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WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE TRADITIONAL HOW YOU CAN BE INVOLVED CUSTODIANS OF THE TOOWOOMBA • Have a yarn! Positive change starts with conversations REGION, AND PAY OUR – ask questions and be involved. RESPECT TO ELDERS • Visit culturally significant sites and go on a cultural tour! PAST, PRESENT AND Check out the local ones: » Gumbi Gumbi Gardens at USQ (more on Page 20). Download EMERGING, FOR the free Gumbi Gumbi Gardens Audio Tour app and listen THEY HOLD THE to Elders share their stories and ideas, giving you a unique KNOWLEDGE, RICH opportunity to enjoy the Gardens through others’ eyes and walk TRADITIONS AND together towards Reconciliation. https://www.usq.edu.au/about-usq/locations/toowoomba/gumbi- BOLD AMBITIONS OF gumbi-gardens AUSTRALIA’S FIRST » Book a visit to Gummingurru - Gummingurru is located at PEOPLES. Gowrie Junction and is on the country of the Jarowair peoples. National Reconciliation Week (27 May-3 Gummingurru is a men’s ceremonial place and the site of stone June) is an important week for all of arrangements. us to appreciate and celebrate across https://www.gummingurru.com.au/Visiting Australia. Aboriginal and Torres Strait » Visit the Cobb+Co Museum and visit the Binangar Centre. This Islander cultures are the oldest living centre showcases local stories on the history of the Traditional cultures in the world. Reconciliation Custodians of the Toowoomba Region and celebrates centuries involves all Australians valuing and of local history, culture and people. recognising the rich and diverse • Cooking! Try making a damper or using native plants Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander like lemon myrtle to cook (recipe on Page 15). cultures that have existed in our nation for over 60,000 years and continue to • Watch a film! Check out movies such as Toomelah, this day. Samson and Delilah, Bran Nue Dae and Rabbit Proof 2020 marks the 20th Anniversary Fence. (Our Youth Leaders have reviewed some films - of National Reconciliation Week. In check out Page 11.) honour of the 20th Anniversary—when • Learn about Reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Australia came together to walk on bridges and roads across the nation Strait Islander culture by checking out the Share our to show support for a more reconciled Pride website – http://www.shareourpride.org.au/ Australia—we present this chapter of Boredom Busters, a dedication to acknowledging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and recognising their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. https://www.reconciliation.org.au

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ABOUT THE ABORIGINAL FLAG ABOUT THE TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER FLAG

The Aboriginal flag was designed by Harold Thomas, a Luritja man from Central Australia. The Torres Strait Islander flag is attributed to the late Bernard Namok of Thursday It was created as a symbol of unity and national identity for Aboriginal people during the land rights movement of Island and was formally adopted in 1992. the early 1970s. The symbolic meaning of the flag colours are: The symbolic meaning of the flag colours are: Black Torres Strait Islander people Black Aboriginal people of Australia White peace (star: five major island groups, dhari: island custom) Red earth, the red ochre and a spiritual relation to the land Green northern and southern mainlands Yellow sun, the giver of life and protector. Blue waters of the Strait that nourish both spiritually and physically.

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• Language holds the key to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s history and is linked to • English is a foreign language in some Aboriginal cultural and spiritual identity. and Torres Strait Islander communities and in • More than 700 different Aboriginal languages some cases the third language spoken. and dialects were spoken in Australia before • Two broad languages in the Torres Strait are the European settlement. Western and Eastern language. • Today, less than 250 languages are still spoken. • A third language spoken in the Torres Strait is • European settlement interrupted the passing of Creole—also referred to as Yumplatok. language from one generation to another. • The Western language group incorporates four • Today, language lives on through individual dialects: Kalaw Lagaw Ya, Kalau Kawau Ya, words and varieties of Aboriginal English Kulkalgau Ya and Kawalgau Ya. incorporating structures of Aboriginal language. • The Eastern language group is called Meriam Mir.

3 5 From Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships www.datsip.qld.gov.au

