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In June, a group of students visited the local state forest at Carrington Falls. The site is significant because it...
In the last week of Term 2, two local Aboriginal artists, Wendy Lotter and Peter Swain, visited Moss Vale High...
[mg_highlight] Reconciliation Day celebrations were held at Avoca Public School, along with students of Wingello Public School and Avoca Public...
A Tale of the Wollondilly River, Whambeyan and Jenolan Caves [mg_highlight] The Jenolan are wonderful subterranean caves of limestone formation,...
Kelsey from Moss Vale High School talks about the connection to her Aboriginal heritage. This is her story. Hi I’m...
[mg_highlight] We would like to acknowledge the Gundungurra people, the Traditional Custodians of this land. We would also like to...
Uncle Fred and Uncle Paul talk about the differences between technology now and back when they were young. They discuss...
Uncle Fred and Uncle Paul share how they used to entertain themselves as children and talk about the foods they...
Every year during NAIDOC Week, the Department of Education holds a state-wide public speaking and debating competition. This will be...
Ulladulla High School has so much talent and this year we were lucky enough to have two of our Indigenous...
For the second year running, Ulladulla High has participated in the Bundanon Trust Transmit Program, which showcases the talents of...
Throughout NAIDOC Week, all students at Milton Public School had lots of fun engaging in cultural activities. Kindergarten students were lucky...
Ulladulla High School acknowledges that not every student thrives in the same learning environment and we make every effort to...
Photos of recent NAIDOC week celebrations at Milton Public School.
NAIDOC celebration at Nabiac Public School 2017 NAIDOC Day 2017 saw all our students listen to special guests, including Elliot...
The Indigenous girls of Year 6 decided to make a bush tucker movie with a twist. Worimi Woman Saves the...
This is a local Worimi story called ‘Grannies Rock’ told by three Indigenous Forster Public School students in Year 4....
A collection of photographs of NAIDOC Week 2015 celebrations at Forster Public School. Student’s, family and friends at Forster Public...
For NAIDOC Week 2015, Forster Public Schools’ boys and girls dance groups treated everyone to a performance. Girls’ Dance Group...
Watch as Isaiah talks about the lemon myrtle tree and its many uses.
After securing funds from the NSW Environmental Trust Eco Schools grant, the vision of a bush track, bush tucker garden...
Aboriginal artist Ron Potter tells us how his artwork shows the different kinds of foods found within the Worimi country,...
During NAIDOC Week 2018, the theme was ‘Because of Her, We Can’. The year 5 students at Jerrabomberra Public School...
Reconciliation Week is an important time on our school calendar. This year it commemorates 20 years of the Reconciliation Walks,...
Year 6 focused on the need for reconciliation and on the policies with respect to colour enacted in the 19th...
This year’s Reconciliation Week theme is ‘In this Together’. Chief Executive Officer at Reconciliation Australia, Karen Mundine, speaks about the...
Reconciliation Australia announced the winners of the inaugural Narragunnawali Awards. Each of the finalists was commended for their exceptional commitment...
Local Aboriginal Elder, Aunty Louise Brown, delivers a Welcome to Country by the Queanbeyan River.
A collection of photos from Queanbeyan West Public School’s celebrations of NAIDOC Week.
As part of NAIDOC Week celebrations, Queanbeyan Public Schools students lead the school in singing the NAIDOC song.
[mg_highlight] The Rainbow Serpent follows a path around Queanbeyan Public School. As it snakes through the school grounds, we discover...
Aboriginal Student Literacy and Numeracy Program This program brings together Aboriginal students from each stage with a stage-based teacher to...
Year 1 Cultural Continuum excursion: Each year, our Year 1 Aboriginal students are involved in an exciting excursion to learn...
The film is about how we at Scotts Head Public School work together with our local community groups to learn...
On the Friday of week one, we took a group of female Aboriginal students from Macksville High School on a...
Michelle Flanders from Saltwater Freshwater Arts, along with local Gumbaynggirr Elders Ann Edwards and Marji Buchanan; local artists; community member...
Eileen Marshall speaks about the impact her grandparents had on her life. She tells us how her grandmother raised her...
Aunty Violet Williams is the eldest daughter and second eldest of nine children (six girls and three boys) to Clive...
Here is a collection of photos showing Elders from the Gumbaynggirr Community.
The Gumbaynggir people Perhaps one thousand Gumbaynggir people lived on the coast of south-east Australia before the disruption of white...
A big thank you to Pauline Coxon for coming to visit us at Berridale Public School. We loved talking about...
Students from Berridale Public School had a great time visiting the Yam Farms at Craigie and Early Settlers Hut in...
On 31 May, Monaro High School, Berridale Public School, Adaminby Public School and Bombala High School all travelled to the...
On 3 November 2015, a formal assembly was held at Jindabyne Central School for Cultural Awareness Day. In keeping with...
Declan Bower-Scott, a 16-year-old football player from Bega High School, secures a place on the under 17s Indigenous Rugby League...
Aunty Colleen Dixon talks about the generations of her family in Bega, including attendance at Bega Primary School, along with...
Bega High School students and staff had the privilege of participating in a ten-week Aboriginal language and culture program at...
Bega High School (BHS) is a comprehensive rural high school on the far south coast of NSW. The school’s geographical...
Over the past twelve months, students from the support unit and mainstream classes have been working on developing timber screens...
Recently, all Aboriginal Bega High students came together to make a Junior AECG (Aboriginal Educational Consultative Group). Our aim for...
We take regular trips to the Bournda Field Studies huts. Here we have had cultural talks from Indigenous Elders, been...
Every year since 2012, Bega Valley Public School has participated in Traditional Indigenous Games. The games were organised and run...
This year the VET construction students, and recently other students, have been working hard on this project. Many barrows filled with...
Interview with Elder Auntie Marilyn Campbell by her grandson Kevin Mason, who is in Year 7.
Check out some of the photos of dancers at Narooma High School:
Aboriginal students from Narooma High School build a Garidja from the bark of a tree. When collecting bark from the...
Check out some of the highlights from the totem pole workshop at Narooma High School. We would like to give...
Check out some of the highlights from the Koomurri Australian Aboriginal Dance Connection at Narooma High School. For more information,...
