Educational Resource List For The Website List 2: Placed Based Resources in DRAFT

Excursions:

Bunjil’s Country This is a website that provides numerous cultural workshops based around teaching Aboriginal culture to school groups. Bunjilaka Daily Life An excursion to the Melbourne Museum that guides them through an investigation of the culture, traditions and daily life of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Koorie Heritage Trust Led by local Aboriginal guides, each guide will share their personal perspective, where visitors will learn about how the land on which Melbourne is located has changed over time. Two different tours to choose from either the river camp or the scare tree, both located at Birrarung Marr in Melbourne CBD. ​ ​ The Living Museum The Living Museum has run an Aboriginal Program at in Maribyrnong for the past 15 years. The founders of the Museum instructed that any work on Aboriginal history and heritage in the region should be done in consultation with localAboriginals. Dean Stewart Aboriginal Tours And Education Melbourne A-TAEM Dean has created a suite of cultural programs and projects with my proudly Victorian Aboriginal owned ​ ​ and operated enterprise CERES Our award-winning Cultural programs invite students to discover traditional and contemporary celebrations, customs and traditions. Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne The Royal Botanical Gardens, is home to a significant cultural site for the Kulin Nation. They provide numerous activities, Bush Food Experience, First Nations Climate Justice Walk, Aboriginal Heritage Walk. Walk through the Dandenongs Students will experience a Wurundjeri guided tour of the Margaret Leister Trail and also participate in indigenous activities including the crushing of ochre, emu feather art, hand printing, colourings with charcoal and an artefact display. Orbital (Hobsons Bay City Council) Orbital is an exhibition space located within the exterior wall of the Aldi supermarket at Central Square in Altona Meadows. The space provides a great opportunity to showcase culture. Each exhibition will be locally curated or themed. Curators will be able to work with local schools, and community groups, and it’s planned that exhibitions will coincide with citywide programs like Art In Public Places.

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Billibellary’s Walk (University of Melbourne) Billibellary’s walk is a self-guided walk at the University of Melbourne Parkville Campus. The walk is a cultural interpretation that shares the stories and experiences of the Wurundjeri people of the ​ language group, who are the traditional owners of the land. The map and accompanying ​ narrative found on an app for smartphones, or downloaded as a hardcopy. Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre - Melbourne Museum Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre tells the story of the survival of Aboriginal people against the odds and celebrates their vibrant cultures through performances, storytelling, artwork and more. Incursions: Culture Evolves Culture Evolves is a indigenous group based in Melbourne with Traditional/hip hop influences. Indigenous Hip Hop Project It involves artists facilitating four hours of performances and workshops each weekday in schools, youth centres and/or local Shires. At the end of the week IHHP hosts a massive community event called ‘Deadly Styles’ to showcase all the routines and showcases taught to the community during the week. The dance project has been popular for school holiday programs, school excursions, school and Christmas concerts.

Cultural Infusion Cultural Infusion is an organization that provides a network of artists that represent culturally diverse backgrounds and their practises to create educational programs that celebrate and educate students through the arts.

Wolithiga Wares Wolithiga Wares specializes in Artifacts, Native Australian Foods and Education. They offer a range of foods and even catering for events and also Artifacts and cultural talks for schools and other community organisations.

Jollybops Science A science incursion group, which includes a ‘Science with an Aboriginal Perspective’ incursion for school groups in years prep - six. Didgeridoo Australia An organisation that offers incursions for Early Childhood & Primary School aged children. ANTaR Located in Brunswick Street, Fitzroy. ANTaR Victoria is a ‘grassroots organisation that campaigns for the justice and fairness of Aboriginal People in Victoria’. They offer educational incursions for schools and groups about the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and how we can work towards reconciliation.

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Wurundjeri Tribe Council Wurundjeri Tribe Council offers customised educational incursions and excursions. All age levels are catered for including pre-school, primary and secondary. Education experiences are designed to deepen students’ interest in, engagement with, and understanding of Wurundjeri people’s history, culture and identity. Wurundjeri Tribe Council also offers a number of guided tours and walks in different areas ​ ​ around Melbourne. Aussie Educator: Indigenous Education Resources A list of Indigenous Education Resources put together but Aussies Educator. Self-guided places to visit in Melbourne and Surrounding Suburbs City of Yarra & City of Darebin ● Fitzroy Aboriginal Heritage Walking Trail A walking trail from gertrude street and smith street provided by the city of yarra ● Merri Creek, North Fitzroy Whilst the exact location is not known, it is believed that the ‘Batman Treaty’ was signed somewhere along Merri Creek. City of Manningham ● The City of Manningham website has a page dedicated to local Indigenous History. ​ ● Pound Bend Walking Trail, Warrandyte A place rich in Indigenous history, Pound Bend Reserve features interpretive displays that educate visitors on what the environment was once like and why certain areas hold cultural significance. ● Bolin Bolin Billabong, Bulleen Park, Bulleen A self-guided tour of Bullen Park which includes information about Bolin Bolin Billabong ● Currawong Bush Reserve, Doncaster East There are three different self-guided trails to choose from: All Manna of Gums Walking Guide, ​ ​ Currawong Bush Park Walks, Mullum Mullum Trail. ​ ​ ​ ● Wittons Reserve, Wonga Park An advanced level walking trail through Mt.Lofty. ● Birrarung Park, Lower Templestowe The part of the Yarra River that is located here, leads to Birrarung Park which includes a billabong. ● Heide Museum of Modern Art The Heide Scar Tree, known as Yingabeal, represents an important link to Aboriginal cultural ​ ​ practices significant to the original inhabitants of the site, the Wurundjeri and Woiwurrung people, for whom this particular tree was a sacred ceremonial ground. The museum also has two Indigenous Native gardens. City of Melton ● City of Melton Website is a useful resource

