| Wednesday,
9th July |
| 10.30am |
- Yelakitj Moort Nyungar Family StoryTime
Story telling has always been a vital part of the Nyungar culture. Stories
are told to teach lessons, give warning and keep Nyungar history alive.
Come and here Nyungar Elder Neville Collard, tell some of the stories
of the Ballardong Peoples of the Swan River. Suitable for family groups..
young and old.
|
| 11.30am |
- Family Tour of Indigenous Collections
A key role of the State Library of Western Australia’s is to reflect
our Western Australian cultural heritage – come on this tour for
a preview of some of our Indigenous collections and the stories they
tell.
|
| 12.30pm |
- Wednesday Matinee – The Quest of Jimmy Pike
This 1990 film by Ronin Films tells the story of Jimmy Pike, one of
Australia’s and the world’s most loved Indigenous painters,
walking out of the Great Sandy Desert when he was 14 and his subsequent
fame as a painter. The script is written by June Lowe, long term partner
of Jimmy Pike.
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| 1.30pm |
- Celebrating the Shift in Indigenous Education from the 20th
to 21st Century By Simon Forest, WA Educator
After legislation in the 1950s Aboriginal children in Western Australia
had (at least under law) regular access to schools. Prior to that time
Aboriginal children were schooled on missions or reserves with access
to government schools only be gained if there was no objection by the
local non-Aboriginal community.
Come and hear Simon Forrest, a Western Australian delegate to the “World
Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education” to be held in Canberra
in December 2008 present a pictorial display and stories about the major
changes in education of Aboriginal peoples in WA and talk about the
conference and this years theme – “Respecting Tradition,
Shaping the Future”.
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