YUNG BALUNG ARTEFACT MUSEUM

Year 8 Humanities classes have been visiting the Yung Balug Artefact Museum in Boort which is a keeping place for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artefacts. Many of these artefacts have been found locally and donated so that people can visit and gain an understanding of Indigenous culture.

In the keeping place, students have been able to hold artefacts and hear how many of these artefacts have been used in the past. Students were also able to view the oldest photos of Indigenous Australians which were taken in Boort in the early-mid 1800s. From these images, students learnt that gypsum was used to create paint which was used on bodies to link them to Earth.

Following our time at the keeping place and lunch, Year 8 students travelled around Lake Boort to walk through some bushland to learn more about scar trees and cooking mounds. It was wonderful to connect the cooking beads we saw at the keeping place to the cooking mounds in the bush and to build an understanding of the way they were used to prepare food.

A big thank you to Paul and Cathie Haw who run the Yung Balug Artefact Museum and shared a wealth of knowledge with our students. Thank you to Elia Ware, Mr Crow, Mr Jetson, and Mr McDonald who also attended the excursion with students.

Year 8A and 8B will attend this excursion next week due to the significant rainfall this week.