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ACTIVITIES

SORRY HAND SUN PAPER PLANE What you need: How to make the best paper • Paper aeroplane! For more designs, • Paint/colouring pencils/crayons/ visit https://www.foldnfly.com/1. felt pens html#Basic-Dart • Scissors What you need: • Sticky tape • Paper • Pen or marker What to do: 1. Fold the paper in half What to do: 1. Using the pen or marker, trace 2. Unfold and then fold the corner around your hand on the paper into the centre 7-12 times. 3. Fold the top edges to the centre 2. Using the paint/colouring pencils/ 4. Fold the plane in half crayons/ felt pens, colour in each hand however you like – be as 5. Fold each wing down to meet the creative and colourful as you want. bottom of the plane WATER FIREWORKS 3. Carefully use the scissors to cut 6. VOILA, you have a perfect paper What you need: out each coloured-in hand shape. aeroplane • Empty clear jar or glass (the taller the better!) • Bowl or cup NATIONAL • Food colouring (any colour of your choosing) RECONCILIATION • Warm water WEEK ART ACTIVITY • Oil (any type of cooking oil) What you need: • Paper (this can be any kind of paper – • Fork blank white paper is best, but if you only What to do: have a newspaper or magazines laying 1. Fill jar/glass almost to the top with around, use that instead!) warm water • Tape/masking tape – not too sticky and 2. Pour about 3 tablespoons of oil thin tape is best into the other bowl/cup • Paint brush 3. Carefully put drops of food • Paint colouring into the oil » Aboriginal Colours - Red, Yellow, Black Paint 4. Mix food colouring and oil with the » Torres Strait Islander Colours – Green, Blue, Black Paint fork – you will notice it doesn’t mix What to do: with the oil, the colour will break 1. Using the tape, create the word you want to use on your bit of paper. into smaller drops 2. Using your paint and paintbrush, paint over the word, making sure it is completely 5. Pour the oil and colour mixture into covered with paint. Note: you can do it like picture above or you can be as the warm water in the clear jar/ creative as you like. glass 3. Once the paint is dry, carefully remove the tape from the paper - leaving behind 6. Now watch! The food colouring will the words in your art. slowly sink in the glass with each droplet expanding outwards as it *You can re-create any words that means something to you. We have used ‘Sorry’ falls. Looks like fireworks! Right? and ‘Proud’ in ours pictured above. Some other options could be Truth, Dreamtime, Pride, Country, Respect or Culture.

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BACKYARD PATTERNS with Alex Stalling Watch the video at youtube.com/ToowoombaRegion Find out more about the artist at THE Instagram - alexstallingart Facebook - createwithtinker HOME PROJECT

Backyard Patterns Observe. Lightly draw the objects individually, look at what shapes are alexstallingart createwithtinker used to make up the object as your WITH Alex Stalling starting point. Are they long and thin - or big and round? Once you have the rough shape, start to draw in the details. Look for bumps, curves, and Step 1: Gather. Collect leaves, ﬂowers, sticksdetails that makeand up rocksyour object. Add as much detail as you like, or keep it 1 STEP 1 from your backyard. simple. Draw in any marks or shadowy STEP 2 areas of your objects. Gather. Collect leaves, flowers, sticks and rocks from your backyard. Step 2: Observe. Lightly draw the objects individually, look at what shapes are used to make up the object as your Pattern. With a black pen or pencil starting point. traceAre around they your longobjects, leaveand out thin - or big and round? any of the details you don’t want. Once you have Erasethe them rough now if you shape, are using a start to draw in the pencil or after if you are using a pen. details. Look forAdd bumps, in more details curves, to fill in the spaces and details that make up of your picture. Use patterns, lines, STEP 4 your object. Adddots, shapesas much to create interestingdetail as you Resolve.like, Howor willkeep you finish it your elements of your artwork. Overlap artwork? Will your pattern be black simple. Draw inthem, any or keep marks them separate, or itshadowy is up andareas white or ofwill you have colour? 2 STEP 3 to you. Are you keeping the colours the your objects. same or changing them?

Step 3: Pattern. With a black pen or pencil trace around your objects, leave out any of the details you don’t want. Erase them now if you are using a pencil or after if you are using a pen.

Add in more details to ﬁll in the spaces of your picture. Use patterns, lines, dots, shapes to create interesting 3 elements of your artwork. Overlap them, or keep STEP 5 Share. Take a photo andthem upload toseparate, social media with it the is hashtag up #homeprojectTRto you.

Step 4: Resolve. How will you ﬁnish your artwork? TRC Youth Connect Boredom Busters Will your pattern be black and white or will you have colour? Are you keeping the colours the same or changing them?

4 Step 5: Share. Take a photo and upload to social media with the hashtag #homeprojectTR 5

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JASPER THE COLOURFUL EMU with Susie Klein

Find out more about the artist at Facebook - Susie Klein Art THE Website - susieklein.com HOME Backyard Patterns PROJECT WITH Alex Stalling alexstallingart createwithtinker

Step 1: Gather. Collect leaves, ﬂowers, sticks and rocks 1 from your backyard.STEP 1 STEP 2 Lay your paper flat on the table. Now that you have the shape of Lay your arm on top of the paper, your emu, draw a circle for his/ making your arm and hand look like her eye using the same colour and Step 2: Observe. Lightlythe neck and draw beak of an the emu. Openobjects then individually, colour in the body. Once look he/ WHAT YOU WILL your hand slightly so you can also she is coloured in, use your fingers at what shapes aretrace used your thumb, to making make the beakup the objectto smudge your as colour, your giving your NEED look like it’s open. When you have emu some more texture to her/his • Paper starting point. Areyour they arm in place, long use yourand pastels thin - orbody. big Can youand see round? the emu forming • Pastels/chalk (5 or more colours) to trace your emu shape. yet? Have you thought of a name for Once you have the rough shape, start to yourdraw emu? in the

