Special Occasions

Indigenous Australian culture use many different symbols to tell stories. Symbols are still used today as a way for Indigenous Australian People to retain their history.

Wanja the echidna didn’t always have spikes. Once there were beautiful white feathers where the spikes were, but Wanja was greedy and lazy.

Indigenous Australian culture use many different symbols to tell stories. Symbols are still used today as a way for Indigenous Australian People to retain their history.

Invite a member of the local Indigenous community to visit your playgroup to talk about the traditions of a yarning circle.

Wombat, who was a god in disguise, was treated kindly by a mother kangaroo. Wombat was very thankful and offered her a way of keeping her joey close by.

Back in the Dreamtime all birds were the same colour – black. This craft activity can be used in conjunction with reading the Dreamtime story, How the birds got their colours.

In the Dreamtime the Great Rainbow Serpent, Goorialla, stirred and set off to look for his own tribe. As he travelled, his big body created mountains and gorges in the earth.

This is a simple fine motor activity that is easy to set up and involves teaching children how to thread pasta on to wool or string to make a necklace.