue to...
Wiradjuri - Lithgow Community
Aboriginal Story Time at Cooerwull Public School
Students involved in the K–2 Aboriginal Literacy program at Cooerwull Public School have been engaging with culture through story, yarning...
Wiradjuri - Lithgow Community
Cooerwull Public School K Red Reconciliation Art
Here are some photos of K Red doing their artwork for Reconciliation Week. They also really enjoyed reading Once There...
Wiradjuri - Lithgow Community
In This Together
Wallerawang Public School is building relationships and connections between the broader Australian community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples....
Wiradjuri - Lithgow Community
Cooerwull Public School Reconciliation Week 2020 in 3/4 Lilac
During Reconciliation week, students of 3/4 Lilac undertook an in-depth investigation into the Stolen Generations, the meaning of reconciliation and...
Wiradjuri - Lithgow Community
Cooerwull Public School Reconciliation Week 2020 in 7 Amber
Students in 7 Amber learnt what reconciliation means and then created this artwork showing us all reaching for the meeting...
Wiradjuri - Lithgow Community
Cooerwull Public School Reconciliation Week 2020 in 3/4 Aqua
3/4 Aqua read Once There Was a Boy by Dub Leffler and completed the art competition picture. The class researched...
Wiradjuri - Lithgow Community
Cooerwull Public School Reconciliation Week 2020
Cooerwull Public School Reconciliation Week 2020
Infants’ Art
Students from K-2 created some artworks to celebrate Reconciliation Week 2020. Students worked together to demonstrate their understanding of this...
Wiradjuri - Lithgow Community
Cooerwull Public School Reconciliation Week 2020
Cooerwull Public School Reconciliation Week 2020
Working together in 1/2 Teal
Students in 1/2 Teal have been learning to work together to create these fabulous artworks. They have been learning about...
Yaegl - Maclean Community
Podcast Project Reconciliation Week 2020
Serendipitously, Reconciliation Week coincided with all our students returning to face-to-face learning at Maclean High School. This year’s Reconciliation Week...
Yaegl - Maclean Community
Cultural tours
Cultural Tours Maclean High School Yaegl Elders. This activity has been a major part of the School’s cultural and inclusive...
Awabakal - Gateshead Community
Sea of Hands at Felton Street
Felton Street Community Preschool’s children, families and educators created a sea of hands in our entryway to mark Reconciliation Week...
Wiradjuri - Lithgow Community
Sorry Day 2020
Our students at Portland Central School read stories, listened to speeches, discussed feelings and developed an understanding of the significance...
Gumbaynggirr - Nambucca/Bellingen Community
Our Mob – Community Engagement at Scotts Head Public School
The film is about how we at Scotts Head Public School work together with our local community groups to learn...
Awabakal - Booragul Community
Deadly Streaming Excursion
In 2019 our Year 5 & 6 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students were involved in an Identity and Cultural...
Awabakal - Booragul Community
Welcome to Lingo
KAAYI!! 2020 Here we are!! Fennell Bay Public School has started the year off with a BANG!! We are learning...
Darug/Dharug - Bankstown Community
Bush Tucker Garden at Bankstown South Infants School
Our Aboriginal Education program at Bankstown South Infants School is delivered across the whole school, starting at Preschool. My Personal...
Awabakal - Gateshead Community
New-look foyer at Felton Street Community Preschool
We have updated our foyer display. We thought we would change it up a bit to be a little more...
Awabakal - Gateshead Community
Acknowledgement of Country
Every day, the children and educators at Felton Street Community Preschool come together and sing our Acknowledgement of Country.
Awabakal - Gateshead Community
8 Ways Pedagogy Training
The educators of Felton Street Preschool engaged in training in the 8 Ways Aboriginal Pedagogy. As part of the training,...
Awabakal - Gateshead Community
Collaborative NAIDOC Artwork
For NAIDOC Week 2018, the children of Felton Street Community Preschool worked collaboratively on an art project that celebrates Aboriginal...
Biripi - Taree Community
In-class language: Gathang
All students at Taree West Public School are learning Gathang, the language of the Biripi people. This film was created...
Biripi - Taree Community
2019 NAIDOC at Taree West Public School
2019 NAIDOC Celebration This film was created to highlight the many activities that took place at Taree West Public School...
Biripi - Taree Community
Student Interviews at Taree West Public School
As part of our NAIDOC Celebrations students were asked three questions: 1. What’s special about being an Aboriginal or Torres...
Biripi - Taree Community
Our Languages Matter at Taree West Public School
During 2018, a program of Aboriginal Culture was developed and taught at Taree West Public School by Benn Saunders, a...
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....
Yuin & Monaro - Eden Community
NAIDOC 2019 at Rocky Hall Preschool
NAIDOC stands for National Aboriginals and Islanders Day Observance Committee. Its origins can be traced to the emergence of Aboriginal...
Yaegl - Maclean Community
Central Australia
Central Australia 2019 Recently, six Maclean High school ATSI students went on a 19 day tour of Central Australia. The tour...
Yaegl - Maclean Community
Official book launch of Long Way Home
The 12th of November 2019 was the official book launch of Long Way Home at Ulmarra. Long Way Home is...
Yaegl - Maclean Community
Narragunnawali Award 2019
Maclean High School has received the 2019 Narragunnawali Award. Maclean High school was nominated for the Narragunnawali Award in July...
Wiradjuri - Orange Community
Reconciliation Week 2019
At Anson Street School we celebrated Reconciliation Week 2019 in every classroom through individualised learning about reconciliation and what it...
Wiradjuri - Orange Community
Anson Street School Bush Tucker Sensory Garden
At Anson Street School we have created a calm outdoor space for students that incorporates an Aboriginal perspective and stimulates...
Darug - Fairfield Community
NAIDOC DAY
Students and staff at the Yennora Public School learn more each year about the traditional owners of the land. Children...
Darug - Fairfield Community
Bush Tucker Garden
The Yennora Bush Tucker Garden Students and staff have worked for a year and a half to build a bush...
Awabakal - Belmont Community
Belmont Community of Schools Acknowledgement of Country
After receiving a grant for digital media, the Belmont Community of Schools came together to create a visual arts project,...
Worimi - Port Stephens Community
NAIDOC Week 2019 at Tanilba Bay Public School
NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the histories, cultures and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres...
Darug/Dharug - Bankstown Community
Aboriginal Education Program 2019 at Picnic Point High School
All Indigenous students continue to learn and flourish in a safe and supportive learning environment at Picnic Point High School....
Gumbaynggirr - Coffs Harbour Community
Sawtell Public School end of year dance
For our end-of-year concert, themed ‘Australia’, 2/3W created a dance to celebrate Aboriginal culture. Watch the performance below. One Aboriginal...
Gumbaynggirr - Nambucca/Bellingen Community
Introduction to Sista Speak at Macksville High School
On the Friday of week one, we took a group of female Aboriginal students from Macksville High School on a...
Gumbaynggirr - Nambucca/Bellingen Community
The new Macksville Hospital school project
Michelle Flanders from Saltwater Freshwater Arts, along with local Gumbaynggirr Elders Ann Edwards and Marji Buchanan; local artists; community member...
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....
Darkinjung - Wyong Community
Sorry Day Assembly
Kanwal Public School held an assembly and participated in Sorry Day. Here are some photos and short videos of the...
Darkinjung - Wyong Community
2019 PLP and NAPLAN overview
Overview of student PLP achievements and NAPLAN outcomes for 2019. Lana interviews Aboriginal students from Kanwal Public School in order...
Darkinjung - Wyong Community
Celebrating NAIDOC Week 2019
Kanwal Public School was full of passion and pride as they celebrated NAIDOC Week 2019 by holding an assembly. The...
Darkinjung - Wyong Community
Traditional dance workshops
Throughout this year, Kanwal Public School’s Aboriginal students have learnt traditional dances and cultural understanding. The workshops were an opportunity...
Darkinjung - Wyong Community
Patrick White Writing Competition 2018
The Patrick White Writing Competition is designed to encourage Indigenous Australian students in New South Wales from Kindergarten to Year...
Darkinjung - Wyong Community
Celebrating NAIDOC 2018
Kanwal Public School celebrated NAIDOC Week 2018 Because Of Her We Can by holding an assembly. The students got to...
Awabakal/Worimi - Newcastle/Callaghan Community
Maryland Public School Celebrates NAIDOC Day 2019
In the lead up to NAIDOC Day 2019 celebrations at Maryland Public School, the students and staff worked together to...
Awabakal - Gateshead Community
Walk A Mile Koori Style 2018
On Friday 30 November 2018, Year 5 and 6 students from Windale Public School went to King Edward Park Newcastle...
Awabakal - Gateshead Community
NAIDOC 2019 Celebrations
During NAIDOC 2019, St Pius X Primary School celebrated by engaging in many different activities. The students explored different foods,...
Awabakal - Gateshead Community
Aboriginal Dance Workshop
In September 2018, Windale Public School hosted its first Aboriginal Dance Workshop. Catherine Gilholme from The Arts Initiative NSW Public...
Awabakal - Gateshead Community
Our Yarning Circle
In Term 4 2018, we decided we wanted to put a Yarning Circle into our school learning environment. Uncle Nolan...
Awabakal - Gateshead Community
Drum Beats 2018
Windale Public School students really enjoy spending their Tuesday afternoons with Craig Hammond, participating in a Drum Beats program. It...
Awabakal - Gateshead Community
Gardening in our Yarning Circle space with Brenden
On 25 February 2019, our students and staff at Windale Public School had the opportunity to meet and work with...
Yaegl - Maclean Community
Congratulations to Kaia Mercy
Kaia Mercy, from Maclean High School, has won first prize in the secondary division of the local writing competition Long...
Yaegl - Maclean Community
Maclean High School NAIDOC Week 2019 Celebrations
Welcome to our NAIDOC Week celebrations. Our school community came together to sing, dance, create, play and, most importantly, share...
Yaegl - Maclean Community
Maclean High School celebrates two additional flagpoles
On Tuesday 20 August 2019, we had a whole-school assembly to celebrate two additional flagpoles being placed in the school....
Paakantji - Menindee Community
Nhiki manhu — Johnny cakes
Kayleen teaches Andrew the Paakantyi language while making Johnny cakes (nhiki manhu). Paakantyi is spoken by Aboriginal people along the...
Paakantji - Menindee Community
Yunpuru Parnti
Paakantyi language teacher Kayleen tells Andrew the Paakantyi words for some parts of his body. Paakantyi is the language spoken...
Paakantji - Menindee Community
Wintya: where?
Andrew and Golly are talking in the backyard. Golly asks Andrew where some people are. They are speaking Paakantyi, the...
