Arnhem Land Immersion with Culture College

Arnhem Land Immersion with Culture College

Friday 20 September to Thursday 26 September 2024

In September 2024, MLC School is giving students in Year 9, Year 10 and Year 11 the unique opportunity to participate in an Indigenous immersion, visiting and supporting remote Indigenous Homelands in Arnhem Land. We are partnering with Culture College Aboriginal Corporation (Culture College), a social enterprise established to inspire and educate secondary school students and empower the next generation of Australia’s leaders.

Students will be immersed in the living culture of Aboriginal clans of East Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia, one of the most culturally intact and pristine regions left on Earth. This unique program will provide privileged access and interaction with the Yolŋu people and their lands of which they have been the traditional owners for over 50,000 years.

On this immersion students will:

  • Interact with family of the Dhalinybuy/Bukudal Homelands
  • Learn about the differences between homelands and communities including language, bush foods and medicines, moieties, totems and dreaming stories.
  • Learn and participate in a culture that has existed for over 70,000 years

The group will stay in safe areas on privately held, permit protected Aboriginal land which is not accessible outside of this setting. We will learn, make, gather, eat, give, grow, and connect with Traditional Owners and Indigenous Australia. We will learn from Elders and Traditional Owners and gain a first-hand understanding of life for our First Peoples in modern Australia.

Please find attached the video recording of the Information Evening regarding the immersion that was held on Wednesday 1 November

If you would like to be a participant in the Immersion and be a part of this wonderful experience:

Please note, even though the final payment date was Monday 27 November, we are still accepting deposits for the Immersion.

The final instalment for the Immersion will be due in April 2024.

If you would like to learn more about Culture college and their story, please visit their website https://culturecollege.org

– Linda Emms
Head of Learning and Teaching