details. Look forSTEP bumps, 3 curves, and details that make up your object. AddChoose as anothermuch colour detail from your as you like, or keep it selection and start adding in some stripes for feathers. You can give him/ simple. Draw inher any a crazy marks mohawk and or add shadowy feathers areas of 2 all the way down his/her neck (go your objects. outside the lines – it’s fun!). Once you have added your first colour, select another bright colour and go over the same area with some different Step 3: Pattern.coloured With feathers a black(try doing thispen with or pencil trace around your non-dominant hand if you are your objects, leaveup for the challenge).out any Select of one the final detailsSTEP you 4 don’t colour for your feathers and this time add in some squiggly lines. It’s time to colour your emu’s eye. want. Erase them now if you are using Selecta pencil another colour or andafter fill the circle in. Once this is done you can if you are using a pen. add a smaller black circle in the centre of his eye to represent the STEP 5 pupil. With the colour you used for your emus’ body, re-trace your emus head Add in more detailsand his/her eye. to All ﬁll done! in the spaces of your picture. Use patterns,Tip !lines, dots, shapes to create interesting If you want to stop your picture from 3 smudging, you can lightly spray it with elements of yourhairspray. artwork. Overlap them, or keep them separate, it is up to you.

4 Step 5: Share. Take a photo and upload to social media with the hashtag #homeprojectTR 5

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ONLINE LIBRARY For all the avid readers out there! While our Toowoomba Regional Libraries are beginning to re-open, the online eLibrary is still available and full of awesome books waiting to be read - www.tr.qld.gov.au/ facilities-recreation/libraries/elibrary There is no minimum age to join the library, but if you are under 16, your mum, dad or carer will need to give their permission. To help you get started, Isabel (Regional Youth Leader) has selected three books she thinks are worth checking out! Here are her reviews of the books she has borrowed using the Toowoomba Region eLibrary...

OBERNEWTYN BY ISOBELLE CARMODY The Obernewtyn Chronicles is about a post-apocalyptic world where great masses of land have become wastelands and uninhabitable due to residual radiation from nuclear war THRONE OF GLASS OPAL DREAMING BY machines. Hundreds to thousands of years after the great destruction, one BY SARAH J MASS KAREN WOOD woman has the quest to stop the Throne of Glass is a thrilling, action- Novels set in Australia, written by past from repeating, but it’s hard to packed fantasy, and of course what Australian authors, capture the reality stop the repetition of the past when is a YA novel without some romance. of our life with a certain clarity which you don’t know what happened. This novel takes you on the journey is refreshing to read about. Often we This is a tale of the dangers and of a young woman who was read about the life of an American hypocrisy in attempting to stop orphaned and raised as an assassin teenager, and although in some violence with violence, a tale of the but was betrayed and enslaved. aspects it is eerily similar, it doesn’t difference between being a leader This is a story about the fight for her quite capture the life we live and and being powerful. Although this freedom. This novel explores a world the individual uniqueness that stems is a long series, once you begin the of fae, magic, revenge, forgiveness from the place we grow up in. That time just seems to fly by. The reason and so much more. Now I know is the unique authentic factor that this novel resonates is that although this all sounds crazy but what I love this novel has. This novel is about a the genre is fantasy the ideas and about this book, is that although young woman living in a small town perspectives expressed are not so it is miles away from the world we trying to save her horse. A simple fantastical. story with a beautiful message about live in, it talks about loss, grief and Image from: https://fe.bolindadigital.com/ hardship in a way that is similar to hope, dreams and love. But whether wldcs_bol_fo/b2i/productDetail.html?pro- what we face. What these characters you are from the city or the country ductId=BOL_248117&fromPage=1&b2b- feel is no fantasy. Full of surprises this novel will pull at your heart. Site=1283(borrow box- library site) around every corner, this book is Image from: https://fe.bolindadigital.com/ bound not to disappoint! You know wldcs_bol_fo/b2i/productDetail.html?pro- when you are reading, and you just ductId=AAU_011274&fromPage=1&b2b- can’t help but laugh aloud, sounding Site=1283(borrow box- library site) mildly crazy to those nearby? Those moments, that’s how I would describe the journey of reading this book.

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Photo by Daniel Morton on Unsplash RECONCILIATION WEEK MOVIE PICKS

