Feedback from participants
“The Koorie Heritage Trust was a great experience and allowed us to get in the Aboriginals shoes and learn more about their culture”
-Jessica Gr.3
“What I Learnt!”
“I learnt there were 5 main tribes”
“I also learnt about the only tree called a River Red gum tree”
“I learnt how to play the didgeridoo”
“Victorian tribes don’t do dots they do triangles”
-Maddie Gr.6
“I learnt that the first cricket team was an Aboriginal team”
-Annon Gr.5
“Well I learnt that Aboriginal art isn’t all about dots, and that there is clans in each tribe”
-Nicole Gr.4
“Thankyou for telling me about these cool things. I didn’t know before that Koories use possum fur and kangaroo fur for clothing. It was cool that they used rocks to carve things. The paintings were awesome.”
-Tahlia Gr.5
“I liked the park when we went looking for possums and we saw one sleeping” -Jack Gr.2
“Bill and Len were fantastic. The other teacher and I were blown away, the guys did such a good job. I reckon the kids are starting to get a handle on it now too after reading some of the stuff they have written about it”
-Tracey (Primary Teacher)
”You’ve influenced our view of Australia’’
-Vincent (Tourist/Austria)
“It was a good exercise, we enjoyed the experience and learnt heaps”
-Jenny Yr.9
“Thank-you so much. Thanks for all the time & effort put in so that I can gain a better understanding”
-David (Secondary Teacher)
“Lots of interesting facts, I enjoyed it so much and so did my students”
-Terry (Secondary Teacher)
“Amazing, nothing like I have ever seen before, very impressive. Thank-you”
- David (Secondary Teacher)