NAIDOC Week

NAIDOC School Assembly

Year 9 Music

Contributing to our NAIDOC Week celebrations, our Year 9 elective music classes have been writing songs! Drawing on Australian Music idioms and crafting lyrics sympathetic to the cause, our Year 9 musicians performed their compositions this week as part of a lunchtime concert.

They shared the stage with junior musicians performing “My Island Home” by Christine Anu, as well as senior musicians and teachers performing “Treaty” by Yothu Yindi, with Aunty Vicki sharing a Welcome to Country - in Gumbaynggirr language - in the song. What an exciting and significant celebration for our whole college community!

NAIDOC Staff T-Shirt

"For Our Elders", staff had the opportunity to purchase an iron-on original artwork to wear on Wednesday 28 June celebrating NAIDOC week.

This original piece of artwork tells the story of a meeting place where elders and community members come together. The meeting place is represented by the circle in the middle and the 'U' shapes around the circle represent the people. The double 'U' shape represents an elder, and a single 'U' as a person/community member. The songlines (wavy lines) represent each person coming from their own personal journey and travelling to meet together as a group. A meeting place is a place to communicate stories, share knowledge and pass on traditions, all of which our beloved elders do.

Office Ladies proudly wearing their NAIDOC T-shirts.