TOP END WEDDING BRAN NUE DAY RABBIT-PROOF This is a beautiful movie laced with Bran Nue Dae, the comedic film FENCE an important message. This movie adaptation of the musical by Rabbit-Proof Fence is the emotional follows the story of a successful Jimmy Chi, is the witty story of an true story of three young girls Aboriginal lawyer named Lauren Aboriginal boy in 1969 Australia journeying home. Though different and her soon to be husband as they who finds himself on a road trip to most current movies, it is an travel back to Lauren’s homeland in home. While the beginning is amazingly written view into the lives the Australian north to be married. slow, the characters immediately of those affected by the Stolen The movie explores the importance establish themselves with depth and Generations. This movie follows of cultural ties back to land and understanding. three girls as they are forcibly family. How we can fall out of touch The film covers many tough topics taken from their family, and their with who we are and our loved in a cheerful, warm and witty struggle to get back home. As a ones… But in the end, they will manner, mentioning topics such as non-Australian, this movie gave always be there waiting for us to ethnic identity, inequality, religion me insight into the horrors of the return to them. This movie made me and disposition in this sunny Stolen Generations that I had no reflect inwards on myself and my coming-of-age film. idea existed. It’s easy to forget what own ties to land and family. I think happened in the past, but this movie of my farm and how it feels to have I found the film posed the historical makes sure we never discount it. I the wind blow through my hair and context of race and injustice in a would definitely watch it again and the dirt between my toes and this way that directed the audience recommend it to anyone wanting overwhelming sense of belonging. I to a more positive and humorous to watch an emotional Australian think Australia runs not in our blood perspective, as if finding the joy classic. – Kerenza Herndon, but in our soul. – Isabel Barton, despite such matters. One of my Regional Youth Leader Regional Youth Leader favourite numbers from the film ‘Nothing I Would Rather Be’, asks the audience to listen to its words and true meaning beyond the upbeat and catchy tune. ‘Bran Nue Dae’ challenges all Australians to think about past actions and thereby current actions. It takes the outdated view that ‘in order to civilise Aboriginals we must make them become traditionally Western’ and completely subverts and combats the notion, instead celebrating being an Indigenous Australian. I believe the brilliantly sarcastic lyrics by Jimmy Chi summarise this perfectly, “There’s nothing I would rather be than to be an Aborigine, and dream of just what heaven must be like.” – Kathleen Leahy, Regional Youth Leader

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MINDFULNESS Meditation can help you feel calmer, focus better FOLLOW THESE TIPS TO START and move into a clearer headspace. People have YOUR MEDITATION been meditating for thousands of years, and Get in position many psychologists believe that it can lower your You don’t have to twist your legs into a yoga position to distress and help you think more clearly. There meditate. Just settle into a comfortable position on a chair or on the floor. During the day, it’s normally better to meditate are lots of ways to meditate. Here are a couple sitting up, because you’ll be more alert. But if you’re lying of tips that are easy to learn and some awesome down before bedtime, meditation might be able to help you resources to help you practice. get to sleep. Let’s say you get into position, close your eyes, and you’re Notice your breath ready for total bliss. You start to breathe and you… need to Many kinds of meditation focus on breathing. Take a couple scratch. You want to adjust your legs. You get bored. You of deep breaths to begin with, then let it return to its normal think about other stuff, then you get annoyed that you’re pattern. Notice the feelings as the air flows in and out of thinking about other stuff, then you get annoyed about being your nostrils. If you get distracted by a thought, gently guide annoyed because that’s thinking about other stuff as well. your mind back to your breath – it’s a great anchor for your You open your eyes. Surely the time must be done by now. attention. It’s only been three minutes. Scan through the body Being aware of your senses is a great way to move into The idea of mindfulness meditation isn’t to become totally the here and now. Start at the top of your head, and slowly chilled out straight away. The idea is to notice. All kinds move your attention through each part of your body of thoughts and feeling are going to pop up – distraction, to observe how you feel. Do you feel tingling? Itching? boredom, annoyance, discomfort, pain, and nice feelings too Warmth? Cool? Tightness? Looseness? Tension? Relaxation? – because they always do. Pain? Pleasantness? When you meditate, you’re not getting rid of all those feelings and thoughts. But instead of reacting to them like Be kind to yourself When you notice you’re distracted, don’t give up or beat we normally would, we just watch them. You’ll be surprised yourself up about it. This is all part of the process. Just at how quickly they change and disappear on their own. gently guide your attention back to your breath, feelings, or The more we practice this the better we get at responding the sounds around you. – rather than reacting – when things happen in other parts of life.

WANT TO TRY IT A BIT DIFFERENT NEXT TIME? CHECK OUT THESE MOBILE APPS Meditation might be an ancient practice, but 21st century tools can support you to do it. It’s really helpful to have someone guide you through your meditation, especially if you haven’t done it much before. Here are some fantastic apps that can help you learn using nothing but your phone. Smiling Mind This not-for-profit Aussie app is made by psychologists. It has different mediations for different age groups, so you’ll be able to find the perfect one for you. Download it from the Apple App Store or Google Play. Headspace It may have the same name as us, but this UK meditation app is totally different thing! Its free ten-minute sessions are a great introduction to how mindfulness works. Download it from the Apple App Store or Google Play. Stop, Breathe & Think This American app asks you to enter what you’re feeling before and after you meditate. Tracking your feelings over time is a great way to understand the patterns in your life and see the progress you’re making. Download it from the Apple App Store or Google Play. Insight Timer Picky about the person guiding your meditation? Insight Timer has a huge free library of tracks with different guides, styles and techniques. They also have a cool timer tool you can set yourself for silent meditations. Download it from the Apple App Store or Google Play. https://headspace.org.au/blog/how-to-meditate/?stage=Live

