Week 4

Week 4

Introduction

Camp Aldinga

On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week the children went on Camp to Aldinga. Jo spent a lot of time telling them about his indigenous heritage. They cooked damper and fish in the ashes. They built shelters called wiltjas out of sticks and branches. They painted boomerangs.

Camp Aldinga

cooking fish

What the Land means to aboriginal people.

In South Australia
One of the significant land formations for the Kaurna people was the River Torrens. This is to have a second name: Karrawirraparri. Karra means red gum, wirra means forest and parri means river. Other land features are the beach (Gulf of St Vincent) and the hills (Mt Lofty Ranges). Not far away is the Murray River with its many billabongs, Lake Alexandrina, the Coorong (where the story/movie 'Storm Boy' was filmed).

Joe on the didgeridoo

building wiltjas

The two wisemen and the seven sisters
A creation story from the WONG-GU-THA, people of the desert near Ooldea, South Australia. Discover how the hills and valleys, the rivers and oceans were made and how the earth was beautified.

adding to the Sorry Wall

Thukeri
In this story from the lower River Murray area of South Australia, two fishermen are delighted with their huge catch of fish. The trouble begins when they refuse to share it. A cautionary tale about greed, from the Ngarrindjeri people.

painting boomerangs

Camp Aldinga On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week the children went on Camp to Aldinga. Jo spent a lot of time telling them about his indigenous heritage. They cooked damper and fish in the ashes. They built shelters called wiltjas out of sticks and branches. They painted boomerangs.	Camp Aldinga cooking fish
What the Land means to aboriginal people. In South Australia One of the significant land formations for the Kaurna people was the River Torrens. This is to have a second name: Karrawirraparri. Karra means red gum, wirra means forest and parri means river. Other land features are the beach (Gulf of St Vincent) and the hills (Mt Lofty Ranges). Not far away is the Murray River with its many billabongs, Lake Alexandrina, the Coorong (where the story/movie 'Storm Boy' was filmed).	Joe on the didgeridoo building wiltjas
The two wisemen and the seven sisters A creation story from the WONG-GU-THA, people of the desert near Ooldea, South Australia. Discover how the hills and valleys, the rivers and oceans were made and how the earth was beautified.	adding to the Sorry Wall
Thukeri In this story from the lower River Murray area of South Australia, two fishermen are delighted with their huge catch of fish. The trouble begins when they refuse to share it. A cautionary tale about greed, from the Ngarrindjeri people.	painting boomerangs