Narooma High School boys from Years 7 – 11 took part in the Moodji Yarn Program, where mentors are invited...
The photos feature the school grounds, students who attended the school, and the surrounding region.
Students from Bermagui Public School undertake various activities and outings, including a trip to Mogo Zoo.
A series of colourful portraits by students from Bermagui Public School:
A collection of photos from Bermagui Public School: Listen to the Bermagui Public School anthem:
Carol Margaret Larritt (nee Stewart) was born in Moruya in 1940. Her mother was Violet May Carriage, born in Batemans...
This area has a rich post contact history, particularly since the establishment of the Wallaga Lake Reserve in 1891, located...
The Tilba Tilba and Central Tilba area is in close proximity to the Wallaga Lake community. Many Aboriginal people’s stories...
Violet Parsons’ elders told her the mythical Dreamtime story relating to Gulaga, Najanuka and Baranguba. See above [Violet Parsons 6.4.2006]....
Gulaga [Mount Dromedary], Najanuka [Little Dromedary Mountain], in the Tilba area and Baranguba [Montague Island] to the north off the...
As evidenced by the archaeological remains throughout the area, it is likely that the area was utilised well before the...
“…………Corunna Lake is one of our traditional prawning places. Nan Stewart told me that Christy Stewart and Emily Walker said...
‘……Glasshouse Rocks is another significant, traditional fishing area. We can’t get in there now because the main access is privately...
Like the Clyde and Moruya Rivers, Wagonga Inlet continues to be a focal point for Aboriginal people’s connection to the...
As noted above the area encompassing Brou Lake and Mummuga Lake is often referred to as ‘Brou’. Mummuga Lake is...
The area encompassing Brou Lake and Mummuga Lake is often referred to as ‘Brou’. Mummuga Lake is also referred to...
The Nerrigundah Sawmill was located on the southern side of the township, and close by was the sawmill housing, for...
King Henry granted land to Richard Bolloway, south of the Tuross River, from Potato Point to Dalmeny and west to...
The Bodalla Township and surrounding area have played a major role in the lives of the present day generation of...
Within this area a combination of complementary post and precontact places of Aboriginal Heritage exist. Traditional camping and fishing places,...
Coopers Island was one of a number of primary places Aboriginal families worked in the seasonal farm industry. The first...
The Bergalia, Coila, Turlinjah and Tuross Head areas hold a variety of cultural heritage values for Aboriginal people, both past...
An interesting area combining places valued in the pre to early contact period; a burial site, a Dreaming track and...
Camping, travelling, ‘feeding off the sea’, teaching and meeting family are the dominant cultural heritage values to emerge in the...
The Moruya – Deua River has a rich combination of value themes associated with the spiritual and economic importance the...
The riverside township of Moruya contains a combination of interrelated places of Aboriginal cultural heritage. Burial grounds throughout the area...
Like the Bodalla and Nerrigundah areas, Moruya had a widespread seasonal farm industry. The picture emerging from the oral recollections...
Cultural heritage values attributed to the North Moruya Heads and Garland Town area combine pre-contact values such as burial sites...
The Bengello Creek and Bengello Beach area is interconnected with the areas of social-ecological value to the north and south....
The Broulee Beach and Broulee Island area has a similar complex of cultural heritage values to Barlings Beach immediately to...
The Tomakin area contains a number of important places for Aboriginal people; Barlings Beach, Barlings Island, Burri [Bevian] Swamp, Tomaga...
The Nye family owned a house on the Princess Highway, Mogo, the house on the southern side of the service...
Tom and his family walked from ‘the corner’, Barlings Beach, Tomakin through ‘little paddock’, over the Burrewarra Point headland, Guerilla...
This area contains a number of interlinked places of cultural heritage value primarily related to camping and resource collection sites,...
The Catalina area contains of a complex of highly significant Aboriginal Heritage places. These places are, in the main, meeting,...
The township of Batemans Bay has a combination of places of Aboriginal cultural heritage. It is a place full of...
In the 1950s families use to paddle up the Clyde River to fish for bream, have a picnic, and return...
This study is not the first to find that Cullendulla Creek is a highly significant cultural area to the Aboriginal...
The area to the north of the Clyde River contains a number of culturally significant places. A high proportion of...
Most of the contemporary connections Aboriginal people have to the Nelligen area relate to the sawmill industry. The area also...
As a kid Les Simon recalls visiting the Monga area to camp and fish [Les Simon 15.12.2005]. Violet Parsons recalls...
One of many sawmills throughout the region where Aboriginal people worked. Many Aboriginal people undertook many tasks within the sawmill...
The Durras, Murramarang area contains places that were highly utilised during holiday periods throughout the mid to late 1900s. The...
William Davis Junior was born in Pambula in 1964. His father was William John Davis, born into the Eora clan,...
Vivienne Mason’s grandmother was Muriel Coolie. Muriel Coolie was from Nelligen and she married ‘Ted’ Edward Stewart who was born...
Violet Parsons was born at the old Batemans Bay Hospital in 1952. Her father, Robert Parsons was also born in...
Valerie Andy was born in Orbost, Victoria, in 1933. Valerie’s father was Syd Solomon from Orbost and her mother was...
Patricia ‘Trisha’ Ellis was born in Sydney in 1957. Her mother was Patricia Ellis [nee Connell]. Her maternal grandfather was...
Tom Davis was raised by William and Gwendolyn Thomas as his mother died when he was young. Tom’s maternal grandmother...
Terry ‘Nipper’ Parsons was born in the old Batemans Bay hospital. Terry’s father was Cyril Parsons. Cyril’s father was George...
Cymbelene Rose Carriage was born at the old Batemans Bay Hospital in 1930. When she was registering the birth of...
Shirley Foster was born in a tent in Bega in 1934. Shirley’s mother, Agnes Harrison was from Victoria and her...
Ronald ‘Ronnie’ Mason Senior was born in Orbost, Victoria in 1945. At the time his parents, Leo Ritchie and Trixie...
Pam was born in 1944. Her mother was Joyce Carter and father Arthur Thomas. Joyce Carter’s father was Charlie Carter...
Mervyn Charles Penrith was born in Berry in 1941. He would have been born in Nowra, but his mother, being...