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MINDFUL EATING You can make Eating mindfully is an area of damper in the mindfulness defined as the oven or on a campfire. You practice of cultivating an open- can even add minded awareness of how food fruit to make it nice and sweet, preparation, eating environments or cheese to and the food we choose to eat make it extra tasty! affects one’s body, feelings, mind, and the environment around us. It is about being present and fully aware of your senses, hunger and satiety cues Ingredients Method 3 cups self raising flour Mix the flour, salt and sugar together and acknowledging your responses to 1/4 teaspoon salt into a bowl. food and eating, both emotionally and 180 ml milk – if the mixture is too dry, 1. Rub the butter into the flour with physically. When we are aware of our your fingertips add a little more milk thoughts and behaviours around food 2. Add milk slowly and mix to form a 1 teaspoon castor sugar and eating, we can ultimately influence soft dough 1/3 cup chilled butter, chilled extra flour 3. Knead lightly on a floured board until what goes into our mouths, how much as needed smooth. Shape into a round loaf, we eat and how we feel afterwards, brush with milk and cut a cross in the both physically and emotionally. This is a top surface of the dough. valuable skill for kids to learn at a young age, because they’re developing the ...for oven cooking ...for campfire cooking eating behaviours that they will carry into Grease and dust with flour a round cake Grease the camp oven (Dutch oven) and adulthood. Use these tips to encourage tin or a flat baking pan. dust with flour. Add bread dough and healthy eating habits, to keep your Place dough in the pan and bake in a cover. kids engaged during mealtime and to preheated oven at 190° C (375° F) for Place in your campfire, cover with hot 30– 40 minutes. ashes and coals and bake for about encourage mindful eating. 30 minutes.

• Unplug during meal times. During 11 mealtimes, have everyone sit down at the table without any screens (including TV, phones, tablets, etc.) Distraction-free Cooking activity Lemon Myrtle eating allows kids to learn to enjoy the taste and flavours of their food and to Cheesecake recognize when they are hungry or full. • Engage the five-senses: Take time to notice and feel all of the aromas, textures, sounds, flavours and colours of the food in front of you. Talk to your children about the foods they are eating. Ask them about what colour it is and what it tastes like. You also want to talk to them about how their bellies feel. When your kids are in tune with how their bellies feel, and if they are eating slowly, they can better recognize their Ingredients for the base Method hunger and fullness cues. 1 cup biscuits crushed 1. Mix crushed macadamia nuts, 1 cup macadamias crushed crushed biscuits and butter. • Take the time. Schedule time into the 125 g butter melted 2. Press into base of dish and day to sit down at the table and eat as refrigerate while making filling. a family. Avoid eating on the run or in the car as much as possible. Whilst it Ingredients for the filling Method can be a good tactic to keep your child 125 g soft butter 3. Place softened butter, softened occupied and quiet, it can teach them to 250 g cream cheese softened cream cheese, caster sugar, vanilla replace boredom with food and ignore essence and ground lemon myrtle 1 cup caster sugar into a large bowl and cream with an their hunger and fullness cues. 2 tsp vanilla essence electric mixer. • Be supported: there are a number of 2 tsp gelatine powder 4. Dissolve gelatine in about 60 mL of online tools available to help you stay 60 mls hot water hot water and when cool gradually add to the mixture. mindful. The Smiling Mind app has a 2 tbs ground lemon myrtle 5. Beat until light and fluffy. Mindful Eating Program. 6. Pour over the biscuit base and place https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/how-to- in the fridge overnight.

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EASY RECIPES AT HOME

CREAMY CURRIED CHICKEN AND CORN, CARROT AND SAUSAGES VEGETABLE ZUCCHINI FRITTERS Ingredients SKEWERS Serves 16 • 5 beef sausage (thick) Serves 16 Ingredients • 1 onion (sliced) Ingredients • 1 & ½ cups wholemeal self-raising • 1 carrot (diced) • 2 Chicken breasts flour • 1 tsp sweet paprika • 1 Zucchini • 1 large can of corn kernals • 1 tsp turmeric • 1 Punnet of cherry tomatoes • 2 carrots • 1 tsp curry powder • 1 Capsicum • 2 zucchini • freshly cracked pepper • 1 Onion • 1 cup low fat cheese • 2 zucchini (sliced) • 1 Pineapple (optional) • 4 eggs • 100 g green beans • Oil • 1 cup of low fat milk Cooking • 375 ml light & creamy evaporated spray milk Equipment • 1 cup water • Mixing bowls Equipment • 1 tsp cornflour • Sharp knives • 1 Large bowl • 1 tbs brown sugar • Chopping boards • 1 Small bowl Grater • BBQ/frying pan • Cup measurements Method • Long wooden skewers • Fork 1. In a frying pan, cook the • Knife sausages until just done, slice Method • Chopping board and set aside. Discard residual oil 1. Chop chicken breast into small • Mixing spoon Tablespoon from the pan. bite sized pieces. • Fry pan 2. In the same pan, add the onion, 2. Chop all vegetables into bite • Egg flip or spatula carrot and cook until the onion is sized pieces. transparent. 3. Heat pan or BBQ up ready for Method 3. Add the paprika, tumeric, pepper, cooking with half a table spoon 1. Grate carrots and zucchini into brown sugar and curry powder. of oil. large bowl and add cheese, flour Fry this for 2 minutes. 4. Place all chopped ingredients and corn. 4. Add the sliced sausages to the onto skewers carefully. 2. Crack eggs into small bowl and pan with the evaporated milk and beat. Then add milk. 5. Place on pan or BBQ until stir. cooked. 3. Combine all ingredients into 5. Mix the cornflour into the glass large bowl and mix. 6. Serve. of water and add to the pan. https://deadlychoices.com.au/ 4. Lightly spray fry pan. Pour Stir continuously until the sauce resources/chicken-vegetable- spoonfuls into hot pan. Cook until thickens. golden both sides or mixture is skewers/ 6. Add the zuchini and beans and cooked through. cook for 3 minutes. https://deadlychoices.com.au/ 7. Serve with rice or mashed resources/corn-carrot-and-zucchini- potatoes. fritters/ https://www.kidspot.com.au/kitchen/ recipes/creamy-curried-sausages- recipe/52fz3mqi

