Echoes on Country: Oodgeroo Noonuccal
Overview Links to Resources Overview In this unit, students explore stories, poetry, and contemporary art by the Quandamooka peoples and other First Nations’ communities. They…
Poppy-May Woora
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 difficul…
Life Cycles on Country Lesson 1
Read the Poppy-May Woora Multi-touch Book with the class Using the Map of Indigenous Australia | AIATSIS, identify where Ghungalu Country is. Ask students to…
Life Cycles on Country Lesson 2
Following on from last lesson, form a yarning circle and facilitate a class discussion about the different animal classifications: ‘mammals’, ‘reptiles’, ‘amphibians’, ‘fish’, ‘insects’. Explain…
Life Cycles on Country Lesson 3
Following on from the last lesson, students discuss in pairs the characteristics of mammals. Show YouTube clip of types of Macropods Wildlife Ep 3: Kangaroos…
Life Cycles on Country
Overview Links to Resources Overview Acknowledgement At the heart of Jajoo Warrngara are the communities that lead the work on Country. We would like to… Students begin this lesson by investigating why Aboriginal stories exist and the varied ways in which they are transmitted. They go on to explore t… Revisit the Gandjaḻaḻa: The Sugarbag Hunter Multi-touch Book and storyboards completed from Lesson 1 to identify all elements of the story of Gandjaḻaḻa. Invite a…
Life Cycles on Country
Wägilak weaving
Reanie Billy and Patricia Forbes show us the process of creating a ḏimbuka from start to finish.
Stories of the Earth, Animals, Sky and Waterways
Stories of the Earth, Animals, Sky and Waterways Lesson 2