Maxine Kelly was born in Bega and attended Wallaga Lake School. Her maternal grandfather was Freddy Carter from Wallaga Lake....
Maureen Davis was born in Moruya in 1952. Her mother, Amelia ‘Millie’ Ann Andy was born in Central Tilba in...
Mary Kathleen Duroux (nee Hookwin) was born in Bega in 1934. Mary’s mother died when Mary was 4 years old....
Margaret Kathleen Mary Harris (nee Stewart) was born in Berry in 1951. Her father was Albert George ‘Linky’ Stewart (named...
Margaret Catherine Carriage (nee Connell) was born in Sydney in 1933. Her mother was Ursula Rose Connell (nee Brown) and...
Lionel Mongta was born in Orbost, Victoria, in 1936. Lionel would have been born at Tilba Tilba, but his mother,...
Linda May Cruse was born in Nowra in 1936. Her father was Benjamin Cruse and her mother Lillian Sarah Pepper...
Linda Colburn (nee Mason) was born in Orbost, Victoria in 1934. Her mother was Trixie (nee Thomas) Mason and father...
Leslie Keith Simon was born in Sydney in 1956. Les’s mother was Rosina Chapman, born in Batemans Bay, and his...
Leonard Nye, Symalene Nye’s son, grew up in the Mogo / Barlings Beach area. The family camped on the beach...
Keith Stewart was born in Nowra, in 1929. His father was Edward ‘Teddy’ Stewart, from Wallaga Lake, and mother Muriel...
Keith Nye was born in Milton in 1957. At the age of 4 moved to Mogo, Barlings beach area with...
John was born in Sydney in 1949. He grew up in La Perouse and throughout his life has camped, fished...
John Mumbler was born in Singleton, NSW in 1939. His father was Eric ‘Nugget’ Mumbler and his mother, Helen Maude...
John Brierley was born in Moruya. He is the son of Ernie Brierley and Beryl [nee Andy] Brierley and grew...
Jennifer Stewart was born in Berry. Her father was Ossie Stewart and mother Doris May (nee Chapman). Her maternal grandmother...
Harriett Walker was born at Wallaga Lake in 1935 and has lived in the Wallaga Lake community her entire life....
Georgina Parsons was born in the ‘Batemans Bay bush hospital’ in 1939. Georgina presumes she was born in the ‘bush’...
Ronnie Mason, Vivienne Mason, Vanessa Mason and members of the Stewart / Ella families including Roslyn Ella Field, Karen Ella...
Doris Moore (nee Davis) was born at Kalama Private Hospital, in Moruya in 1938. Doris’s father was Walter Davis (Wally...
Dave Tout was born in 1946 and frequented the Moruya area during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s and returned to...
Beryl Brierley (nee Andy) was born in the Central Tilba area in 1932. Beryl’s father was Ernest Andy and mother...
Alex Walker was born in Berry in 1938. His father Reginald Walker, and paternal grandfather were both from Wallaga Lake....
Albert Solomon was born in Orbost, Victoria, in 1945. His mother was Edna Parsons from Wallaga Lake, and his father...
Alan Mongta was born in Nowra in 1938. Alan’s mother and maternal grandfather were from Delegate, NSW. Alan’s father and...
Although the term ‘totem’ has Native American cultural origins, the functional reality of the practise exists in parts of Australia,...
“The Dreaming” or “Dreamtime”, as it is called in English refers to the creative era when the landscape was given...
Aboriginal people throughout the south coast were involved in a wide range of economic activities associated with the new economic...
A large camp had existed in the Wallaga Lake area, on Merrimans Island, before the creation of the Station. A...
In the period from its establishment through to the turn of the twentieth century the Aborigines Protection Board included census...
The Aborigines Protection Board emerged in the 1880s and soon developed into an agency of government control over the lives...
While there were a considerable number of reserves created for the use of Aboriginal people throughout the Eurobodalla region there...
Timber getting began along the south coast in the 1840s, with sawmills proliferating in the 1860s. The large forested areas...
Gold has been found in many of the mountains and valleys of the Eurobodalla area and indeed all along the...
At the end of the 1850s gold was discovered at Kiandra in the Snowy Mountains and ‘gold fever’ hit the...
There is little documentary material relating to the ceremonial life or stories of Aboriginal people within the Eurobodalla area in...
As is the case generally in south-eastern Australia estimates of population for the Eurobodalla area are limited in extent and...
During the 1840s and early 1850s the Commissioners for Crown Lands provided annual reports on the ‘Condition of the Aborigines’...
Conflict between Aboriginal people and Europeans in the early period of European intrusion into an area is only one part...
The whaling and sealing vessels travelling the coast during the early 1800s may have transmitted new diseases to the Aboriginal...
Throughout Australia as the two conflicting economic systems, of pastoralists and hunter-gatherers, collided, resource competition became the focus of conflict....
The late 1820s saw the expansion of European settlement into areas to the north and south of the Eurobodalla region;...
In the year of 1797, during an official journey of exploration down the south coast, George Bass recorded his brief...
There was no permanent European settlement impacting directly on the lives of the Aboriginal people of the Eurobodalla area until...
The Eurobodalla area is generally accepted as lying within Yuin country. The Yuin cultural area is generally stated to extend...
The AFL Flying Boomerangs Leadership Program recognises not only the football ability but, more importantly, the leadership potential of young...
Treigh Stewart from Moruya High has been selected for the 2016 Australian Flying Boomerangs AFL representative team. The AFL Flying...
Dakota Feirer completed his HSC in 2015. One of his courses was Society and Culture. In this course there is...
MORUYA High School students can hold their heads high after bringing home a ninth and eighteenth placing at the national...
On 30 July, the Under 15’s Moruya High School Girls team travelled to Albury to participate in the final of...
Two Indigenous students of Moruya High School, Nakia and Talia Moreton-Stewart attended the Eurobodalla Football Association presentation evening on the...
On the 15th of September, seven Indigenous students from Moruya High School played football (NRL) for Moruya Sharks in the...
A GROUP of Eurobodalla youngsters have become instant movie writers, directors and stars thanks to the Far South Coast Police...