Paakantji - Menindee Community
Visiting Menindee Mission
Kayleen, Andrew and Golly go out to the Menindee Mission. They all have relatives who were in the past confined...
Awabakal - Booragul Community
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags
Aboriginal flag The Aboriginal flag was designed by Harold Thomas, a Luritja man from Central Australia. It was created as...
Wiradjuri - Mudgee Community
NAIDOC Week 2019
In consultation with the local Wiradjuri community in Mudgee Students and teachers at Mudgee Public School had an exciting and...
Awabakal - Booragul Community
NAIDOC 2019
NAIDOC 2019 was a whole-school affair in Term 2 at Fennell Bay Public School. Firstly, this is the year that...
Awabakal - Cardiff Community
Sista Speak Event in the Cardiff Community
Cardiff’s Community of Schools Sista Speak was a great success this year. The girls met at Yamuloong, Garden Suburbs, over...
Wolgalu & Wiradjuri - Tumut Community
Living Books
Living Books – Wednesday 25 July 2018 In celebration of the NAIDOC theme Because of Her, We Can! four brave guest...
Awabakal/Worimi - Newcastle/Callaghan Community
Hamilton Public School Acknowledgement of Country 2018
The Hamilton Public School Plan 2018–2020 targeted Aboriginal Education as part of its third strategic direction. As a result, an...
Biripi - Taree Community
Our Deadly students
At St Clare’s High School, we have enjoyed learning to paint in Indigenous styles. We have studied Aboriginal art around...
Biripi - Taree Community
NAIDOC 2019: Our perspective on Voice, Treaty and Truth
This video was made by our Old Bar Public School Year 6 Aboriginal student leaders as part of a filmmaking...
Yaegl - Maclean Community
10th River of Learning Celebration Day
Celebrating 10 years of learning and inclusivity at Maclean High School. The 10th River of Learning Celebration Day was held...
Wiradjuri - Mudgee Community
Reconciliation Week 2019
Mudgee Public School embraced Reconciliation Week 2019 by making Aboriginal tools and bracelets, performing an Indigenous poem at assembly and...
Wiradjuri - Mudgee Community
Aboriginal Anzacs
We studied the text Alfred’s War in 2L at Mudgee Public School. The students responded to this story in the...
Wiradjuri - Mudgee Community
Reconciliation Week 2019
Students in 2L at Mudgee Public School had a lengthy discussion after engaging with the video on the Reconciliation Week...
Worimi - Port Stephens Community
2018 Galuwa Scholarship Presentation and Aspirations Hub
On 22 May 2018, students, their families, Glencore mining representatives and Department of Education staff attended the Galuwa Scholarship Presentation...
Korreil Wonnai - Cessnock Community
2018 Galuwa Scholarship Presentation and Aspirations Hub
On 22 May 2018, students, their families, Glencore mining representatives and Department of Education staff attended the Galuwa Scholarship Presentation...
Yaegl - Maclean Community
Reconciling Australia’s history from the heart
At 9 am on Wednesday 13 February 2008, then prime minister Kevin Rudd made a historic speech. “Today we honour...
Yaegl - Maclean Community
Close the Gap Day 2019
On Thursday 4 April 2019, around 58 Maclean High Students attended the Close the Gap Day at Wherrett Park in...
Awabakal/Worimi - Newcastle/Callaghan Community
Hamilton Public School Indigenous students shirt design
Aboriginal students at Hamilton Public School were encouraged to submit artwork/designs to produce a limited number of shirts for Aboriginal...
Wiradjuri - Lithgow Community
Grounded in Truth: Walk Together with Courage
A beautiful, meaningful assembly was held in recognition of Reconciliation Week 2019. There were entertaining performances from many groups across...
Darug/Dharug - Bankstown Community
Reconciliation Week 2019
During Reconciliation Week, students undertook a number of activities, including a handball competition, penalty shoot-out competition and an Indigenous All-Stars...
Darug/Dharug - Bankstown Community
Aboriginal Education Program at Picnic Point High School
Throughout 2018, Indigenous students at Picnic Point High School undertook a number of school projects that helped celebrate and promote...
Wonaruah - Maitland Community
2018 Galuwa Scholarship Presentation and Aspirations Hub
On 22 May 2018, students, their families, Glencore mining representatives and Department of Education staff attended the Galuwa Scholarship Presentation...
Awabakal/Worimi - Newcastle/Callaghan Community
Glendore Public School’s Breakfast Club
Glendore Public School’s Breakfast Club
Brekkie is served!
In Term Two, 2019, Glendore Public School established their very first Breakfast Club! Breakfast Club is held every Wednesday and...
Awabakal/Worimi - Newcastle/Callaghan Community
Glendore Public School’s Welcome Yarn 2019
Glendore Public School held our initial Welcome Yarn and Personalised Learning Pathways (PLP) goal-setting afternoon in Term 1, Week 8....
Wiradjuri - Lithgow Community
Yalbilinya Bubadyang
Cooerwull Public School has a proud tradition of supporting students and the community to develop a deeper understanding of Aboriginal...
Dhungutti - Kempsey Community
Aldavilla Primary School Sorry Day assembly
On Friday 26 May 2017, Aldavilla Primary School held the first Sorry Day assembly in the school’s history. This assembly...
Awabakal/Worimi - Newcastle/Callaghan Community
Glendore Public School’s 2018 PLP Celebration
In Term 4 2018, Glendore Public School held their annual Personalised Learning Pathways (PLP) celebration. This event celebrated all Aboriginal...
Yaegl - Maclean Community
‘Yaegl Biirrinba’
Yaegl mob record new song lines in a stunning new music video 380 Crew is a group of incredible young...
Yaegl - Maclean Community
‘River to the Sea’ by 380 Crew
Maclean High School, in collaboration with Desert Pea Media, has released its second song and film clip by the group...
Yaegl - Maclean Community
River of Learning – A successful cultural immersion program
Facta Non Verba: Deeds not Words, our school motto, inspires Maclean High’s River of Learning program. To both celebrate the...
Awabakal - Booragul Community
News from Aunty Niss
Wow, what a term we have had in Aboriginal Education! Did you know that learning could be so much fun?!...
Awabakal/Worimi - Newcastle/Callaghan Community
NAIDOC Week 2018: Because of Her, We Can!
Heaton Public School had a great day celebrating Aboriginal culture and recognising the wonderful women in our lives. To celebrate...
Awabakal - Booragul/Toronto Community
Bottle-top wall
Pondee kids from the Aboriginal Education team within the school were very busy as they glued and screwed in bottle...
Awabakal - Swansea Community
2018 STEM Youth Development Camp — Toukley
Eight of our students attended the STEM Youth Development Camp at Toukley in October, 2018. The students came back very...
Awabakal - Swansea Community
NAIDOC 2017 — Swansea Public School
NAIDOC 2017 was celebrated at Swansea Public School with an opening ceremony where students were recognised for their achievements. Our...
Awabakal - Booragul/Toronto Community
Toronto Art Show – Pondee Style
Toronto Public School held an Art Show – Pondee Style, where students showcased their talent.
Gumbaynggirr - Coffs Harbour Community
Gaamung-gundi Muya ‘Spirit of the Girls’ Camp
Last week, ten Woolgoolga High School girls in Years 8 to 10 attended an Aboriginal girls’ leadership camp, held by...
Gumbaynggirr - Coffs Harbour Community
Woolgoolga High School: Healthy Me, Healthy Mob Aboriginal community day
On Thursday 23 August, we invited local Aboriginal Elders, community members, organisations and parents into our school for the official...
Gumbaynggirr - Coffs Harbour Community
The history and importance of the Aboriginal flag and the Torres Strait Islander flag
Aboriginal flag Harold Thomas, a Luritja man from Central Australia, designed the Aboriginal flag. It was created as a symbol...
Gumbaynggirr - Coffs Harbour Community
NAIDOC Week at Ulong Public School
NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres...
Gamilaroi - Gunnedah Community
Gunnedah South Public School Acknowledgement of Country
Gunnedah South Public School would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land in which we live, learn and...
Gamilaroi - Gunnedah Community
Because Of Her, We Can – NAIDOC Week 2018 staff dance
Special women from our school came together to dance on Country. The dance represents the Kamilaroi, Ngemba and Cooma women...
Awabakal/Worimi - Newcastle/Callaghan Community
Heaton’s Cook Up Day
With the help of Callaghan College Waratah Technology Campus and Jesmond Senior Campus, Heaton Public School had a celebration of...
Dhungutti - Kempsey Community
Food Glorious Food excursion
South West Rocks Kindergarten students enjoyed an excursion in Term 3 as part of our Food Glorious Food theme. Our...
Biripi - Hastings Community
Birpai Land Council Community and Men’s Shed opening
On November 21 2018, Westport Public School students were invited to the official opening of the Local Birpai Land Council...
Bundjalung - Tweed/Wollumbin Community
Music for Change workshop – Kingscliff High School
This deadly mob from Kingscliff are demanding social change with this amazingly powerful hip-hop film clip, created during the eight-week...
Paakantji - Menindee Community
Wan.ga: meat and the meaning of it to the Paakantyi People
Andrew wants to find out what ‘meat’ means to the Paakantyi people of western New South Wales. He asks Kayleen...
Yuin & Monaro - Eden Community
Rocky Hall Preschool continues journey with young local Indigenous leader Nathan Lygon
The National Quality Standard (2018) and the Early Years Learning Framework (2009) propose that embedding an Indigenous perspective and sustainability...
Darug - Fairfield Community
Aboriginal garden at Canley Heights Public School
We had the privilege to be able to add to our Aboriginal garden. We sanded back and painted bamboo sticks...
Awabakal - Booragul Community
NAIDOC Week 2018
Wow, what great NAIDOC celebrations we had! Our week started with listening to our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students...
Awabakal/Darkinjung - Morisset Community
Itji-Marru Aboriginal Resource Centre celebrates 25 years
The history of Itji-Marru Aboriginal Resource Centre at Morisset High School Itji-Marru Aboriginal Resource Centre is situated in the former...
Darug - Liverpool Community
Students commemorate the sacrifice of Indigenous veterans
As part of National Reconciliation Week, Lawrence Hargrave students commemorated the service and sacrifice of Indigenous veterans at Hyde Park....
Darug - Liverpool Community
Nawi builder participates in the Bill Lane Fellowship
The success of the Nawi project led Owen Talbot, one of our Nawi builders, to be chosen as one of...
Awabakal - Swansea Community
Art at Swansea Public School
Bronwyn Bancroft inspired artworks produced by Year 1 and 2 students at Swansea Public School during their recent NAIDOC 2018...
