Stage 2 HSIE - Our Aboriginal Heritage

Students will engage in an interactive exploration of Aboriginal tools and resources, such as boomerangs, spears and axes, gaining a deeper understanding of Aboriginal Culture and lifestyle.

Students will engage in hands-on activities throughout the day where they will learn an appreciation for the world’s oldest continuous living Culture.

About this excursion

Join us on our fascinating Aboriginal Heritage excursion where students will discover the traditional lifestyles of the Aboriginal Peoples’ who lived on the Central Coast. They will understand the importance of connection to Country through an exploration of Brisbane Water National Park. Students will engage in hands-on activities throughout the day where they will learn an appreciation for the world’s oldest continuous living Culture.

Rumbalara can organise an Aboriginal presenter to work alongside our educators. This could incur an additional cost per student. Please phone the Centre to find out more.

Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

We are learning to:

describe the Aboriginal Peoples’ obligation to Country, Culture and Community
examine archaeological sites

We can:

describe the responsibilities Aboriginal Peoples’ have towards Country and how they sustainably manage and use its resources

describe the archaeological evidence of the world's oldest living continuous Culture.

Learning Experiences

Aboriginal tools and resources

Students will engage in an interactive exploration of Aboriginal tools and resources, such as boomerangs, spears and axes, gaining a deeper understanding of Aboriginal Culture and lifestyle. Through inquiry-based learning, they will answer questions and examine both primary and secondary sources to enrich their knowledge.

Students will investigate aspects of Aboriginal life by using fire sticks and will brainstorm reasons why fire would have been important to the Aboriginal Peoples’ when caring for Country.

Walk through Brisbane Water National Park

Students will learn about the Aboriginal bush supermarket, and they will see the bush as a resource for food, shelter, weapons and tools. Seasonal changes in availability will be observed and discussed. They will learn about the importance and close connection that Aboriginal Peoples’ had with their environment and local Country. Students will visit an Aboriginal engraving site and learn the importance of caring for such Cultural sites.

Bulgandry Aboriginal Engravings

The Bulgandry Art Site Aboriginal Place will be viewed and compared to the engraving site at Girrakool.

Students will have the option to be painted with ochre as a mark of respect to our traditional custodians. If time allows, students will participate in activities that include an Aboriginal game and a drawing of the engravings.

Important information

Locations

Girrakool Picnic Area and Bulgandry Art Site Aboriginal Place

If you require any special adjustments to the program, please get in touch with our team to discuss your needs.

Cost

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Key syllabus outcomes

HSIE K-6 (2024)

Geographical information is used to understand the world

❀ HS2-ACH-01 describes Aboriginal Peoples’ obligations to Country, Culture and Community

❀ HS2-GEO-01 Explains how people care for Australia’s environments and participate in Australian society, using geographical information

History uses sources to construct narratives of the past

❀ HS2-HIS-01 explains how people lived in the past, how navigation connected the world, and what life was like in the Sydney Cove penal settlement, using sources as evidence

Please let us know if you are working on an alternate syllabus version so we can adapt accordingly.

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Additional Resources

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