Archaeological work along the south coast of NSW has uncovered Aboriginal sites dated up to 20,000 years ago, although work...
Tarsharna Nye spent the day working as a paid Art Intern for the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME) on Thursday,...
Have a look at the resources below to learn more about Moruya: Tracing Events of the Dhurga Speaking People The...
The location of the national capital at Canberra in the 1920s has proven to be no small thing in the...
Gold was discovered at Araluen in 1851. It became one of the three principal gold fields in Australia. Estimates vary...
Early cropping at Moruya produced potatoes, wheat, maize and other grains. Stock raising was concerned mainly with beef cattle, sheep...
The Moruya area needs to take account of places as far south as Bodalla. South of the Moruya the squatters...
According to local indigenous dreaming, Baranguba (Montague Island) was a generous provider for the Walbunja People, as both a fertile...
Living Books – Wednesday 25 July 2018 In celebration of the NAIDOC theme Because of Her, We Can! four brave guest...
Our Aboriginal Education program at Bankstown South Infants School is delivered across the whole school, starting at Preschool. My Personal...
All Indigenous students continue to learn and flourish in a safe and supportive learning environment at Picnic Point High School....
During Reconciliation Week, students undertook a number of activities, including a handball competition, penalty shoot-out competition and an Indigenous All-Stars...
Throughout 2018, Indigenous students at Picnic Point High School undertook a number of school projects that helped celebrate and promote...
The students of Regents Park Public school worked alongside Community in creating an amazing mural incorporating Aboriginal perspectives. The mural...
Community members enjoyed a day of painting a cow statue with Aboriginal themes. The initiative was part of Paint a...
A great day was had by all, with students working alongside Aunty Lyn in restoring the sea mural within the...
NAIDOC stands for National Aboriginals and Islanders Day Observance Committee. Its origins can be traced to the emergence of Aboriginal...
The National Quality Standard (2018) and the Early Years Learning Framework (2009) propose that embedding an Indigenous perspective and sustainability...
The Australian Early Years Learning Framework (2009) and Closing the Gap (2017) recognises the importance of partnership between ECEC practitioners,...
We at Rocky Hall Preschool have embarked on a journey to embed an Aboriginal perspective into our Early Childhood curriculum...
The Cousins Program was developed at Evans Head Preschool and is now being run at two local preschools. This program...
Evans River K-12 School would like to introduce Alec Barker and Karri Williams. The proud Indigenous captains of Evans River...
In celebration of NAIDOC 2020, Old Bar Public School has created a montage celebrating the identity of our Aboriginal and...
All students at Taree West Public School are learning Gathang, the language of the Biripi people. This film was created...
2019 NAIDOC Celebration This film was created to highlight the many activities that took place 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...
During 2018, a program of Aboriginal Culture was developed and taught at Taree West Public School by Benn Saunders, a...
At St Clare’s High School, we have enjoyed learning to paint in Indigenous styles. We have studied Aboriginal art around...
This video was made by our Old Bar Public School Year 6 Aboriginal student leaders as part of a filmmaking...
Our students were part of the 2020 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day advertisement. This year’s theme, We...
On November 21 2018, Westport Public School students were invited to the official opening of the Local Birpai Land Council...
NAIDOC Week 2018 celebrations
This animation tells the story of pre- and post-European settlement from both Aboriginal and European perspectives. With charming paper-cut drawings...
NAIDOC 2017 celebrations at Tacking Point Public School, starting with breakfast with Elders, followed by assembly and activities.
In Term 2 of 2016, the Wauchope Public School community acknowledged and celebrated Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC Week through art,...
[mg_badge id=”952″] Yamadagai Gimbay Biripi Barray. Welcome friends to Biripi nation land… Take a look at the photos from some...
A selection of photographs from NAIDOC Week celebrations at Westport Public School. Students produced artwork and played traditional Aboriginal games...
Hastings Public School celebrated NAIDOC Week throughout Week 10 of Term 2. The celebrations included an assembly, singing, making artworks,...
As part of National Reconciliation Week, Lawrence Hargrave students commemorated the service and sacrifice of Indigenous veterans at Hyde Park....
The success of the Nawi project led Owen Talbot, one of our Nawi builders, to be chosen as one of...
The opening of the Aboriginal garden at Liverpool West Public School was attended by community members and families of the...
Liverpool West Public School’s Aboriginal bush tucker garden has had some new additions. The new sculptures include various native animals...
Liverpool West Public School has recently started creating an Aboriginal bush tucker garden within its grounds. Below are some photos...
Austral student Aragorn Bevis receives his award for Leadership, Citizenship and Community Service at the UWS Bankstown campus. Aragorn, as...
Liverpool West Public School’s Aboriginal priority preschool, Coota Gulla, recently gave a performance to the school. Photos of the event...
As part of NAIDOC Week 2015 celebrations, the Koomurri performers visited Liverpool West Public School.
During the recent Covid lockdown, Mr Robert Deacon – Lawrence Hargrave SSP PE teacher – came up with an original...
In 2018 we received a grant from Kari, a local Aboriginal Community Organisation. Kari provides programs which teach local community...
Aboriginal students made a kangaroo pie in preparation for our special guest, Aunty Carol Brown. She viewed student work in...
LHS Aboriginal students collaborated with Warwick Farm PS to design and construct a garden feature based upon an ancient Aboriginal...
Aboriginal students from our school were invited to a two-day AECG Cultural Camp in The Royal National Park in 2018....
Fairfield City Council arranged for students from LHS to go to Western Sydney Airport to participate in their official Reconciliation...
Football legend Rhys Wesser has been training our students to improve their fitness and wellbeing by training and playing football.
Bianca from South Cares teaches how to weave bracelets from lomandra leaves.
Fairfield City Council provided a unique cultural experience for our students. We did weaving and art, made clap sticks, and...
Every year we celebrate cultural diversity through Harmony Day.
On 22 May 2018, students, their families, Glencore mining representatives and Department of Education staff attended the Galuwa Scholarship Presentation...
The 2017 Galuwa Hub camp commenced with a presentation ceremony attended by family, friends and staff, before the children settled...
Here’s a video that was created as a follow-up to an Aboriginal bush tucker lesson provided by Ms O’Donnell at...