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HEALTHY LIVING It’s important to eat well to fuel your body and need. Check out this Guide to Healthy Eating and promote good physical and mental health. You aim to include foods from each of these groups in should aim to eat a variety of food every day from each of your meals across the day. Are there any the five food groups to get all the nutrients you foods on the plate you haven’t tried before?

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Eat different types of foods from the five Guide to Healthy Eating food groups every day.

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TRC Youth Connect Boredom Busters 16 • • • DeaDly NutritioN • • • This painting tells the story of Healthy Eating. The painting encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to eat nutritious foods as part of a healthy and active lifestyle. The painting reflects on and illustrates traditional native foods, hunting and gathering methods and the family unit, as one. By tradition, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were very healthy and active because of their hunter-gatherer way of life. Healthy eating and active lifestyles make our people TOO DEADLY!!!

Symbol Explanation

Dots Aboriginal communication.

Yellow corners Represents the sun – a source of life.

Desert Finger Lime Native Australian bush foods/fruits.

Lilly Pilly Native Australian bush foods/fruits.

Burdekin Plum Native Australian bush foods/fruits.

Arrow symbols with yellow dots Represents kangaroo tracks. Kangaroo is a highly nutritious meat eaten by Aboriginal people.

Four lines with yellow dots Represents water – a source of life.

Wide lower case “n” shaped letter Represents a boomerang. Boomerangs were used for hunting and gathering food. with yellow dots

Black circles with white dots Represents children.

Black straight lines with white dots Represents men.

Black lower case “n” shaped letter Represents women. with white dots

Black circle with three wavy lines Represents hunting tracks and sitting to eat food. on each side with white dots Artist: Tanya Saldanha TRC Youth Connect Boredom Busters 17 HOW MUCH IS sugarIN YOUR DRINK?

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OUTDOORS, SPORTS & TRADITIONAL GAMES

Photo by Javier Allegue Barros Unsplash WANTING TO CHECK OUT SOME LOCAL TOOWOOMBA WALKING TRAILS? CHECK OUT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THE GUMBI GUMBI GARDENS Physical activity is important for Gumbi Gumbi Gardens were designed in close partnership with respected maintaining good overall health and Historical Elders from Toowoomba and Elders of the Jarowair people. Featuring wellbeing. Physical inactivity is a more than 100 plant species, the Gardens display an extensive array of risk factor associated with several Indigenous flora used by the local Aboriginal communities for a range of potentially preventable chronic purposes, including food and medicine. diseases. The health benefits All are welcome to these Gardens. It is about people coming together and of doing physical activity begin walking together. The gardens cover approximately 2.2 hectares of land adjacent from the first step, and include to the northern side of USQ Toowoomba’s main entrance. reduced risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, some cancers, anxiety, The Gardens are open at all times and admission is free. Parking is available depression, musculoskeletal adjacent to the Gardens. A free ‘App’FINDING-OBJECT is GAMES available for download that connects you problems, overweight and obesity to the stories of the Gumbi Gumbi Cultural Gardens while you walk its paths and and some injuries As a general enjoy its beauty and tranquillity. guide, adults should aim to be luka-pul pul active for 30 minutes a day. Kids ‘lu-ka-pul pul’ over 5 years should aim for at least 60 minutes of activity per day. it up with some sand and when facing your palm down, dropping it with the Every little bit helps, including sand, covering the item. playing sport, mowing the lawn or gardening, riding or skating, sport at What you need school, and walking to school, the • Sand pit smoothed over park, work or the shops. • luka-pul pul - A small bead or button to represent the object to hide – School School YearS YearS Dancing is also a great way to K–3 4–6 (traditionally the eye lens)

