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Sally, a non-Indigenous educator, has dedicated two decades to working exclusively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in education. Her career began with specialist teaching roles at Tagai College in the Torres Strait, laying the foundation for her ongoing work on the mainland. Sally has held various roles, including Director of Thursday Island Child Care Centre, Early Years teacher, and Academic Lecturer. She also served as Manager for Indigenous Education, influencing Queensland's Indigenous Education landscape significantly. Her notable work with the Cherbourg Aboriginal community and the Ration Shed Museum garnered commendation from the Minister for Education. Sally's passion lies in embedding Indigenous stories into the National Curriculum. She was part of the award-winning Kids in Action team and received recognition at the Educational Publishing Australia Awards in 2020 for her project "Our Land, Our Stories."

Research in the Nations Capital

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VIEWER ADVICE Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that the following post contains images and names of deceased people.  [sixcol_two][/sixcol_two] [sixcol_two][/sixcol_two] [sixcol_two_last][/sixcol_two_last][sixcol_two][/sixcol_two] [sixcol_two][/sixcol_two] [sixcol_two_last][/sixcol_two_last] We had a very busy long weekend of research in Canberra to make connections with people who are the ‘experts’ in this field.  As novice researchers, we felt very

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The Boys of Barambah

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              VIEWER ADVICE FOR ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLE These images and blog contains the names of deceased persons. This Friday I’m heading to Canberra to conduct research on the Boys of Barambah – WW1 Diggers from Barambah/Cherbourg.  This includes the 29 men on the Honour Board at

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Ration Shed Tour

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            All aboard!! Join me this Saturday at 7.30am for Cherbourg’s Ration Shed Museum with Aunty Honor Cleary and Uncle Marshall Saunders sharing their personal stories of growing up in Cherbourg and living under the Act.  The bus is nearly full, but you can still get last minute tickets by

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Reconciliation Week

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            Exciting things planned for in TPP106 class on Tuesday for Reconciliation Week.  Being the 3rd of June – Mabo Day, the topic is extremely relevant – The importance of Land and Sea for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.  Our topic is very broad to enable all students to

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Iconic Songbooks

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  Great modelled lessons this week at North Lakes State College, led by Donna Williams from North Coast Region Indigenous Education Unit.  Utilising the Iconic Songbooks, we worked with the Year 4 teachers on embedding these texts into their teaching program when explicitly teaching ‘inferencing’ to students. Usually, teachers would use other texts to teach

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