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● Bullum Bullum Aboriginal Place. The Bullum Bullum Aboriginal Place in Burnside is highly valued by local traditional owners as a place of strong association with country. Artefacts at the site are remnants of thousands of years of camping, movement and activity. Bullum Bullum means "white butterfly" and represents freedom of expression. ● Brimbank Park The park’s Information Centre includes an Aboriginal cultural display. It also provides maps of walking trails to help you discover the park's natural and cultural heritage.

City of Glen Eira

● Mallanbool Reserve A cultural and botanical interpretive trail through Mallanbool Reserve that allows you to learn about the Kulin (Aboriginal) community, who were the original inhabitants of the area.

City of Bayside

● Coastal Trails The Bayside Coastal Indigenous Trail Signs and sculptures provide insight into the works and the social customs of Indigenous people. Each of the Indigenous Trail Signs and sculptures are based on stories authored by Boon wurrung Elder, Carolyn Briggs.

City of Port Phillip

● ArtWorks The City of Port Phillip holds a selection of contemporary and traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander works in the Port Phillip City Collection. ● Boonwurrung Walert Possum Skin Cloak The Boonwurrung Walert Possum Skin Cloak is on display in the St Kilda Town Hall as a highly visible representation of Council’s commitment to supporting issues of importance for the Yalukut Weelam clan of the Boonwurrung. ● Healesville Zoo ​ ● At Healesville Zoo, Murrundindi (Wurundjeri Elder), is here to share the cultural stories of his land. Learn a little language as he welcomes you onto Country with a friendly Womenjika; listen to the sounds of the didgeridoo; stop to have a yarn; hear local stories, and be amazed at his mastery making a Boomerang really fly.

City of Yarra Ranges ● Untitled Seven Monuments Yarra Ranges untitled (seven monuments) includes seven sites that together mark the boundaries of ​ Coranderrk in 1866, when it was at its largest, comprising 4,850 acres.Each marker comprises an upturned flagpole and brick footing, with a plaque on each face, surrounded by Coranderrk (Christmas bush).untitled (seven monuments) invites the public to move between these markers to learn about Coranderrk’s extraordinary history and traverse Wurundjeri country.

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Yarra Ranges Regional Museum ● Connections: Stories, People Place is a permanent exhibition. It traces more than 40,000 years of ​ history through a diverse display of items that talk to the landscape, the industries, and the people who have made it their home. There is information about the Coranderrk Aboriginal Station, and individuals including William Barak and the unsung heroes of everyday life in this region.

City of Mornington Peninsula

● Living Culture Living Culture Ltd is a non-profit organisation based on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia providing Indigenous Educational programs and healing meditation sessions, including: guided walks and talks, sharing knowledge of traditional bush tucker and medicinal plan, idaki led meditation and sound healing, cultural workshops and traditional art making.

● Willum Warrain Willum Warrain welcomes school, community group and organisational visits to engage in the history of the first peoples from the area now known as the Mornington Peninsula.

● Baluk Arts TOO-ROO-DUN has brought together Victorian Aboriginal communities to create an immersive ​ and imagined exhibition celebrating the Bunyip. This has resulted in a re-imagining of the bunyips’ place of residence and offers a contemporary interpretation of cultural stories surrounding inner demons and monsters. The participants’ cultural connections through storytelling has reinvigorated Victorian Indigenous language place names and words. Other cities in Melbourne

● Reconciliation - City of Moonee Valley ● Aboriginal links with the community infosheet - City of Monash ● Local Indigenous History infosheet - City of Boroondara ● Indigenous History Markers Guide - City of Stonnington ● Self-guided Aboriginal Walks - City of Melbourne

You can also check out the Heritage Council Victorian , Aboriginal Victoria and Maggolee website for ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ more Sacred Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sites in your local area.

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