{"id":21499,"date":"2025-07-03T08:17:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T22:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/?post_type=article&p=21499"},"modified":"2025-07-04T13:38:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T03:38:50","slug":"aboriginal-art-project-for-bardwell-valley-golf-club","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/article\/aboriginal-art-project-for-bardwell-valley-golf-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Aboriginal Art Project for Bardwell Valley Golf Club"},"content":{"rendered":"

St Ursula\u2019s started NAIDOC Week early with 95 students volunteering to contribute to painting a mural guided by Aboriginal artists in residence during week 10! <\/span><\/p>\n

The completed artwork will be on display at the Bardwell Valley Golf Club tee off area. Aboriginal and non-Indigenous students worked together with Aunty Emma and Coral Fay Peel and Uncle Frank McLeod to create a mural of gigantic proportions – over 7 metres long! It features the eighteen holes of the golf course as meeting places just like Aboriginal traditional gathering circles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Also included is the flora and fauna of the Bardwell Valley, such as a magnificent kookaburra painted by Maya Robinson and a vibrant rainbow lorikeet by Leanne Trinh. The red-bellied black snakes, sulphur crested cockatoos, black cockatoos, goanna, ducks and kangaroo tracks jumping through bottle brush and waratah were a group effort that resulted in a mural that will make every golfer smile and hopefully give them good luck!<\/span><\/p>\n

Karen Horder<\/strong><\/em>
\nAboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Student Support Teacher<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n
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Ex-student Jessie-Marie Rifkin<\/strong> took time out of her National Art School course to contribute.
\n“I enjoyed coming back for this project – I feel very connected to the Serviam spirit.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Melina Anagnostellis – Year 7<\/strong>
\n\u201cIt\u2019s really good to bond with the Aboriginal people and their culture because they give a good example and I got to experience it rather than being told about it.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Lilliana Haddad and Mary Rose Semrani – Year 7<\/strong>
\n\u201cOverall, it was really enjoyable experience to be able to connect with Aboriginal culture and to learn about the way they use symbols to represent how they tell stories.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Emily Le – Year 8<\/strong>
\n\u201cI had a really great time participating in this artwork and I feel grateful to be able to help out.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Emirea Shrestha – Year 8<\/strong>
\n\u201cOverall it was an amazing experience and I\u2019m so grateful to be part of this artwork.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n