Poppy-May Woora

Year 2, Year 3 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures, Drama, English, Science, Visual Arts

Poppy-May Woora is a Ghungalu story shared by Uncle Steve Kemp and Milton Lawton about a mother kangaroo and her baby joey. Poppy-May faces a difficult situation involving a pack of wild dogs but uses her knowledge of the Country to attempt to overcome the challenge!

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