Awabakal/Darkinjung - Morisset Community
Reconciliation Day at Morisset High School
Reconciliation Day at Morisset High school involved local Elders and community. A great day was had by all. See photos...
Biripi - Hastings Community
Westport Public School — NAIDOC Week 2018 celebrations
NAIDOC Week 2018 celebrations
Korreil Wonnai - Cessnock Community
Kurri Kurri High School – Young Mob program
Kurri Kurri High School students enjoy the Young Mob program with Aunty Jen and Waylon. So far we have yarned...
Darug - Fairfield Community
Canley Heights Public School
Students invited parents up for a BBQ to showcase their garden and MGoals timelines. Aboriginal Wellbeing Officer Jayson Neil was...
Bundjalung - Tweed/Wollumbin Community
Nanga Mai Award recipient
Congratulations Rhiana Leaupepe Perkins, recipient of the Nanga Mai Award for her outstanding achievement in performing, creative arts and visual...
Worimi - Forster Community
Nabiac Public School NAIDOC Week 2017
NAIDOC celebration at Nabiac Public School 2017 NAIDOC Day 2017 saw all our students listen to special guests, including Elliot...
Awabakal - Belmont Community
Floraville Public School
A short video made by Nolan Simon and his son Neville to explain Aboriginal message sticks as a cultural practice.
Awabakal - Belmont Community
What’s Deadly with Belmont High School?
Walk a Mile Koori Style At the end of last term we took a group of students to Walk A...
Worimi - Forster Community
Worimi Woman Saves the Day
The Indigenous girls of Year 6 decided to make a bush tucker movie with a twist. Worimi Woman Saves the...
Dharawal - Campbelltown Community
Mary Brooksbank School Celebrates NAIDOC Week
Smoking ceremony during NAIDOC Week During our celebrations of NAIDOC Week, we had the pleasure of having Joshua Bell and...
Ngunnawal - Queanbeyan Community
Inaugural Narragunnawali Awards
Reconciliation Australia announced the winners of the inaugural Narragunnawali Awards. Each of the finalists was commended for their exceptional commitment...
Darug - Fairfield Community
Unveiling the Bush Tucker Garden at Bossley Park High School
Bossley Park High School held the opening of our Bush Tucker Garden on Wednesday 1 November 2017. During the course...
Yuin/Dirinjanj - Batemans Bay Community
Sunshine Bay’s first Aboriginal Liaison Officer
Three years ago, Amber Brown moved from Walgett to Batemans Bay to start a fresh South Coast life and make...
Yuin/Dirinjanj - Batemans Bay Community
What it’s like being an MGoals Trainee
During my time as an MGoals Trainee I have learnt so much about my community and the significant people in...
Yuin/Dirinjanj - Batemans Bay Community
Batemans Bay History
For thousands of years, a bus-sized ironstone pillar stood proudly at Catalina, on the outskirts of present-day Batemans Bay. The...
Yuin/Dirinjanj - Batemans Bay Community
Taylor’s Day
On a sunny day, Taylor Kilby-Connely held a fantastic day for her Project for Youth. Taylor’s day was fully dedicated...
Yuin/Dirinjanj - Batemans Bay Community
Batemans Bay Primary School Extravaganza
Batemans Bay Primary School held an amazing extravaganza with special thanks to the Batemans Bay Soldiers Club for kindly letting...
Korreil Wonnai - Cessnock Community
Sista Speak 23 May 2017
Years 7, 8 and 9 Aboriginal girls participated in a ‘Reconnect with Peers, Country and Language’ day. This involved a...
Korreil Wonnai - Cessnock Community
Kurri Kurri High School – Sista Speak
On Monday 23 October 2017, we had a jam-packed day with Years 8, 9 and 10 Aboriginal students participating in...
Worimi - Port Stephens Community
Sista Speak
In 2016, we launched the Sista Speak program where our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls in Years 4, 5...
Yuin/Dirinjanj - Batemans Bay Community
NAIDOC Week 2017
Throughout the week, the children played various games, such as football, netball, Indigenous games, and many more fun activities. Tom...
Awabakal/Worimi - Newcastle/Callaghan Community
Adamstown Aboriginal dancers
Adamstown Aboriginal dancers have been very busy performing at local venues.
Bundjalung - Tweed/Wollumbin Community
Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME)
A great outcome for students from Tweed River High School, who attended the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME). A number...
Biripi - Hastings Community
Birpai Barray — Westport Public School
This animation tells the story of pre- and post-European settlement from both Aboriginal and European perspectives. With charming paper-cut drawings...
Kamilaroi/Gomeroi - Tamworth Community
Girls Academy
Girls Academy works within the school system to reduce barriers that may prevent our Aboriginal girls from completing their High...
Wamba Wamba & Barapa Barapa - Deniliquin Community
NAIDOC Week 2017 Deniliquin High School
NAIDOC Week celebrations were held at Deniliquin High School on Wednesday 19 July. Mrs Kirk assisted Indigenous students to prepare...
Wamba Wamba & Barapa Barapa - Deniliquin Community
NAIDOC Public Speaking and Debating Challenge 2017
On Wednesday 17 May, Deniliquin High School held the NAIDOC Public Speaking and Debating Challenge Workshop. This was an opportunity...
Wamba Wamba & Barapa Barapa - Deniliquin Community
Deniliquin High School vs Emergency Services
On Friday 9 June, representatives from the emergency services, staff at Deniliquin high School and students participated in a basketball...
Wamba Wamba & Barapa Barapa - Deniliquin Community
Indigenous Parent Morning Tea
On Friday 26 May, Deniliquin High School held their annual morning tea for Indigenous parents and carers. Thank you to...
Biripi - Hastings Community
Tacking Point Public School
NAIDOC 2017 celebrations at Tacking Point Public School, starting with breakfast with Elders, followed by assembly and activities.
Gumbaynggirr - Coffs Harbour Community
Coffs Harbour Public School NAIDOC Week celebrations 2016
NAIDOC Week celebrations 2016
Wonaruah - Maitland Community
2017 Galuwa Scholarship Hub – 16th to 19th May, Great Aussie Bush Camp, Tea Gardens
The 2017 Galuwa Hub camp commenced with a presentation ceremony attended by family, friends and staff, before the children settled...
Gumbaynggirr - Coffs Harbour Community
Woolgoolga Public School NAIDOC celebrations
Thank you to all the students, staff, parents family members, community, Woolgoolga High School and special guests for supporting this...
Worimi - Port Stephens Community
Shoal Bay Public School celebrates NAIDOC
The students and staff of Shoal Bay Public School celebrated NAIDOC Week on Tuesday 18 July 2017. The staff and...
Worimi - Port Stephens Community
Brospeak at Irrawang Public School
BROSPEAK at Irrawang Public School The Irrawang Public School Brospeak group were tasked with creating, recording and producing a rap...
Awabakal/Darkinjung - Morisset Community
Cooranbong Public School NAIDOC Week 2017 celebrations
Cooranbong Public School celebrated NAIDOC Week with a special community event. Students, staff, parents and the community came together to...
Gumbaynggirr - Coffs Harbour Community
A Way of Life Mural
Uncle Tony Hart shares the story about the ‘A Way of Life’ mural.
Yuin & Monaro - Eden Community
Rocky Hall Preschool
The Australian Early Years Learning Framework (2009) and Closing the Gap (2017) recognises the importance of partnership between ECEC practitioners,...
Dharawal - Campbelltown Community
NAISDA dance workshop
On 25 May, artists Glen and Nick from Campbelltown Art Centre visited the school to run a dance workshop for...
Gumbaynggirr - Coffs Harbour Community
Orara High School performs at International Fireworks Festival
Recently, four of our students went to Vietnam as Australian representatives for the International Fireworks Festival in Da Nang. Malakai,...
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
Naidoc Day Rap by Valentine Public School
Valentine Public School wishes to thank Aaron Hyde from Rock Cave Music for helping our students create an awesome NAIDOC...
Worimi - Port Stephens Community
Hunter River High Schools Cultural Enrichment Day
Our year 7 students attended a wonderful Cultural Enrichment Day at Murrook Cultural Centre and Stockton sand dunes on May...
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
Contemporary Aboriginal Art Group
Warners Bay High School students have investigated the many ways art can tell a story and reflected on the importance...
Gumbaynggirr - Coffs Harbour Community
Sawtell Public School end of year dance
For our end of year concert, themed ‘Australia’, 2/3W created a dance to celebrate Aboriginal culture. Watch the performance below....
Gumbaynggirr - Coffs Harbour Community
Sawtell Public School NAIDOC Day 2014
What does reconciliation mean to a year six Gumbaynggirr student? Each student in Sawtell Public School created a hand to...
Gumbaynggirr - Coffs Harbour Community
Ulong Public School
Local dancer Tom Ferguson came to Ulong Public School in 2016 to give our students a demonstration of traditional Aboriginal...
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
Bangarra Dance Workshop
On Friday the 17th of March, 20 Warners Bay High School students from years 7-11 travelled to Taree to participate...
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
Warners Bay High School Aboriginal Dance Group
On Monday the 13th of March 2017, Warners Bay High School had their first dance group facilitated by Nigel Millgate...
Awabakal - Booragul/Toronto Community
NAIDOC Week celebrations at Coal Point Public School
Our NAIDOC Week celebrations here at Coal Point Public School
Awabakal - Booragul/Toronto Community
Australians Voted YES
Through research, literature studies and video footage, senior Blackalls Public School students have been learning about an important decision made...
Gumbaynggirr - Coffs Harbour Community
NAIDOC Week
Sawtell Public School celebrates NAIDOC Week. NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture...
Wiradjuri - Lithgow Community
Indyamarra: "Give honour, be respectful, polite, gentle, patient and honest with each other"
During 2016, the Indigenous students of Portland Central School have been taking part in a range of cultural activities. These...
Bundjalung - Ballina/Cabbage Tree Island Community
Ballina boys’ dance troupe
Boys from Ballina Public School and Ballina Coast High School have been collaborating with an Aboriginal dance troupe since 2013....
Awabakal/Worimi - Newcastle/Callaghan Community
Merewether Public School celebrates NAIDOC Week 2016
The theme for the 2016 NAIDOC Week was Songlines — the Living Narrative of Our Nation. NAIDOC Week is an...
Awabakal - Booragul/Toronto Community
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives in Kindergarten
In my work as a classroom teacher at Biraban Public School, I am firmly committed to improving the educational outcomes...
Awabakal - Booragul/Toronto Community
Elders Olympics 2016 team effort gives Lake Macquarie gold
The Lake Macquarie Elders were crowned the overall winners, with Worimi Elders No. 1 claiming silver and the Karuah Elders...