increase your daily movement. Background Short description Finding-the-object games were played in many parts A player hides an object in an area of sand and the What to do Check out ‘Move it Mob Style’: a of Australia as well as the Torres Strait. The objects other players attempt to find it. to be found were usuallyLUKA-PUL the eye lens of a fish or PUL 1. One player covers their eyes while dance based fitness program that other animal. The hidden article used would often Players be the lens, obtained after cooking, from the eye of the other player hides the luka-pul showcases Aboriginal and Torres a fish, possum, rat ‘lu-ka-pulor wallaby. The usual methodpul’ of – •In Two North players or a numberQueesland, of players who hiding the lens was to pick it up with a little sand take turns pul (the button or bead) in the sand. Strait Islander hip hop and popular and drop it during thefinding sprinkling — the palmgames was were often named after turned down. Playing area There is usually some evidence music as well as the deadly dance In a game from centralthe Australia local a luka-pul term pul (little signifying• A beach area or trayan of sand an that eye. is smoothed For out grub) was used. of where it is hidden, by the sand example, milti, chili,Equipment mil dambanbar moves found in communities all Language • A small glass bead or marble to represent the being rougher than other places or around Australia. Over the Move In north Queensland(eye finding games to werethrow). often object to hide — the luka-pul pul named after the local term signifying an eye; for the luka-pul pul showing slightly. It Mob Style journey, you learn to example milti, chili, mil dambanbar (eye to throw). In other places it hadBackground a special name applied, palagin, or anímo. 2. The other player attempts to find ‘accelerate’, go ‘fishing for barra’, Find-the-object games were played in the luka-pul pul. If they can’t find ‘shrug them haters off’ and ‘reach many parts of Australia and the Torres it after short amount of time, the for the stars’. What do you think Strait. Objects traditionally used were person who has hidden the item those moves might look like? mostly the eye lens of a fish, possum, 97 can vaguely point in the right rat or wallaby, after being cooked. The https://moveitmobstyle.com.au/ direction. about/ method of hiding the lens was to pick

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To learn about and play more traditional Indigenous games, visit Sport Australia! www.sportaus.gov.au/yulunga A number of the games played in Australia today are similar to the games played historically by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders hundreds of years ago. In honour of National Reconciliation Week, here are a number of Traditional Indigenous Games that you can play at home. *We have adapted these tradition games and equipment used with items that you might have at home* MARBLE GAMES nandrra-rna BALL-HITTING GAMES THROWING GAMES ‘nan-dr-ra-rna’ wulijini kalkadoon kee,an ‘wuli-jin-i’ ‘kal-ka-doon kee-an’