Aboriginal dance group Wakakulang perform at the Principals’ Conference and smash it as always.
Rutherford Technology High School celebrated another successful year of education with their end of year Corroboree. A big thank you...
Rutherford Technology High School’s Indigenous students showing great potential have been awarded the Leaders Lead Leaders Scholarship. Rutherford Technology High...
Overview Francis Greenway High School is in the Hunter Central Coast area of New South Wales, situated between the...
Charli Phillips-Mercer recently presented these clapsticks to school principal Dr Di Soltau at a school assembly. Last year, the school...
Aboriginal students are encouraged to connect and reconnect with their culture. Community Liaison Officer Pauline Mitchell organised a two-day program...
Maitland Grossmann High filled the sky with 900 red, black and yellow balloons to kickstart NAIDOC Week celebrations in 2015....
Kayleen teaches Andrew the Paakantyi language while making Johnny cakes (nhiki manhu). Paakantyi is spoken by Aboriginal people along the...
Paakantyi language teacher Kayleen tells Andrew the Paakantyi words for some parts of his body. Paakantyi is the language spoken...
Andrew and Golly are talking in the backyard. Golly asks Andrew where some people are. They are speaking Paakantyi, the...
Kayleen, Andrew and Golly go out to the Menindee Mission. They all have relatives who were in the past confined...
Andrew wants to find out what ‘meat’ means to the Paakantyi people of western New South Wales. He asks Kayleen...
Meet William, an Aboriginal student from Menindee. William speaks about his wish to learn more about his culture and his...
On Wednesday the 23rd of November 2016, 40 students, teachers and parents from the Warners Bay Community of Schools participated...
Valentine Public School wishes to thank Aaron Hyde from Rock Cave Music for helping our students create an awesome NAIDOC...
Warners Bay High School students have investigated the many ways art can tell a story and reflected on the importance...
On Friday the 17th of March, 20 Warners Bay High School students from years 7-11 travelled to Taree to participate...
On Monday the 13th of March 2017, Warners Bay High School had their first dance group facilitated by Nigel Millgate...
Here are the Kumaridha Local AECG meeting dates for 2017 Term Date Venue Term 1 Week 4 15/2/17 Eleebana Public...
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the NAIDOC celebrations had to be delayed, but the wait was worth it. Finally on Thursday...
For NAIDOC Day 2015, Warners Bay Public School asked all of the staff and students to come in one of...
How did Biddabah Public School get its name? This part of Awabakal country was known to them as Biddabah (meaning...
For our NAIDOC Celebrations, Biddabah Public School held a whole school assembly in our hall where our Indigenous students and...
A group of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal boys from years 7-10 had the opportunity to participate in a didgeridoo workshop lead...
On Friday 1st July, Valentine Public School celebrated NAIDOC Week with a fantastic day of music, dance, art, sports, language,...
Warners Bay High School students were privileged to have Jodie Stewart, the Aboriginal Community Liaison Officer and Relieving President of...
On Friday 24th June, NAIDOC Week celebrations were held at Warners Bay High School (WBHS). The day began with a...
On Friday 13th May 2016, 11 students from year 7 and 8 had the opportunity to participate in a dance...
Warners Bay High School is proud to have an active Junior AECG that has members from Year 7 through to...
On the 15th December 2015, 40 staff, students and parents travelled to Ngurra Bu at Wollombai to participate in a...
Aboriginal Flag The Aboriginal flag was designed by Harold Thomas, a Luritja man from Central Australia. It was created as...
Girls Academy works within the school system to reduce barriers that may prevent our Aboriginal girls from completing their High...
OXLEY High School student Lahkeisha Cook has been named the 2016 Local Aboriginal Student of the Year. Oxley High School...
From 14–17 September, I had the privilege of attending the Army First Look experience tour with some of my students...
From 2012 to 2014, an innovative approach to Aboriginal Education at Tathra Public School has seen the completion of the...
In 2013, students in 2/3J and 3/4H at Tathra Public School created a two-panel wall mural using Aboriginal art techniques....
The official launch of Stage 2 and Stage 3 of Tathra Public School’s Community Aboriginal Education Project took place in...
Tathra Public School is working together with Bega High School and Bega Valley Public School to raise the awareness of...
Students and staff attended a traditional burial ceremony held in Tathra to commemorate the burial of two Aboriginal people. In...
Tathra Public School works harmoniously with the local community to deliver innovative Aboriginal Education Projects. Take a walk around our...
Tathra Public School is delighted to be a part of the MGoals project. Our school warmly invites you to communicate...
What is Dare to be Deadly? Dare to be Deadly is a cultural awareness program which aims to provide the...
Discussing identity Miss Todd spoke to her students about identity and the importance of relationships. Students discussed the ways in...
The artwork displayed has been created by the students of the Dare to be Deadly group at Minnamurra Public School....
On Friday, Singleton Public School’s Cultural Group set off on an excursion to learn about the Hunter River or ‘mayan’ as...
Staff at Singleton Heights Public School completed a three-hour training session in the 8 Ways pedagogy as part of their...
Students at Singleton Public School introduce themselves and their artworks, which were created for the 2016 Singleton NAIDOC Art Awards.
On Friday 27 November 2015, Singleton Public School’s Aboriginal Cultural Group went on our first excursion: We travelled by bus...
On Thursday 25 February, King Street Public School held its first Aboriginal Bike Safety Program. Our school was lucky enough...
Our NAIDOC celebrations on Friday 7 August were a great success! It was wonderful to see all the students celebrating...
Uncle Warren Taggart is a tireless supporter of Aboriginal Education within our Singleton schools. We are honoured that he has...
Through his art, emerging artist Craig Layer welcomes you to the diversity and richness of the land of his ancestors,...
The Minister for Early Childhood and Aboriginal Affairs, and Assistant Minister for Education, The Honourable Leslie Williams, visited Singleton High...
Singleton Public School held a day of celebration to commemorate NAIDOC Week on Thursday 24 July 2015. Students from Kindergarten...
Galuwa is a Sydney-area Aboriginal word meaning ‘to climb’. Galuwa is a joint initiative between the NSW Department of Education...
Aboriginal flag The Aboriginal flag was designed by Harold Thomas, a Luritja man from Central Australia. It was created as...