Yuin - Bermagui/Narooma Community
Aboriginal Outdoor Education Centre
This year the VET construction students, and recently other students, have been working hard on this project. Many barrows filled with...
Worimi - Port Stephens Community
Glen William Public School Close The Gap
On Tuesday the 28th of March we had numerous visitors at our school that took place in activities to celebrate...
Awabakal/Worimi - Newcastle/Callaghan Community
Adamstown Public School celebrates Reconciliation Week
Adamstown Public School celebrated Reconciliation Week with a special assembly and community afternoon tea. Dr Michael Wenham, a Gomeroi man,...
Worimi - Port Stephens Community
Shoal Bay Public School Aboriginal Mural
Last year, students from every stage at Shoal Bay Public School participated in creating a collaborative Aboriginal mural. Each child...
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
Kumaridha Local AECG Meeting Dates 2017
Here are the Kumaridha Local AECG meeting dates for 2017 Term Date Venue Term 1 Week 4 15/2/17 Eleebana Public...
Wonaruah - Maitland Community
Rutherford Public School’s Aboriginal bush tucker lesson
Here’s a video that was created as a follow-up to an Aboriginal bush tucker lesson provided by Ms O’Donnell at...
Wonaruah - Singleton Community
Singleton Public School’s Cultural Group learns about ‘mayan’
On Friday, Singleton Public School’s Cultural Group set off on an excursion to learn about the Hunter River or ‘mayan’ as...
Worimi - Port Stephens Community
Mosaic Artwork at Karuah Public School
Karuah Public School’s new mosaic artwork that has been put up on display at the front of the school. The...
Awabakal/Worimi - Newcastle/Callaghan Community
Celebration at Heaton Public School
Heaton Public School remembers, celebrates and respects Aboriginal heritage and significant days.
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...
Awabakal/Darkinjung - Morisset Community
Morisset High School engages in the Green Hands program
On Friday 2 December 2016, the Archibald Garden–Koori Connection Garden was unveiled at Morisset Police Citizens Youth Club. The Morisset...
Awabakal - Swansea Community
The Infinity and Beyond Project
The Infinity and Beyond Project was organised through Job Quest in 2016 and was open to both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal...
Worimi - Port Stephens Community
Students from Soldiers Point Public School attend the Bulla Wangga Festival
A group of students were invited to Murrook Cultural Centre to participate in the Bulla Wangga Festival. They played a...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Carol Margaret Larritt (nee Stewart)
Carol Margaret Larritt (nee Stewart) was born in Moruya in 1940. Her mother was Violet May Carriage, born in Batemans...
Awabakal/Worimi - Newcastle/Callaghan Community
Mayfield East Public School’s NAIDOC Week 2016 Celebrations
Mayfield East Public School celebrated NAIDOC Week 2016 with a variety of community events. Parents, students and teachers all participated...
Ngiyampaa/Wongaibon - Nyngan Community
Illustrations from journals by Thomas Mitchell
Bultje, one of the guides, had led Mitchell in an expedition to the lower part of the Darling ten years...
Awabakal/Worimi - Newcastle/Callaghan Community
National anthem in Awabakal language at the CEP Aboriginal Recognition Assembly
The national anthem was performed in Awabakal language at the recent CEP Aboriginal Recognition Assembly. The students, from Heaton Public...
Ngunnawal - Queanbeyan Community
Welcome to Country by Aunty Louise Brown
Local Aboriginal Elder, Aunty Louise Brown, delivers a Welcome to Country by the Queanbeyan River.
Wiradjuri - Orange Community
Award winners at NAIDOC 2015 March
Congratulations to award winners Jakobi Robinson, Lara-Jane Briggs Cody Walker from the NAIDOC 2015 March.
Wiradjuri - Orange Community
Award winner Corey McLean
A big congratulations to Corey McLean, winner of two NAIDOC Community Awards in 2015, Community Involvement/Volunteer Lynne Gibbs Memorial Award...
Wiradjuri - Orange Community
Year 10 Girri Girri Story Pole
Year 10 Girri Girri have completed their Story Pole and have placed it in the Indigenous bush tucker garden beside...
Awabakal - Booragul/Toronto Community
Yarn Up 2016
Every six months, Biraban Public School invites our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mums, dads, carers and members of our...
Awabakal - Booragul/Toronto Community
2016 NAIDOC assembly at Toronto High School
A collection of photographs and a recording of students performing the National Anthem in the Awabakal language from Toronto High...
Awabakal/Worimi - Newcastle/Callaghan Community
Tighes Hill Public School NAIDOC 2016
This is a slideshow of our NAIDOC 2016 school activities, including a dance performance by the Millibah Cultural group at the...
Awabakal - Booragul/Toronto Community
Toronto Public School NAIDOC Week
TPS Acknowledgment of Country Toronto Public School community would like to respectfully Acknowledge the Awabakal people, who are the Traditional...
Wiradjuri - Griffith Community
Proud and Deadly Awards
The Griffith and surrounding areas’ 13th Proud and Deadly Awards Day was held on Monday 12 September at Griffith High...
Awabakal/Worimi - Newcastle/Callaghan Community
The Body Parts Song
This song, performed by students from Tighes Hill Public School, was written using various Awabakal words for body parts, with...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Wallaga Lake, Wallaga Beach and Dignams Creek
This area has a rich post contact history, particularly since the establishment of the Wallaga Lake Reserve in 1891, located...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Tilba Tilba / Central Tilba
The Tilba Tilba and Central Tilba area is in close proximity to the Wallaga Lake community. Many Aboriginal people’s stories...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Najanuka (Little Dromedary Mt)
Violet Parsons’ elders told her the mythical Dreamtime story relating to Gulaga, Najanuka and Baranguba. See above [Violet Parsons 6.4.2006]....
Yuin - Moruya Community
Gulaga (Mount Dromedary)
Gulaga [Mount Dromedary], Najanuka [Little Dromedary Mountain], in the Tilba area and Baranguba [Montague Island] to the north off the...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Mystery Bay, Pooles Point, 1080 Beach and Tilba Lake
As evidenced by the archaeological remains throughout the area, it is likely that the area was utilised well before the...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Corunna Lake, Fullers Beach and Bogola Head
“…………Corunna Lake is one of our traditional prawning places. Nan Stewart told me that Christy Stewart and Emily Walker said...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Glasshouse Rocks / Handkerchief Beach / Nangadga Lake
‘……Glasshouse Rocks is another significant, traditional fishing area. We can’t get in there now because the main access is privately...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Narooma, Wagonga Inlet and Baranguba (Montague Island)
Like the Clyde and Moruya Rivers, Wagonga Inlet continues to be a focal point for Aboriginal people’s connection to the...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Lawlers Creek, Mummuga Lake and Dalmeny
As noted above the area encompassing Brou Lake and Mummuga Lake is often referred to as ‘Brou’. Mummuga Lake is...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Whittakers Creek, Stony Creek, Brou Lake and Brou Beach
The area encompassing Brou Lake and Mummuga Lake is often referred to as ‘Brou’. Mummuga Lake is also referred to...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Nerrigundah and Belowra
The Nerrigundah Sawmill was located on the southern side of the township, and close by was the sawmill housing, for...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Tuross River Farms
King Henry granted land to Richard Bolloway, south of the Tuross River, from Potato Point to Dalmeny and west to...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Bodalla
The Bodalla Township and surrounding area have played a major role in the lives of the present day generation of...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Blackfellows point, Potato Point and Jamison Point
Within this area a combination of complementary post and precontact places of Aboriginal Heritage exist. Traditional camping and fishing places,...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Coopers Island and Horse Island
Coopers Island was one of a number of primary places Aboriginal families worked in the seasonal farm industry. The first...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Bergalia, Coila, Turlinjah and Tuross Head
The Bergalia, Coila, Turlinjah and Tuross Head areas hold a variety of cultural heritage values for Aboriginal people, both past...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Bendethera
An interesting area combining places valued in the pre to early contact period; a burial site, a Dreaming track and...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Congo, Bingi Bingi & Mullimburra
Camping, travelling, ‘feeding off the sea’, teaching and meeting family are the dominant cultural heritage values to emerge in the...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Moruya-Deua River and Ryans Creek
The Moruya – Deua River has a rich combination of value themes associated with the spiritual and economic importance the...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Moruya, Township
The riverside township of Moruya contains a combination of interrelated places of Aboriginal cultural heritage. Burial grounds throughout the area...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Moruya Farms and Sawmills
Like the Bodalla and Nerrigundah areas, Moruya had a widespread seasonal farm industry. The picture emerging from the oral recollections...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Moruya: North Heads and Garland Town
Cultural heritage values attributed to the North Moruya Heads and Garland Town area combine pre-contact values such as burial sites...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Bengello Creek and Bengello Beach
The Bengello Creek and Bengello Beach area is interconnected with the areas of social-ecological value to the north and south....
Yuin - Moruya Community
Broulee: Lookout, Beach and Island
The Broulee Beach and Broulee Island area has a similar complex of cultural heritage values to Barlings Beach immediately to...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Tomakin: Barlings Beach / Tomaga River
The Tomakin area contains a number of important places for Aboriginal people; Barlings Beach, Barlings Island, Burri [Bevian] Swamp, Tomaga...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Mogo / Mogo Creek
The Nye family owned a house on the Princess Highway, Mogo, the house on the southern side of the service...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Malua Bay, Rose Dale and Guerilla Bay
Tom and his family walked from ‘the corner’, Barlings Beach, Tomakin through ‘little paddock’, over the Burrewarra Point headland, Guerilla...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Lilli Pilli
This area contains a number of interlinked places of cultural heritage value primarily related to camping and resource collection sites,...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Catalina: Hanging Rock
The Catalina area contains of a complex of highly significant Aboriginal Heritage places. These places are, in the main, meeting,...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Batemans Bay Township
The township of Batemans Bay has a combination of places of Aboriginal cultural heritage. It is a place full of...
Yuin - Moruya Community
The Clyde River
In the 1950s families use to paddle up the Clyde River to fish for bream, have a picnic, and return...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Cullendulla Creek
This study is not the first to find that Cullendulla Creek is a highly significant cultural area to the Aboriginal...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Northern Batemans Bay
The area to the north of the Clyde River contains a number of culturally significant places. A high proportion of...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Nelligen / Runnyford / Buckenbowra
Most of the contemporary connections Aboriginal people have to the Nelligen area relate to the sawmill industry. The area also...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Clyde Mountain / Monga
As a kid Les Simon recalls visiting the Monga area to camp and fish [Les Simon 15.12.2005]. Violet Parsons recalls...
