Better Health on Buderim for our Indigenous Community My dear friend who works at this Practice asked me to come in for an hour and speak to her colleagues about engaging with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and how they can best support […]
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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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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Rations at the Ration Shed for Year 1 Cherbourg State School students A great day with Aunty Sandra, Aunty Ada and the Year 1 students from Cherbourg State School out at the Ration Shed. Students heard stories from the Aunties about how life was growing up with Rations, how
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An amazing day of celebrations for NAIDOC at North Lakes College!! Under the impeccable leadership of Gail Barker, North Lakes State College is leading the way on creating a school environment that celebrates and supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, families and their culture. With Aunty Honor Cleary as their adopted Elder, the school
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It’s going to be a busy one again this year for NAIDOC at Cherbourg!! July 7th is the Opening of “Play the Ball” – the story of sport in Cherbourg July 8th NAIDOC at the Ration Shed See you out there [fbshare type=”button”]
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Many Threads Exhibit I am continually moved by what I see, hear and learn out at the Ration Shed. To date, I have run over 25 Education Tours out to the Ration Shed and each time, I learn something new. However, the one thing that remains constant, is how emotionally challenging, yet rewarding the
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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
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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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
