Students painted an Aboriginal mural based on the national NAIDOC theme for 2015: Sacred Ground: Learn, Respect and Celebrate.
The painting, which represents class members’ identity and experiences, was displayed at Casula Powerhouse Museum.
Artwork description
Every part of the artwork has significance:
- The rainbow snake and goanna represent the class members’ totems.
- The inclusion of feet signifies the class members’ life journey, such as the choices they make and the challenges that were overcome to shape their life.
- The yellowbelly fish represents Aboriginal fish that we can eat that live in the river banks in the local community of Moree.
- The campfire is there to keep evil spirits away from the land and people, and helps to hunt for fish at night time.
- Boomerangs are used for hunting animals that can be eaten.