Yuin - Moruya Community
East Lynne
One of many sawmills throughout the region where Aboriginal people worked. Many Aboriginal people undertook many tasks within the sawmill...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Durras / Murramarang
The Durras, Murramarang area contains places that were highly utilised during holiday periods throughout the mid to late 1900s. The...
Yuin - Moruya Community
William Davis (JNR)
William Davis Junior was born in Pambula in 1964. His father was William John Davis, born into the Eora clan,...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Vivienne Mason (Nee Ella)
Vivienne Mason’s grandmother was Muriel Coolie. Muriel Coolie was from Nelligen and she married ‘Ted’ Edward Stewart who was born...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Violet Parsons
Violet Parsons was born at the old Batemans Bay Hospital in 1952. Her father, Robert Parsons was also born in...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Valerie Andy
Valerie Andy was born in Orbost, Victoria, in 1933. Valerie’s father was Syd Solomon from Orbost and her mother was...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Patricia ‘Trisha’ Ellis
Patricia ‘Trisha’ Ellis was born in Sydney in 1957. Her mother was Patricia Ellis [nee Connell]. Her maternal grandfather was...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Tom Davis
Tom Davis was raised by William and Gwendolyn Thomas as his mother died when he was young. Tom’s maternal grandmother...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Terry ‘Nipper’ Parsons
Terry ‘Nipper’ Parsons was born in the old Batemans Bay hospital. Terry’s father was Cyril Parsons. Cyril’s father was George...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Symalene Rose Nye (Nee Carriage)
Cymbelene Rose Carriage was born at the old Batemans Bay Hospital in 1930. When she was registering the birth of...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Shirley Foster (nee Brown)
Shirley Foster was born in a tent in Bega in 1934. Shirley’s mother, Agnes Harrison was from Victoria and her...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Ronald Mason (Sr)
Ronald ‘Ronnie’ Mason Senior was born in Orbost, Victoria in 1945. At the time his parents, Leo Ritchie and Trixie...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Pam Flanders (nee Thomas)
Pam was born in 1944. Her mother was Joyce Carter and father Arthur Thomas. Joyce Carter’s father was Charlie Carter...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Mervyn Charles Penrith
Mervyn Charles Penrith was born in Berry in 1941. He would have been born in Nowra, but his mother, being...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Maxine Kelly
Maxine Kelly was born in Bega and attended Wallaga Lake School. Her maternal grandfather was Freddy Carter from Wallaga Lake....
Yuin - Moruya Community
Maureen Davis
Maureen Davis was born in Moruya in 1952. Her mother, Amelia ‘Millie’ Ann Andy was born in Central Tilba in...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Mary Duroux (nee Hookwin)
Mary Kathleen Duroux (nee Hookwin) was born in Bega in 1934. Mary’s mother died when Mary was 4 years old....
Yuin - Moruya Community
Margaret Harris (nee Stewart)
Margaret Kathleen Mary Harris (nee Stewart) was born in Berry in 1951. Her father was Albert George ‘Linky’ Stewart (named...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Margaret Carriage (nee Connell)
Margaret Catherine Carriage (nee Connell) was born in Sydney in 1933. Her mother was Ursula Rose Connell (nee Brown) and...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Lionel Mongta
Lionel Mongta was born in Orbost, Victoria, in 1936. Lionel would have been born at Tilba Tilba, but his mother,...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Linda May Cruse
Linda May Cruse was born in Nowra in 1936. Her father was Benjamin Cruse and her mother Lillian Sarah Pepper...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Linda Colburn (nee Mason)
Linda Colburn (nee Mason) was born in Orbost, Victoria in 1934. Her mother was Trixie (nee Thomas) Mason and father...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Leslie Keith Simon
Leslie Keith Simon was born in Sydney in 1956. Les’s mother was Rosina Chapman, born in Batemans Bay, and his...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Leonard Nye
Leonard Nye, Symalene Nye’s son, grew up in the Mogo / Barlings Beach area. The family camped on the beach...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Keith Stewart
Keith Stewart was born in Nowra, in 1929. His father was Edward ‘Teddy’ Stewart, from Wallaga Lake, and mother Muriel...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Keith Nye
Keith Nye was born in Milton in 1957. At the age of 4 moved to Mogo, Barlings beach area with...
Yuin - Moruya Community
John Pender
John was born in Sydney in 1949. He grew up in La Perouse and throughout his life has camped, fished...
Yuin - Moruya Community
John Mumbler
John Mumbler was born in Singleton, NSW in 1939. His father was Eric ‘Nugget’ Mumbler and his mother, Helen Maude...
Yuin - Moruya Community
John Brierley
John Brierley was born in Moruya. He is the son of Ernie Brierley and Beryl [nee Andy] Brierley and grew...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Jennifer Stewart
Jennifer Stewart was born in Berry. Her father was Ossie Stewart and mother Doris May (nee Chapman). Her maternal grandmother...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Harriett Walker
Harriett Walker was born at Wallaga Lake in 1935 and has lived in the Wallaga Lake community her entire life....
Yuin - Moruya Community
Georgina ‘Coopy’ Parsons
Georgina Parsons was born in the ‘Batemans Bay bush hospital’ in 1939. Georgina presumes she was born in the ‘bush’...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Ella, Mason and Stewart Clan
Ronnie Mason, Vivienne Mason, Vanessa Mason and members of the Stewart / Ella families including Roslyn Ella Field, Karen Ella...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Doris Moore (nee Davis)
Doris Moore (nee Davis) was born at Kalama Private Hospital, in Moruya in 1938. Doris’s father was Walter Davis (Wally...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Dave Tout
Dave Tout was born in 1946 and frequented the Moruya area during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s and returned to...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Beryl Brierley (nee Andy)
Beryl Brierley (nee Andy) was born in the Central Tilba area in 1932. Beryl’s father was Ernest Andy and mother...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Alex Walker
Alex Walker was born in Berry in 1938. His father Reginald Walker, and paternal grandfather were both from Wallaga Lake....
Yuin - Moruya Community
Albert ‘Budda’ Solomon
Albert Solomon was born in Orbost, Victoria, in 1945. His mother was Edna Parsons from Wallaga Lake, and his father...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Alan Mongta
Alan Mongta was born in Nowra in 1938. Alan’s mother and maternal grandfather were from Delegate, NSW. Alan’s father and...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Totemic Species: The use of natural resources
Although the term ‘totem’ has Native American cultural origins, the functional reality of the practise exists in parts of Australia,...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Dreaming tracks and travelling routes
“The Dreaming” or “Dreamtime”, as it is called in English refers to the creative era when the landscape was given...
Biripi - Hastings Community
Wauchope Public School Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC Week
In Term 2 of 2016, the Wauchope Public School community acknowledged and celebrated Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC Week through art,...
Kamilaroi/Gomeroi - Tamworth Community
2016 Local Aboriginal Student of the Year
OXLEY High School student Lahkeisha Cook has been named the 2016 Local Aboriginal Student of the Year. Oxley High School...
Kamilaroi/Gomeroi - Tamworth Community
Army First Look experience tour
From 14–17 September, I had the privilege of attending the Army First Look experience tour with some of my students...
Korreil Wonnai - Cessnock Community
Abermain Public School Dance Group performs for Cessnock Community Connect Day
Abermain Public School Dance Group performing at the Cessnock Community Connect Day.
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
NAIDOC Day 2016
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the NAIDOC celebrations had to be delayed, but the wait was worth it. Finally on Thursday...
Awabakal - Cardiff Community
Cardiff High School 2016 graduation
Cardiff High School celebrates the 2016 graduation of six Year 12 Aboriginal students, Olivia Smith, Kodie Collis, Saskia Ridgeway, Emily...
Biripi - Hastings Community
Camden Haven High School’s Indigenous programs and activities 2016
[mg_badge id=”952″] Yamadagai Gimbay Biripi Barray. Welcome friends to Biripi nation land… Take a look at the photos from some...
Awabakal - Swansea Community
Galgabba mural
The mural was created in 2011 and is a 10-metre-long representation of the local Galgabba area from Nords Wharf to...
Yuin/Dirinjanj - Batemans Bay Community
Activities at Braidwood Central School
A selection of photos from various activities at Braidwood Central School. Tree planting NAIDOC Week 2015 concert NAIDOC 2015 assembly...
Awabakal - Swansea Community
Swansea High School boys mentor the Aboriginal Boys Didge Group at Swansea Public School
Swansea High School are making their way around the community of schools and this showcases some of their time with...
Awabakal - Swansea Community
Swansea Public School Aboriginal Dance Group performing for NAIDOC Day
Swansea Public School Aboriginal Dance Group performing at the Galgabba Community of Schools Corroboree NAIDOC Day 2016 celebrations.
Worimi - Port Stephens Community
Karuah Public School NAIDOC Day celebrations
Karuah Public School celebrated NAIDOC Day on Friday 1st July. Staff, students and the community enjoyed a smoking ceremony, Aboriginal...
Worimi - Port Stephens Community
Hunter River High School Cultural Room Outdoor Learning Area
At Hunter River High School our Cultural Room Outdoor Learning Area is a place for staff, students and community members...
Awabakal - Glendale Community
The mob at Glendale East Public School
Meet the mob at Glendale East Public School.
Wonaruah - Singleton Community
8 Ways at Singleton Heights Public School
Staff at Singleton Heights Public School completed a three-hour training session in the 8 Ways pedagogy as part of their...
Ngunnawal - Queanbeyan Community
NAIDOC Week celebrations at Queanbeyan West Public School
A collection of photos from Queanbeyan West Public School’s celebrations of NAIDOC Week.
Awabakal - Gateshead Community
NAIDOC Day at Hunter Sports High School
During the last week of term, Hunter Sports High School celebrated NAIDOC in fantastic fashion. The Minimbah team worked tirelessly...
Awabakal - Cardiff Community
NAIDOC Day with Cardiff High School’s Aboriginal dance group
Celebrating Cardiff High School’s NAIDOC Day with our Aboriginal dance group.
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
Warners Bay Public School students dress up for NAIDOC Day
For NAIDOC Day 2015, Warners Bay Public School asked all of the staff and students to come in one of...
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
History of Biddabah
How did Biddabah Public School get its name? This part of Awabakal country was known to them as Biddabah (meaning...
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
NAIDOC Week at Biddabah Public School
For our NAIDOC Celebrations, Biddabah Public School held a whole school assembly in our hall where our Indigenous students and...
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
Didgeridoo workshop
A group of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal boys from years 7-10 had the opportunity to participate in a didgeridoo workshop lead...