On 22 May 2018, students, their families, Glencore mining representatives and Department of Education staff attended the Galuwa Scholarship Presentation...
Kurri Kurri High School students enjoy the Young Mob program with Aunty Jen and Waylon. So far we have yarned...
Years 7, 8 and 9 Aboriginal girls participated in a ‘Reconnect with Peers, Country and Language’ day. This involved a...
On Monday 23 October 2017, we had a jam-packed day with Years 8, 9 and 10 Aboriginal students participating in...
Abermain Public School Dance Group performing at the Cessnock Community Connect Day.
Cardiff’s Community of Schools Sista Speak was a great success this year. The girls met at Yamuloong, Garden Suburbs, over...
Cardiff High School celebrates the 2016 graduation of six Year 12 Aboriginal students, Olivia Smith, Kodie Collis, Saskia Ridgeway, Emily...
Celebrating Cardiff High School’s NAIDOC Day with our Aboriginal dance group.
This is a Gommeroi greeting song produced by Abie Wright and is sung during assemblies at Garden Suburbs Public School.
Some of Cardiff High School’s Aboriginal students went on an excursion to Dubbo in December 2015. The students visited Dubbo...
The Cardiff High School 2015 Year 12 Aboriginal students’ graduation was held at Yamuloong. The graduates were Abby Field, Jordan...
This video tells the Awabakal Dreaming story of Tiddilik. It was made by the Indigenous students of Garden Suburb Public...
A performance by the Cardiff High School Dance Group, Yamuloong.
NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the histories, cultures and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres...
On 22 May 2018, students, their families, Glencore mining representatives and Department of Education staff attended the Galuwa Scholarship Presentation...
In 2016, we launched the Sista Speak program where our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls in Years 4, 5...
The students and staff of Shoal Bay Public School celebrated NAIDOC Week on Tuesday 18 July 2017. The staff and...
BROSPEAK at Irrawang Public School The Irrawang Public School Brospeak group were tasked with creating, recording and producing a rap...
Our year 7 students attended a wonderful Cultural Enrichment Day at Murrook Cultural Centre and Stockton sand dunes on May...
On Tuesday the 28th of March we had numerous visitors at our school that took place in activities to celebrate...
Last year, students from every stage at Shoal Bay Public School participated in creating a collaborative Aboriginal mural. Each child...
Karuah Public School’s new mosaic artwork that has been put up on display at the front of the school. The...
A group of students were invited to Murrook Cultural Centre to participate in the Bulla Wangga Festival. They played a...
Karuah Public School celebrated NAIDOC Day on Friday 1st July. Staff, students and the community enjoyed a smoking ceremony, Aboriginal...
At Hunter River High School our Cultural Room Outdoor Learning Area is a place for staff, students and community members...
NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres...
Salt Ash Public School students have thoroughly enjoyed Hunter River Clontarf Academy visiting our school this term. So far, our...
Students at Glen William Public School had a wonderful time learning all about NAIDOC. Students choreographed and performed a dance...
Students at Glen William Public School created a mural to display on the outside of the school. They decided to...
The Infants class at Glen William Public School created a film based on the Aboriginal Dreaming Story ‘Creation of the...
As the final collaborative project for 2021, students at Glen William Public School created a book based on a Dreaming...
Karuah Public School hosted the first school-based Port Stephens Youyoong AECG face-to-face meeting since Covid-19 restrictions. Our Aboriginal Dance Group...
Bike and fitness coaches from Bike and Fitness delivered an Aboriginal Bike Safety Program on Tuesday 10 March 2020 at...
In the lead up to NAIDOC Day 2019 celebrations at Maryland Public School, the students and staff worked together to...
The Hamilton Public School Plan 2018–2020 targeted Aboriginal Education as part of its third strategic direction. As a result, an...
Aboriginal students at Hamilton Public School were encouraged to submit artwork/designs to produce a limited number of shirts for Aboriginal...
In Term Two, 2019, Glendore Public School established their very first Breakfast Club! Breakfast Club is held every Wednesday and...
Glendore Public School held our initial Welcome Yarn and Personalised Learning Pathways (PLP) goal-setting afternoon in Term 1, Week 8....
In Term 4 2018, Glendore Public School held their annual Personalised Learning Pathways (PLP) celebration. This event celebrated all Aboriginal...
Heaton Public School had a great day celebrating Aboriginal culture and recognising the wonderful women in our lives. To celebrate...
With the help of Callaghan College Waratah Technology Campus and Jesmond Senior Campus, Heaton Public School had a celebration of...
Adamstown Aboriginal dancers have been very busy performing at local venues.
The theme for the 2016 NAIDOC Week was Songlines — the Living Narrative of Our Nation. NAIDOC Week is an...
Adamstown Public School celebrated Reconciliation Week with a special assembly and community afternoon tea. Dr Michael Wenham, a Gomeroi man,...
Heaton Public School remembers, celebrates and respects Aboriginal heritage and significant days.
Mayfield East Public School celebrated NAIDOC Week 2016 with a variety of community events. Parents, students and teachers all participated...
The national anthem was performed in Awabakal language at the recent CEP Aboriginal Recognition Assembly. The students, from Heaton Public...
This is a slideshow of our NAIDOC 2016 school activities, including a dance performance by the Millibah Cultural group at the...
This song, performed by students from Tighes Hill Public School, was written using various Awabakal words for body parts, with...
Wallsend Public School’s Yidaki group video:
A celebration of the achievements of the students at Plattsburg Public School, this evaluation video was put together by students...
A mural by artist Debbie was erected at Maryland Public School in March 2015. [mg_pagespan] Aboriginal mural by artist Debbie Dates...
This book is based on a story told by David Mowaljarlai of the Ngarinyin people to the Aboriginal Children living...
Bultje, one of the guides, had led Mitchell in an expedition to the lower part of the Darling ten years...
Body parts and products Ngiyampaa English Kanaa Shoulder Karra Phlegm Kiil Urine Kii Heart Kilkin Armpit Kuna Faeces Kurraluu Liver...
The traditional homelands of ngurrampaa (camp-world) of Ngiyampaa/Ngemba family groups extend north from around the Lachlan (Kaliyarr) to the Darling...
