Aboriginal Cultural Excursion

A fun and educational day out! Although we missed our Tribal Warrior experience due to engine trouble, we made the most of the day by going to the MCA and Australian Museum instead. We learnt about Kevin Gilbert’s role in the Tent Embassy and saw his artwork in text about the massacre at Kiakatoo, NSW. We also admired some bark paintings showing giant kangaroos.

At the museum Audrey found the traditional lands of the Dharawal people on the map and Jasmine admired a bark canoe which will feature in her Design and Technology Major Work. We all learnt about the relationship between flora and fauna that Aboriginal people used on the interactive weather calendar – for instance when the cicadas are calling in December it means the prawns will be running. Crowd favourite was the animated video of Gurangatch explaining the creation of the Jenolan Caves.

Hopefully, we will be able to report on our Walk on Country later this year.

True Johnson and Violet Parmagos (Year 8)

Kaileigh Nascimento, Maya Robinson, Bridget Tink, Emily Tink (Year 10)

Audrey Heiss, Jasmine Lattouf, Jessie-Marie Rifkin (Year 12)