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
NAIDOC Day at Valentine Public School
On Friday 1st July, Valentine Public School celebrated NAIDOC Week with a fantastic day of music, dance, art, sports, language,...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Involvement in European Economic Activity
Aboriginal people throughout the south coast were involved in a wide range of economic activities associated with the new economic...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Wallaga Lake
A large camp had existed in the Wallaga Lake area, on Merrimans Island, before the creation of the Station. A...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Population Figures in the late 1800s
In the period from its establishment through to the turn of the twentieth century the Aborigines Protection Board included census...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Creation of the Aborigines Protection Board
The Aborigines Protection Board emerged in the 1880s and soon developed into an agency of government control over the lives...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Formation of Aboriginal Reserves
While there were a considerable number of reserves created for the use of Aboriginal people throughout the Eurobodalla region there...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Expansion of European Settlement: Dairying and Timber
Timber getting began along the south coast in the 1840s, with sawmills proliferating in the 1860s. The large forested areas...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Impact of Gold on Growth of European Settlement
Gold has been found in many of the mountains and valleys of the Eurobodalla area and indeed all along the...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Emergence of Small Scale Settlement: ‘Locking Out’
At the end of the 1850s gold was discovered at Kiandra in the Snowy Mountains and ‘gold fever’ hit the...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Records of Ceremonial Life and Stories
There is little documentary material relating to the ceremonial life or stories of Aboriginal people within the Eurobodalla area in...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Population Figures in the early 1800s
As is the case generally in south-eastern Australia estimates of population for the Eurobodalla area are limited in extent and...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Early Involvement in European Economic Activity
During the 1840s and early 1850s the Commissioners for Crown Lands provided annual reports on the ‘Condition of the Aborigines’...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Helping Hands: the Wreck of the Rover
Conflict between Aboriginal people and Europeans in the early period of European intrusion into an area is only one part...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Introduced Diseases
The whaling and sealing vessels travelling the coast during the early 1800s may have transmitted new diseases to the Aboriginal...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Conflict in the First Decades
Throughout Australia as the two conflicting economic systems, of pastoralists and hunter-gatherers, collided, resource competition became the focus of conflict....
Yuin - Moruya Community
Early European Settlement in the Eurobodalla Region
The late 1820s saw the expansion of European settlement into areas to the north and south of the Eurobodalla region;...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Early European Observations of the Eurobodalla Area
In the year of 1797, during an official journey of exploration down the south coast, George Bass recorded his brief...
Yuin - Moruya Community
First European intrusions into the Eurobodalla Region
There was no permanent European settlement impacting directly on the lives of the Aboriginal people of the Eurobodalla area until...
Yuin - Moruya Community
The Eurobodalla Area
The Eurobodalla area is generally accepted as lying within Yuin country. The Yuin cultural area is generally stated to extend...
Wamba Wamba & Barapa Barapa - Deniliquin Community
NAIDOC Week celebrations at Deniliquin High School
On Wednesday 20 July, Deniliquin High School celebrated NAIDOC Week. As part of the whole-school awareness, Adam Hansen from AIME...
Wamba Wamba & Barapa Barapa - Deniliquin Community
NAIDOC Public Speaking and Debate Challenge 2016
On 16 May, Deniliquin High School held a workshop for the NAIDOC Debate and Public Speaking Challenge, where schools were...
Wonaruah - Singleton Community
‘Our Artworks’ Singleton Public School’s entries for the 2016 NAIDOC Art Competition
Students at Singleton Public School introduce themselves and their artworks, which were created for the 2016 Singleton NAIDOC Art Awards.
Ngiyampaa/Wongaibon - Nyngan Community
Ngiyampaa dictionary
Body parts and products Ngiyampaa English Kanaa Shoulder Karra Phlegm Kiil Urine Kii Heart Kilkin Armpit Kuna Faeces Kurraluu Liver...
Korreil Wonnai - Cessnock Community
2016 Year 6 Galuwa Scholarship recipients
Galuwa is a Sydney-area Aboriginal word meaning ‘to climb’. Galuwa is a joint initiative between the NSW Department of Education...
Yuin & Monaro - Eden Community
Rocky Hall Preschool begin journey to embed Aboriginal perspective into Early Childhood curriculum
We at Rocky Hall Preschool have embarked on a journey to embed an Aboriginal perspective into our Early Childhood curriculum...
Worimi - Forster Community
Grannies Rock
This is a local Worimi story called ‘Grannies Rock’ told by three Indigenous Forster Public School students in Year 4....
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
National Sorry Day 2016
Warners Bay High School students were privileged to have Jodie Stewart, the Aboriginal Community Liaison Officer and Relieving President of...
Wiradjuri - Griffith Community
Griffith Community NAIDOC Fun Day
As a part of the Griffith NAIDOC celebrations the Griffith Aboriginal Medical Service held a family fun day at West...
Worimi - Port Stephens Community
Tea Gardens Public School NAIDOC Week celebrations
NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres...
Yuin/Dirinjanj - Batemans Bay Community
NAIDOC Week 2016 at Batemans Bay Public School
This year during NAIDOC Week 2016, Batemans Bay Public School celebrated with many activities involving Aboriginal community members.
Biripi - Hastings Community
NAIDOC Week at Westport Public School
A selection of photographs from NAIDOC Week celebrations at Westport Public School. Students produced artwork and played traditional Aboriginal games...
Wiradjuri - Young Community
Young North Public School celebrates NAIDOC 2016
Students at Young North Public School enjoyed celebrating this year’s 2016 Songlines NAIDOC theme as they moved around the school participating...
Wiradjuri - Young Community
Wiradjuri Wizard Program 2016 at Young North Public School
The Wiradjuri Wizards was an intensive seven-week program designed to improve the literacy skills of our Stage 2 and 3...
Awabakal - Cardiff Community
Gommeroi greeting song
This is a Gommeroi greeting song produced by Abie Wright and is sung during assemblies at Garden Suburbs Public School.
Biripi - Hastings Community
Hastings Public School celebrates NAIDOC Week
Hastings Public School celebrated NAIDOC Week throughout Week 10 of Term 2. The celebrations included an assembly, singing, making artworks,...
Wiradjuri - Young Community
MGoals goal setting at Young North Public School
This year, Young North Public School has been working on developing our Aboriginal students’ capacity to utilise the MGoals goal-setting...
Gumbaynggirr - Nambucca/Bellingen Community
Eileen Marshall – childhood memories
Eileen Marshall speaks about the impact her grandparents had on her life. She tells us how her grandmother raised her...
Worimi - Forster Community
NAIDOC Week 2015 celebrations at Forster Public School
A collection of photographs of NAIDOC Week 2015 celebrations at Forster Public School. Student’s, family and friends at Forster Public...
Ngarigo - Monaro Community
Pauline visits Berridale Public School
A big thank you to Pauline Coxon for coming to visit us at Berridale Public School. We loved talking about...
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
NAIDOC Week at Warners Bay High School
On Friday 24th June, NAIDOC Week celebrations were held at Warners Bay High School (WBHS). The day began with a...
Ngarigo - Monaro Community
Berridale Public School students visit Yam Farms and Early Settlers Hut
Students from Berridale Public School had a great time visiting the Yam Farms at Craigie and Early Settlers Hut in...
Wiradjuri - Young Community
Dinawan in the sky
Students from Young Public School tell the Dreamtime story of ‘Dinawan in the sky’ and explain the elements of Aunty...
Wiradjuri - Young Community
Witchetty grub hunting with Uncle Keith Freeman
Students from Young Public School and Young North Public School went out with Uncle Keith Freeman to see how witchetty...
Wiradjuri - Griffith Community
Sugarland
The Sugarland National Tour made its way to Griffith for two days in June. Writers of the play Rachael Coopes...
Wiradjuri - Young Community
Wiradjuri Biodiversity Garden at Young High School
The Wiradjuri Biodiversity Garden was established in 2008 at Young High School. This Cultural Heritage Award-winning garden was the brainchild...
Wiradjuri - Young Community
Uncle Dean Gilbert’s artefact presentation
Uncle Dean Gilbert’s artefact presentation was delivered to Young High School Year 7 students at the Wiradjuri language class in...
Wiradjuri - Griffith Community
NAIDOC Debating and Public Speaking Challenge
Griffith High School was this year’s host of the Riverina NAIDOC debating and public speaking challenge. Over 30 Primary Schools...
Garindja Naway Djingis - Ulladulla Community
Uncle Fred and Uncle Paul at Tech Savvy Elders
Uncle Fred and Uncle Paul share how they used to entertain themselves as children and talk about the foods they...
Garindja Naway Djingis - Ulladulla Community
Uncle Fred and Uncle Paul talk about technology
Uncle Fred and Uncle Paul talk about the differences between technology now and back when they were young. They discuss...
Awabakal/Worimi - Newcastle/Callaghan Community
Wallsend Public School Yidaki group
Wallsend Public School’s Yidaki group video:
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
Warners Bay High School students attend dance workshops
On Friday 13th May 2016, 11 students from year 7 and 8 had the opportunity to participate in a dance...
Paakantji - Menindee Community
William’s story
Meet William, an Aboriginal student from Menindee. William speaks about his wish to learn more about his culture and his...
Wonaruah - Maitland Community
Wakakulang at the Principals’ Conference
Aboriginal dance group Wakakulang perform at the Principals’ Conference and smash it as always.
Wonaruah - Maitland Community
Rutherford Technology High School’s 2015 end of year Corroboree
Rutherford Technology High School celebrated another successful year of education with their end of year Corroboree. A big thank you...
Ngarigo - Monaro Community
The Bundian Way
On 31 May, Monaro High School, Berridale Public School, Adaminby Public School and Bombala High School all travelled to the...
Wiradjuri - Young Community
Songlines Excursion 2015 – Landscapes on Country
Images of the beautiful landscape on Country at the 2015 Songlines Excursion.
Wiradjuri - Young Community
Aboriginal games at the Songlines Excursion 2015
Various Aboriginal games were played at the 2015 Songlines Excursion.
Wiradjuri - Young Community
Songlines Excursion 2015
Selected images from the Songlines Excursion attended by students of Young Public School, Young North Public School and Young High...
Wiradjuri - Young Community
Aunty Enid’s artefacts presentation at Tout Park
Aunty Enid shows students various artefacts and explains their uses at Tout Park during the Songline Excursion. Kangaroo skin –...
Wonaruah - Maitland Community
Rutherford Technology High School’s Indigenous students receive $1000 scholarship
Rutherford Technology High School’s Indigenous students showing great potential have been awarded the Leaders Lead Leaders Scholarship. Rutherford Technology High...