‘Mary’ Jemima Johnson, aka ‘Mary the Rainmaker’, was a Wiradjuri ‘clever woman’. Her ancestry is something of a mystery, although...
The Storylines team headed to Nyngan to do the Storylines Youth Ambassadors Program with some incredible students from both Nyngan...
Students from Nyngan Public School perform an Acknowledgement of Country.
The history of Itji-Marru Aboriginal Resource Centre at Morisset High School Itji-Marru Aboriginal Resource Centre is situated in the former...
Reconciliation Day at Morisset High school involved local Elders and community. A great day was had by all. See photos...
Cooranbong Public School celebrated NAIDOC Week with a special community event. Students, staff, parents and the community came together to...
On Friday 2 December 2016, the Archibald Garden–Koori Connection Garden was unveiled at Morisset Police Citizens Youth Club. The Morisset...
The Griffith and surrounding areas’ 13th Proud and Deadly Awards Day was held on Monday 12 September at Griffith High...
As a part of the Griffith NAIDOC celebrations the Griffith Aboriginal Medical Service held a family fun day at West...
The Sugarland National Tour made its way to Griffith for two days in June. Writers of the play Rachael Coopes...
Griffith High School was this year’s host of the Riverina NAIDOC debating and public speaking challenge. Over 30 Primary Schools...
During Term One Griffith High School held an afternoon gathering for staff, Indigenous students their parents, carers and community members....
Year 10 students from Griffith High School have been studying Sue Lawson’s Freedom Ride. The book is based on the...
My name is Madison Penrith, I’m sixteen and in year twelve at Griffith High School. I was one of the...
The awarding of the Dux of Wallerawang Public School in 2020 has acknowledged and celebrated the achievement of Stevie-Lee Mealey...
The Outdoor Learning Area and Memorial Garden is a tranquil space that enables the students and wider community to share,...
Staff at Wallerawang Public School had the opportunity to increase their cultural awareness and reflect on how we continue to...
Students involved in the K–2 Aboriginal Literacy program at Cooerwull Public School have been engaging with culture through story, yarning...
Here are some photos of K Red doing their artwork for Reconciliation Week. They also really enjoyed reading Once There...
Wallerawang Public School is building relationships and connections between the broader Australian community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples....
During Reconciliation week, students of 3/4 Lilac undertook an in-depth investigation into the Stolen Generations, the meaning of reconciliation and...
Students in 7 Amber learnt what reconciliation means and then created this artwork showing us all reaching for the meeting...
3/4 Aqua read Once There Was a Boy by Dub Leffler and completed the art competition picture. The class researched...
Students from K-2 created some artworks to celebrate Reconciliation Week 2020. Students worked together to demonstrate their understanding of this...
Students in 1/2 Teal have been learning to work together to create these fabulous artworks. They have been learning about...
Our students at Portland Central School read stories, listened to speeches, discussed feelings and developed an understanding of the significance...
A beautiful, meaningful assembly was held in recognition of Reconciliation Week 2019. There were entertaining performances from many groups across...
Cooerwull Public School has a proud tradition of supporting students and the community to develop a deeper understanding of Aboriginal...
During 2016, the Indigenous students of Portland Central School have been taking part in a range of cultural activities. These...
Students at Young North Public School enjoyed celebrating this year’s 2016 Songlines NAIDOC theme as they moved around the school participating...
The Wiradjuri Wizards was an intensive seven-week program designed to improve the literacy skills of our Stage 2 and 3...
This year, Young North Public School has been working on developing our Aboriginal students’ capacity to utilise the MGoals goal-setting...
Students from Young Public School tell the Dreamtime story of ‘Dinawan in the sky’ and explain the elements of Aunty...
Students from Young Public School and Young North Public School went out with Uncle Keith Freeman to see how witchetty...
The Wiradjuri Biodiversity Garden was established in 2008 at Young High School. This Cultural Heritage Award-winning garden was the brainchild...
Uncle Dean Gilbert’s artefact presentation was delivered to Young High School Year 7 students at the Wiradjuri language class in...
Images of the beautiful landscape on Country at the 2015 Songlines Excursion.
Various Aboriginal games were played at the 2015 Songlines Excursion.
Selected images from the Songlines Excursion attended by students of Young Public School, Young North Public School and Young High...
Aunty Enid shows students various artefacts and explains their uses at Tout Park during the Songline Excursion. Kangaroo skin –...
A collection of photographs of Young Public School and Young North Public School students participating in the Cowra dance workshop.
This video highlights the amazing work being done in Young High School’s Wiradjuri Language Program.
Students and staff at the Yennora Public School learn more each year about the traditional owners of the land. Children...
The Yennora Bush Tucker Garden Students and staff have worked for a year and a half to build a bush...
We had the privilege to be able to add to our Aboriginal garden. We sanded back and painted bamboo sticks...
Students invited parents up for a BBQ to showcase their garden and MGoals timelines. Aboriginal Wellbeing Officer Jayson Neil was...
Bossley Park High School held the opening of our Bush Tucker Garden on Wednesday 1 November 2017. During the course...
Meet the mob at Glendale East Public School.
Eight of our students attended the STEM Youth Development Camp at Toukley in October, 2018. The students came back very...
NAIDOC 2017 was celebrated at Swansea Public School with an opening ceremony where students were recognised for their achievements. Our...
Bronwyn Bancroft inspired artworks produced by Year 1 and 2 students at Swansea Public School during their recent NAIDOC 2018...
The Infinity and Beyond Project was organised through Job Quest in 2016 and was open to both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal...
The mural was created in 2011 and is a 10-metre-long representation of the local Galgabba area from Nords Wharf to...
Swansea High School are making their way around the community of schools and this showcases some of their time with...
Swansea Public School Aboriginal Dance Group performing at the Galgabba Community of Schools Corroboree NAIDOC Day 2016 celebrations.
The St Pius X Primary School Reconciliation Project – Learning Hub and Cultural Centre aimed to remodel the existing library...
NAIDOC Day was celebrated at Windale Public School on Thursday 4 July 2019. We started off our deadly celebrations with...
Felton Street Community Preschool’s children, families and educators created a sea of hands in our entryway to mark Reconciliation Week...
