Saltbush : Children’s Cheering Carpet – Celebrating NAIDOC Week

Reflecting upon my Aboriginal experience growing up is clouded in a lot of confusion and incorrect information. Whilst born in Tasmania, we moved to Darwin when I was quite young. I went to a local public school where, in my memory bank at least, the Aboriginal children were clearly labelled and clearly segregated from everyone else. …

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Lake Parramatta : An Oasis in Sydney’s Second CBD

Lake Parramatta : An Oasis Sydney's Second CBD

Parramatta is an ancient place. While British settlement spans right back to 1788, the Burramattagal clan of the Darug Aboriginal people have been living in the area for 60,000 years. Look carefully enough and you’ll find evidence of where they met and traded for thousands of years. When I arrived in Sydney, my first teaching …

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