Wiradjuri - Young Community
Cowra dance workshop
A collection of photographs of Young Public School and Young North Public School students participating in the Cowra dance workshop.
Darug - Liverpool Community
The opening of the Aboriginal garden at Liverpool West Public School
The opening of the Aboriginal garden at Liverpool West Public School was attended by community members and families of the...
Yuin - Moruya Community
The AFL Flying Boomerangs Leadership Program
The AFL Flying Boomerangs Leadership Program recognises not only the football ability but, more importantly, the leadership potential of young...
Wiradjuri - Young Community
Young High School meets the oldest living culture on Earth
This video highlights the amazing work being done in Young High School’s Wiradjuri Language Program.
Yuin - Moruya Community
Treigh Stewart from Moruya High selected for Australian Flying Boomerangs AFL team
Treigh Stewart from Moruya High has been selected for the 2016 Australian Flying Boomerangs AFL representative team. The AFL Flying...
Wonaruah - Maitland Community
Write it Right! program at Francis Greenway High School
Overview Francis Greenway High School is in the Hunter Central Coast area of New South Wales, situated between the...
Worimi - Forster Community
Dance groups perform for NAIDOC Week 2015 at Forster Public School
For NAIDOC Week 2015, Forster Public Schools’ boys and girls dance groups treated everyone to a performance. Girls’ Dance Group...
Worimi - Forster Community
Isaiah talks about lemon myrtle
Watch as Isaiah talks about the lemon myrtle tree and its many uses.
Awabakal - Cardiff Community
Cardiff High School goes to Dubbo
Some of Cardiff High School’s Aboriginal students went on an excursion to Dubbo in December 2015. The students visited Dubbo...
Awabakal - Cardiff Community
Cardiff High School Year 12 Aboriginal students’ graduation
The Cardiff High School 2015 Year 12 Aboriginal students’ graduation was held at Yamuloong. The graduates were Abby Field, Jordan...
Awabakal/Worimi - Newcastle/Callaghan Community
A celebration of achievements
A celebration of the achievements of the students at Plattsburg Public School, this evaluation video was put together by students...
Awabakal/Worimi - Newcastle/Callaghan Community
Aboriginal mural at Maryland Public School
A mural by artist Debbie was erected at Maryland Public School in March 2015. [mg_pagespan] Aboriginal mural by artist Debbie Dates...
Awabakal/Worimi - Newcastle/Callaghan Community
When the snake bit the sun — iMovie by ES1 students
This book is based on a story told by David Mowaljarlai of the Ngarinyin people to the Aboriginal Children living...
Wiradjuri - Griffith Community
Personalised Learning plans at Griffith High School
During Term One Griffith High School held an afternoon gathering for staff, Indigenous students their parents, carers and community members....
Darug - Liverpool Community
New additions to the Liverpool West Public School Aboriginal garden
Liverpool West Public School’s Aboriginal bush tucker garden has had some new additions. The new sculptures include various native animals...
Wiradjuri - Griffith Community
Griffith High School students study Freedom Ride
Year 10 students from Griffith High School have been studying Sue Lawson’s Freedom Ride. The book is based on the...
Wonaruah - Singleton Community
Singleton Public School Cultural Group — our excursion to Baiame
On Friday 27 November 2015, Singleton Public School’s Aboriginal Cultural Group went on our first excursion: We travelled by bus...
Wonaruah - Singleton Community
Aboriginal Bike Safety Program 2016
On Thursday 25 February, King Street Public School held its first Aboriginal Bike Safety Program. Our school was lucky enough...
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
Warners Bay High School Junior AECG (Aboriginal Educational Consultative Group)
Warners Bay High School is proud to have an active Junior AECG that has members from Year 7 through to...
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
Cultural Day at Ngurra Bu
On the 15th December 2015, 40 staff, students and parents travelled to Ngurra Bu at Wollombai to participate in a...
Darug - Liverpool Community
Bush Tucker garden at Liverpool West Public School
Liverpool West Public School has recently started creating an Aboriginal bush tucker garden within its grounds. Below are some photos...
Wiradjuri - Griffith Community
Griffith High School Student Madison Recounts Her Trip To Gallipoli
My name is Madison Penrith, I’m sixteen and in year twelve at Griffith High School. I was one of the...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Moruya High School Student Dakota Feirer Receives 2015 PIP Award
Dakota Feirer completed his HSC in 2015. One of his courses was Society and Culture. In this course there is...
Darug - Liverpool Community
Aboriginal Student Achievement Awards at the University of Western Sydney
Austral student Aragorn Bevis receives his award for Leadership, Citizenship and Community Service at the UWS Bankstown campus. Aragorn, as...
Darug - Liverpool Community
Coota Gulla Preschool performance at Liverpool West Public School
Liverpool West Public School’s Aboriginal priority preschool, Coota Gulla, recently gave a performance to the school. Photos of the event...
Darug - Liverpool Community
Koomurri Performance at Liverpool West Public School
As part of NAIDOC Week 2015 celebrations, the Koomurri performers visited Liverpool West Public School.
Ngiyampaa/Wongaibon - Nyngan Community
Wangaaypuwan (Wongaibon) language groups
The traditional homelands of ngurrampaa (camp-world) of Ngiyampaa/Ngemba family groups extend north from around the Lachlan (Kaliyarr) to the Darling...
Ngiyampaa/Wongaibon - Nyngan Community
Mary the Rainmaker
‘Mary’ Jemima Johnson, aka ‘Mary the Rainmaker’, was a Wiradjuri ‘clever woman’. Her ancestry is something of a mystery, although...
Awabakal - Warners Bay Community
The History of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flags
Aboriginal Flag The Aboriginal flag was designed by Harold Thomas, a Luritja man from Central Australia. It was created as...
Korreil Wonnai - Cessnock Community
The History of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags
Aboriginal flag The Aboriginal flag was designed by Harold Thomas, a Luritja man from Central Australia. It was created as...
Wonaruah - Singleton Community
King Street Public School NAIDOC 2015 celebrations
Our NAIDOC celebrations on Friday 7 August were a great success! It was wonderful to see all the students celebrating...
Wonaruah - Singleton Community
Uncle Warren Taggart’s Welcome
Uncle Warren Taggart is a tireless supporter of Aboriginal Education within our Singleton schools. We are honoured that he has...
Wonaruah - Singleton Community
Craig Layer: Journey of Learning
Through his art, emerging artist Craig Layer welcomes you to the diversity and richness of the land of his ancestors,...
Wonaruah - Maitland Community
Maitland Grossmann High School’s budding young Aboriginal artist
Charli Phillips-Mercer recently presented these clapsticks to school principal Dr Di Soltau at a school assembly. Last year, the school...
Wonaruah - Singleton Community
Minister Visits Singleton High School
The Minister for Early Childhood and Aboriginal Affairs, and Assistant Minister for Education, The Honourable Leslie Williams, visited Singleton High...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Moruya High School in RoboCup
MORUYA High School students can hold their heads high after bringing home a ninth and eighteenth placing at the national...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Moruya Plays in Bill Turner Trophy Final
On 30 July, the Under 15’s Moruya High School Girls team travelled to Albury to participate in the final of...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Eurobodalla Football Association Presentation Evening
Two Indigenous students of Moruya High School, Nakia and Talia Moreton-Stewart attended the Eurobodalla Football Association presentation evening on the...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Our Moruya Sharks
On the 15th of September, seven Indigenous students from Moruya High School played football (NRL) for Moruya Sharks in the...
Yuin - Moruya Community
PCYC Moruya movie shoot
A GROUP of Eurobodalla youngsters have become instant movie writers, directors and stars thanks to the Far South Coast Police...
Garindja Naway Djingis - Ulladulla Community
NAIDOC debating finals 2015
Every year during NAIDOC Week, the Department of Education holds a state-wide public speaking and debating competition. This will be...
Garindja Naway Djingis - Ulladulla Community
AIME’S Got Game 2015
Ulladulla High School has so much talent and this year we were lucky enough to have two of our Indigenous...
Garindja Naway Djingis - Ulladulla Community
Transmit – Bundanon Trust Program 2015
For the second year running, Ulladulla High has participated in the Bundanon Trust Transmit Program, which showcases the talents of...
Ngarigo - Monaro Community
Jindabyne Central School Cultural Awareness Day
On 3 November 2015, a formal assembly was held at Jindabyne Central School for Cultural Awareness Day. In keeping with...
Garindja Naway Djingis - Ulladulla Community
NAIDOC 2015 at Milton Public School
Throughout NAIDOC Week, all students at Milton Public School had lots of fun engaging in cultural activities. Kindergarten students were lucky...
Awabakal - Cardiff Community
What made Tiddilik laugh?
This video tells the Awabakal Dreaming story of Tiddilik. It was made by the Indigenous students of Garden Suburb Public...
Awabakal - Cardiff Community
Cardiff High School dance group 2015
A performance by the Cardiff High School Dance Group, Yamuloong.
Wonaruah - Singleton Community
Singleton Public School NAIDOC 2015 celebrations
Singleton Public School held a day of celebration to commemorate NAIDOC Week on Thursday 24 July 2015. Students from Kindergarten...
Bundjalung - Evans Head Community
The Cousins Program
The Cousins Program was developed at Evans Head Preschool and is now being run at two local preschools. This program...
Gumbaynggirr - Nambucca/Bellingen Community
Elders of the Gumbaynggirr Community
Here is a collection of photos showing Elders from the Gumbaynggirr Community.
Worimi - Forster Community
The Yalawanyi Project
After securing funds from the NSW Environmental Trust Eco Schools grant, the vision of a bush track, bush tucker garden...
Bundjalung - Evans Head Community
Evans River K-12 School Captains for 2016
Evans River K-12 School would like to introduce Alec Barker and Karri Williams. The proud Indigenous captains of Evans River...
Dharawal - Kiama Community
Dare to be Deadly
What is Dare to be Deadly? Dare to be Deadly is a cultural awareness program which aims to provide the...
Dharawal - Kiama Community
Let’s talk identity!
Discussing identity Miss Todd spoke to her students about identity and the importance of relationships. Students discussed the ways in...
Wonaruah - Maitland Community
Cultural Day at Maitland Grossmann High School
Aboriginal students are encouraged to connect and reconnect with their culture. Community Liaison Officer Pauline Mitchell organised a two-day program...
Dharawal - Kiama Community
Dare to be Deadly’s artwork at Kiama Council’s Sorry Day
The artwork displayed has been created by the students of the Dare to be Deadly group at Minnamurra Public School....
Wonaruah - Maitland Community
NAIDOC 2015 celebrations at Maitland Grossmann High School
Maitland Grossmann High filled the sky with 900 red, black and yellow balloons to kickstart NAIDOC Week celebrations in 2015....