School School School YearS YearS YearS Post-school age 4–6 7–9 10–12

Background Players all school-age groups (K–12) Post-school age This hand-hitting or handball game was played Playing area School School • Play singly or in groups of two to four players YearS YearS with a zamia (Cycas media) seed by the people of • A badminton court or similar sized area 4–6 7–9 Bathurst Island in northern Australia. In the Meda Background Playing area district of northwest Australia players hit flat pieces Equipment of wood. WULIJINI InKALKADOON areas of north Queensland, a game of throwing • AKEE’AN designated indoor or outdoor area suitable for • A small, inflated ball, paketa or a covered sponge skill was played. A large bone, such as an emu the activity Background Short description ball as the zamia (Cycas media) seed shinbone (with twine attached to it) was thrown Language over a net (used to catch emus) into a pit or hole. ‘wuli-jin-i’ after the Tiwi word for play. A small number of ‘marble’ type games (either A marble game in which players attempt‘kal-ka-doon to hit kee-an’ Equipment The game is named Wulijini after the Tiwi (Bathurst NANDRRA-RNA Considering the distance to the hole, great skill was Game play and basic rules Island) word for ‘play’. • Use ‘foxtail’ or a tennis ball in a stocking (or long traditional or introduced) were played in various marbles out of a small circle of anotherrequired player. to correctly aim the bone and ensure that it Different versions of this hitting game using the football sock) as the bone, with twine attached. parts of Australia. Gugada boys, living near Tarcoola did not touch the net. hands can be played: ‘nan-dr-rar-rna’ Language When a ball in a stocking is usedShort the description length of Background in South Australia, used wooden marbles. The the foxtail may be adjusted. • Singles or pairs Players Language This is a ball-hitting game. marbles placed in the ring were called kooka (meat) Kee’an, which means ‘to• Use play’ a large plastic in bin orthe hoop as the pit or hole. Wulijini is a ball-hitting– Practice/cooperative or game: handball Players face each The game is called kee’an, which means ‘to play‘ and the shooting marble was called kodji (spear). • Groups of two players play against each other other and hit (volley) the ball back and forth Named after the Diyari language of in the Wik-Mungkan language of north Queensland. Players game play withwith a the zamia palms of their hands,(cycas as in a game media) of In the 1940s on Mer Island, a marble game was TheWik-Mungkan Kalkadoon people from around the language Mount Isa Game of play Northand basic rules • Play in singles games or in teams of two to tennis, as many times as possible. played in a circle.South A ring was Australia traced in the wordsand and nandrra-rna,Playing area area also played a game similar to the one outlined • Players in groups of two to four linethree up players behind andQueensland their connection has been recognised and as thepart Kalkadoonone another. Players hold the foxtail a short seed by the people of the Bathurst cowrie shells were laid out in it. The players in turn • A designated outdoor or indoor areaof the suitable name of this for game. distance away from the ball and take it in turns to which mean ‘to hit’. attempt to throw the foxtail ball into a small bin thumb-flicked other small cowrie shells at these. the activity represents the Kalkadoon People Island in Northern Australia. In the Short description from 3–5 metres away. The marble game outlined below was observed Thisfrom activity involves the throwing Mount a ball into aIsa small area that played a Meda area of Northwest Austrlian, being played byBackground two young men at Santa Teresa in Equipment bin target as many times as possible, as part of a South Australia in 1974. It includes a cooperative tabloidsimilar activity or agame skill game. as below. players hit flat pieces of wood. element of playMarble common to typemany Aboriginal games games were • playedA quantity of inlarge marbles and activities.various parts of Australia. Gugada 61 Game play and basic rules Background What you need boys from the Tarcoola area in South Language • The two players sit cross-legged andKalkadoon facing each kee’an was a game played • Ball - small inflated or soft (this other about 3 metres apart. In the area between 172 The game is namedAustralia after the Diyariused language wooden of marbles. A their knees are spread several largein marbles.areas of North Queensland to could be a balloon or even a rolled South Australia word nandrra-rna, which means circle was traced in sand andPlayers the take it in turns to attempt to hit the ‘to hit’. improve players’ throwing skills. Using pair of socks). Traditionally, a zamia wooden marbles placed in the middle a large bone (an emu bone with twine seed was used. (these were called kooka for meat), attached was often used), players What to do while the shooting marbles (called threw the bones over a net (used to Note: This game can be played in kodji for spear) tried to knock them catch emus) into a pit or hole. Great singles, pairs or teams. 116 out of the circle. skill was required to aim the bone and ensure it did not touch the net. Singles or Pairs - Facing each other, What you need hit the ball back and forth with the • Marbles or small rocks What you need palms of your hands as many times as What to do • Foxtail (ball)- Tennis balls in stocking possible, like a game of tennis. • Two players sit opposite each other, (or a set of rolled socks in one long legs crossed about 3 metres apart. football sock). Traditionally an emu Teams – e.g. 2 kids and mum and dad. • Draw or create a small circle in front bone with twine attached was used. 1. Create a line between the two of your knee (you could use chalk • A target – This could be a bucket, teams. If you don’t have markers, on concrete for drawing the circles hula-hoop or even a clothes basket. this could be a hose or a rolled • In front of your knees, spread 5 or Traditionally this was a pit or hole. towel. more marbles or small rocks in the How to play 2. In two teams, on either side of the circle 1. Standing 3-5meter away from line, face each other about 3-5 • Taking turns, each player thumb- the target, hold the foxtail a short metres apart. flicks the marbles to try and knock distance from the ball in the sock the opposite player’s marbles out of 3. Hit the ball back an fourth with 2. One at a time, attempt to throw the their circle. the palms of your hand as many foxtail ball into the target. • Keep going until all the marbles times as possible without the ball have been knocked out. Or you can While played for fun, you can keep touching the ground. set a timer – at the end, the player a tally by scoring out of 10 or by how TIP: To make it more of a team effort, who has knocked out the most many times you get it in the target allow each player up to two contacts marbles wins. within 2 minutes. (hits) in each game. Photo by Levi Guzman on Unsplash Photo by Levi

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OTHER ACTIVITIES

Word WORD SEARCH search activity Can you find all the words and phrases? Community Respect Connect Deadly Fun Elders Songlines Celebrate Our mob Welcome Family Dance Harold Thomas Culture Yarn First Nations Story Country Bernard Namok

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U H B D I M O R N C L I S H R

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10 21 Celebrating deadly women colouring-in

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In the boxes, Grow, Glow, Go draw pictures of the foods we need to … We need food Grow To grow and repair the body Grow Glow

GlowFor protection against sickness

Go For energy to work and play

For more like these visit, Queensland Health www.health.qld.gov.au Healthy jarjums make healthy food choices 27 Healthy jarjums make healthy food choices 26 TRC Youth Connect Boredom Busters 23

In the boxes, draw pictures of the foods we need to … We need food Grow To grow and repair the body

GlowFor protection against sickness

Go For energy to work and play

Healthy jarjums make healthy foodFor choices more like these visit, Queensland Health www.health.qld.gov.au27

TRC Youth Connect Boredom Busters 24 Serpent colouring-in

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TRC Youth Connect Boredom Busters Serpent 25 colouring-in

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CUT OUT AND PLAY

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