NAIDOC Week this year was rescheduled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Australia has the world’s oldest oral stories. The First Peoples engraved the world’s first maps, made the earliest paintings of ceremony and invented unique technologies. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people built and engineered structures - structures on Earth - predating well-known sites such as the Egyptian Pyramids and Stonehenge.

The theme this year Always Was, Always Will Be. acknowledges that hundreds of Nations and our cultures covered this continent. All were managing the land - the biggest estate on earth - to sustainably provide for their future.

At Mary Immaculate this week and next, the students and staff are participating in workshops that showcase Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. These include an artifact talk, Indigenous games, Aboriginal art, storytelling, creating animal masks and bead making.

A HUGE thank you to our School Support Officers for their enthusiasm and willingness to undertake this opportunity to support our students by presenting and leading our workshops on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture.

Thank you for your continued support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture.

Mrs Danielle Grados

Year 4 Gold Teacher