Yuin/Dirinjanj - Batemans Bay Community
The Waranganj (Boomerang) Garden at Batemans Bay Public School
At Batemans Bay Public School we commemorate Sorry Day each year by holding an assembly and doing activities that involve...
Yuin - Tathra Community
Tathra Public School celebrates completion of its Bush Tucker Garden
From 2012 to 2014, an innovative approach to Aboriginal Education at Tathra Public School has seen the completion of the...
Yuin - Tathra Community
Tathra Public School students create Aboriginal art mural
In 2013, students in 2/3J and 3/4H at Tathra Public School created a two-panel wall mural using Aboriginal art techniques....
Yuin - Tathra Community
Tathra Public School celebrates its Community Aboriginal Education Project
The official launch of Stage 2 and Stage 3 of Tathra Public School’s Community Aboriginal Education Project took place in...
Yuin/Dirinjanj - Batemans Bay Community
Batemans Bay Public School Sorry Day ceremony
Photographs from the Sorry Day ceremony held on Wednesday 27 May 2015 at Batemans Bay Public School.
Yuin/Dirinjanj - Batemans Bay Community
NAIDOC Week 2015 activities at Batemans Bay Public School
A selection of photos from NAIDOC Week 2015 celebrations at Batemans Bay Public School held from 22 June to 26...
Yuin/Dirinjanj - Batemans Bay Community
AIME Tutor Squad Supports Year 7 Students at Batemans Bay High School
Representatives from the AIME Tutor Squad provide support for Year 7 students from Batemans Bay High School. Squads of mentors...
Gundungurra/Gandangara/Gundungura - Moss Vale/Bowral/Mittagong Community
Students visit Carrington Falls and create ochre paintings
In June, a group of students visited the local state forest at Carrington Falls. The site is significant because it...
Gundungurra/Gandangara/Gundungura - Moss Vale/Bowral/Mittagong Community
Moss Vale High School students collaborate with Aboriginal artists
In the last week of Term 2, two local Aboriginal artists, Wendy Lotter and Peter Swain, visited Moss Vale High...
Ngunnawal - Queanbeyan Community
Queanbeyan Public School students sing the NAIDOC song
As part of NAIDOC Week celebrations, Queanbeyan Public Schools students lead the school in singing the NAIDOC song.
Garindja Naway Djingis - Ulladulla Community
Alternative Learning Pathways
Ulladulla High School acknowledges that not every student thrives in the same learning environment and we make every effort to...
Yuin/Dirinjanj - Bega Community
Bega High School football player travels to play for the Indigenous Rugby League team
Declan Bower-Scott, a 16-year-old football player from Bega High School, secures a place on the under 17s Indigenous Rugby League...
Worimi - Forster Community
Ron Potter: Nutraditions
Aboriginal artist Ron Potter tells us how his artwork shows the different kinds of foods found within the Worimi country,...
Gundungurra/Gandangara/Gundungura - Moss Vale/Bowral/Mittagong Community
Reconciliation Day at Avoca Public School
[mg_highlight] Reconciliation Day celebrations were held at Avoca Public School, along with students of Wingello Public School and Avoca Public...
Gundungurra/Gandangara/Gundungura - Moss Vale/Bowral/Mittagong Community
The story of Mirragan the Fisherman
A Tale of the Wollondilly River, Whambeyan and Jenolan Caves [mg_highlight] The Jenolan are wonderful subterranean caves of limestone formation,...
Gundungurra/Gandangara/Gundungura - Moss Vale/Bowral/Mittagong Community
Kelsey’s story
Kelsey from Moss Vale High School talks about the connection to her Aboriginal heritage. This is her story. Hi I’m...
Yuin/Dirinjanj - Batemans Bay Community
Photos from Batemans Bay High School
A collection of photos from Batemans Bay High School from Terms 1 and 2, 2015 Aboriginal Cultural Workshop NORTA Aboriginal...
Yuin - Moruya Community
The History of Moruya: The Yuin People
Archaeological work along the south coast of NSW has uncovered Aboriginal sites dated up to 20,000 years ago, although work...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Tarsharna Interns at the AIME
Tarsharna Nye spent the day working as a paid Art Intern for the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME) on Thursday,...
Yuin - Bermagui/Narooma Community
Interview with Elder Auntie Marilyn Campbell
Interview with Elder Auntie Marilyn Campbell by her grandson Kevin Mason, who is in Year 7.
Yuin - Bermagui/Narooma Community
Dancers at Narooma High School
Check out some of the photos of dancers at Narooma High School:
Yuin - Bermagui/Narooma Community
Garidja (canoe) making
Aboriginal students from Narooma High School build a Garidja from the bark of a tree. When collecting bark from the...
Yuin - Bermagui/Narooma Community
Totem pole workshops
Check out some of the highlights from the totem pole workshop at Narooma High School. We would like to give...
Yuin - Bermagui/Narooma Community
Koomurri Day at Narooma High School
Check out some of the highlights from the Koomurri Australian Aboriginal Dance Connection at Narooma High School. For more information,...
Yuin - Bermagui/Narooma Community
The Moodji Yarn Program
Narooma High School boys from Years 7 – 11 took part in the Moodji Yarn Program, where mentors are invited...
Yuin - Bermagui/Narooma Community
Historical photos of Bermagui Public School
The photos feature the school grounds, students who attended the school, and the surrounding region.
Yuin - Bermagui/Narooma Community
Bermagui Public School: activities and outings
Students from Bermagui Public School undertake various activities and outings, including a trip to Mogo Zoo.
Yuin - Bermagui/Narooma Community
Portraiture and artwork from Bermagui Public School
A series of colourful portraits by students from Bermagui Public School:
Yuin - Bermagui/Narooma Community
Bermagui Public School
A collection of photos from Bermagui Public School: Listen to the Bermagui Public School anthem:
Gumbaynggirr - Nambucca/Bellingen Community
Aunty Violet
Aunty Violet Williams is the eldest daughter and second eldest of nine children (six girls and three boys) to Clive...
Gumbaynggirr - Nambucca/Bellingen Community
About Gumbaynggirr
The Gumbaynggir people Perhaps one thousand Gumbaynggir people lived on the coast of south-east Australia before the disruption of white...
Darkinjung - Woy Woy Community
Woy Woy South Public School
Aboriginal Student Literacy and Numeracy Program This program brings together Aboriginal students from each stage with a stage-based teacher to...
Darkinjung - Woy Woy Community
Umina Public School
Year 1 Cultural Continuum excursion: Each year, our Year 1 Aboriginal students are involved in an exciting excursion to learn...
Gundungurra/Gandangara/Gundungura - Moss Vale/Bowral/Mittagong Community
Welcome to the Gundungarra: Moss Vale Community
[mg_highlight] We would like to acknowledge the Gundungurra people, the Traditional Custodians of this land. We would also like to...
Yuin - Moruya Community
Resources
Have a look at the resources below to learn more about Moruya: Tracing Events of the Dhurga Speaking People The...
Ngunnawal - Queanbeyan Community
Artwork in and around Queanbeyan Public School
[mg_highlight] The Rainbow Serpent follows a path around Queanbeyan Public School. As it snakes through the school grounds, we discover...
Yuin/Dirinjanj - Bega Community
Aunty Colleen and her family growing up in Bega
Aunty Colleen Dixon talks about the generations of her family in Bega, including attendance at Bega Primary School, along with...
Yuin/Dirinjanj - Bega Community
Language Program at Tathra Public School
Bega High School students and staff had the privilege of participating in a ten-week Aboriginal language and culture program at...
Darug/Dharug - Bankstown Community
Mural creation at Regents Park Public School
The students of Regents Park Public school worked alongside Community in creating an amazing mural incorporating Aboriginal perspectives. The mural...
Darug/Dharug - Bankstown Community
Decorating the Bankstown Public School cow
Community members enjoyed a day of painting a cow statue with Aboriginal themes. The initiative was part of Paint a...
Darug/Dharug - Bankstown Community
The sea mural at Bankstown Public School
A great day was had by all, with students working alongside Aunty Lyn in restoring the sea mural within the...
Yuin/Dirinjanj - Bega Community
Bega High School
Bega High School (BHS) is a comprehensive rural high school on the far south coast of NSW. The school’s geographical...
Yuin/Dirinjanj - Bega Community
Screen art
Over the past twelve months, students from the support unit and mainstream classes have been working on developing timber screens...
Yuin/Dirinjanj - Bega Community
Student AECG established at Bega High
Recently, all Aboriginal Bega High students came together to make a Junior AECG (Aboriginal Educational Consultative Group). Our aim for...
Yuin/Dirinjanj - Bega Community
Koori camps
We take regular trips to the Bournda Field Studies huts. Here we have had cultural talks from Indigenous Elders, been...
Yuin/Dirinjanj - Bega Community
Traditional Indigenous Games
Every year since 2012, Bega Valley Public School has participated in Traditional Indigenous Games. The games were organised and run...
Yuin - Moruya Community
The History of Moruya: Tourism and Sea Change
The location of the national capital at Canberra in the 1920s has proven to be no small thing in the...
Yuin - Moruya Community
The history of Moruya: gold and granite
Gold was discovered at Araluen in 1851. It became one of the three principal gold fields in Australia. Estimates vary...
Yuin - Moruya Community
The History of Moruya: Agriculture and Timber
Early cropping at Moruya produced potatoes, wheat, maize and other grains. Stock raising was concerned mainly with beef cattle, sheep...
Yuin - Moruya Community
The History of Moruya: South of the Moruya River
The Moruya area needs to take account of places as far south as Bodalla. South of the Moruya the squatters...
Yuin - Tathra Community
Aboriginal language program commences at Tathra Public School
Tathra Public School is working together with Bega High School and Bega Valley Public School to raise the awareness of...
Yuin - Tathra Community
Students and staff from Tathra Public School attend burial ceremony
Students and staff attended a traditional burial ceremony held in Tathra to commemorate the burial of two Aboriginal people. In...
Yuin - Tathra Community
About Tathra Public School
Tathra Public School works harmoniously with the local community to deliver innovative Aboriginal Education Projects. Take a walk around our...
Garindja Naway Djingis - Ulladulla Community
NAIDOC Week
Photos of recent NAIDOC week celebrations at Milton Public School.
Yuin - Moruya Community
Significant Cultural Sites
According to local indigenous dreaming, Baranguba (Montague Island) was a generous provider for the Walbunja People, as both a fertile...
Yuin - Tathra Community
Welcome
Tathra Public School is delighted to be a part of the MGoals project. Our school warmly invites you to communicate...