We have updated our foyer display. We thought we would change it up a bit to be a little more...
Every day, the children and educators at Felton Street Community Preschool come together and sing our Acknowledgement of Country.
The educators of Felton Street Preschool engaged in training in the 8 Ways Aboriginal Pedagogy. As part of the training,...
For NAIDOC Week 2018, the children of Felton Street Community Preschool worked collaboratively on an art project that celebrates Aboriginal...
On Friday 30 November 2018, Year 5 and 6 students from Windale Public School went to King Edward Park Newcastle...
During NAIDOC 2019, St Pius X Primary School celebrated by engaging in many different activities. The students explored different foods,...
In September 2018, Windale Public School hosted its first Aboriginal Dance Workshop. Catherine Gilholme from The Arts Initiative NSW Public...
In Term 4 2018, we decided we wanted to put a Yarning Circle into our school learning environment. Uncle Nolan...
Windale Public School students really enjoy spending their Tuesday afternoons with Craig Hammond, participating in a Drum Beats program. It...
On 25 February 2019, our students and staff at Windale Public School had the opportunity to meet and work with...
During the last week of term, Hunter Sports High School celebrated NAIDOC in fantastic fashion. The Minimbah team worked tirelessly...
NAIDOC Week celebrations were held at Deniliquin High School on Wednesday 19 July. Mrs Kirk assisted Indigenous students to prepare...
On Wednesday 17 May, Deniliquin High School held the NAIDOC Public Speaking and Debating Challenge Workshop. This was an opportunity...
On Friday 9 June, representatives from the emergency services, staff at Deniliquin high School and students participated in a basketball...
On Friday 26 May, Deniliquin High School held their annual morning tea for Indigenous parents and carers. Thank you to...
On Wednesday 20 July, Deniliquin High School celebrated NAIDOC Week. As part of the whole-school awareness, Adam Hansen from AIME...
On 16 May, Deniliquin High School held a workshop for the NAIDOC Debate and Public Speaking Challenge, where schools were...
Pondee kids from the Aboriginal Education team within the school were very busy as they glued and screwed in bottle...
Toronto Public School held an Art Show – Pondee Style, where students showcased their talent.
Our NAIDOC Week celebrations here at Coal Point Public School
Through research, literature studies and video footage, senior Blackalls Public School students have been learning about an important decision made...
In my work as a classroom teacher at Biraban Public School, I am firmly committed to improving the educational outcomes...
The Lake Macquarie Elders were crowned the overall winners, with Worimi Elders No. 1 claiming silver and the Karuah Elders...
Every six months, Biraban Public School invites our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mums, dads, carers and members of our...
A collection of photographs and a recording of students performing the National Anthem in the Awabakal language from Toronto High...
TPS Acknowledgment of Country Toronto Public School community would like to respectfully Acknowledge the Awabakal people, who are the Traditional...
Reconciliation Week 2020 started on 27 May at Fennell Bay Public School. For Sorry Day on the previous day, Aunty...
In 2019 our Year 5 & 6 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students were involved in an Identity and Cultural...
KAAYI!! 2020 Here we are!! Fennell Bay Public School has started the year off with a BANG!! We are learning...
NAIDOC 2019 was a whole-school affair in Term 2 at Fennell Bay Public School. Firstly, this is the year that...
Wow, what a term we have had in Aboriginal Education! Did you know that learning could be so much fun?!...
Wow, what great NAIDOC celebrations we had! Our week started with listening to our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students...
At Anson Street School we celebrated Reconciliation Week 2019 in every classroom through individualised learning about reconciliation and what it...
At Anson Street School we have created a calm outdoor space for students that incorporates an Aboriginal perspective and stimulates...
Year 10 Girri Girri have completed their Story Pole and have placed it in the Indigenous bush tucker garden beside...
A big congratulations to Corey McLean, winner of two NAIDOC Community Awards in 2015, Community Involvement/Volunteer Lynne Gibbs Memorial Award...
Congratulations to award winners Jakobi Robinson, Lara-Jane Briggs and Cody Walker from the NAIDOC 2015 march.
Jessica Russell and Travis Edwards visited Bowen Public School to have fun with students on the school’s very own Ninja...
The Storylines Youth Ambassadors Program went to Orange and met up with the Orange Junior AECG from multiple schools in...
The Junior AECG from multiple schools in Orange came together and wrote down what being a Junior AECG means to...
The Binit Binit Learning Community was formed in 2016 by schools in the Yass Valley and surrounding areas of NSW....
Students from Yass High School have been working with Dale and Buddy from Gugan Gulwan to learn about culture and...
Yass Public School and Yass High School deliver a fortnightly Indigenous mentoring group, which we were excitedly able to reintroduce...
Artworks made by Binit Binit students during the Art and About program. These students worked with local Indigenous artists Robert...
Yass Public School celebrated NAIDOC Week 2019. Here is an aerial drone shot of our NAIDOC Day celebration. We created...
Artwork made after studying Badger Bates and Euraba paper artists. Prints made by Year 6 students after studying HOME art...
Primary and high school female Indigenous students come together to form a Yarning Circle. During the first semester of this...
Smoking ceremony during NAIDOC Week During our celebrations of NAIDOC Week, we had the pleasure of having Joshua Bell and...
On 25 May, artists Glen and Nick from Campbelltown Art Centre visited the school to run a dance workshop for...
Boys from Ballina Public School and Ballina Coast High School have been collaborating with an Aboriginal dance troupe since 2013....
Aboriginal flag Harold Thomas, a Luritja man from Central Australia, designed the Aboriginal flag. It was created as a symbol...
For our end of year concert, themed ‘Australia’, 2/3W created a dance to celebrate Aboriginal culture. Watch the performance below....
Last week, ten Woolgoolga High School girls in Years 8 to 10 attended an Aboriginal girls’ leadership camp, held by...
On Thursday 23 August, we invited local Aboriginal Elders, community members, organisations and parents into our school for the official...
NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres...
NAIDOC Week celebrations 2016
Thank you to all the students, staff, parents family members, community, Woolgoolga High School and special guests for supporting this...
Uncle Tony Hart shares the story about the ‘A Way of Life’ mural.