Supporting 'Emro Design'

To celebrate the end of Reconciliation Week, each of our teams researched and voted on their favourite rug to be used as their 'yarning circle'.  A place of coming together to share story and pass on knowledge.  Our learning teams meet together three times a day, so to have a special place to signify this time of community is a wonderful expression of inclusion of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander connections.

Some information about the artists of each run and a link to 'Emro Design' whom is a 100% owned and operated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander business.  Feel free to browse their site and support their venture.

Green Team - 'Generations.'

This beautiful & colourful “Generations” design is by Bundjalung artist- Zoey Hart.   This artwork depicts our Jarjums (Children) and the bright futures they have. 

Blue Team - 'Dancing on Country.'

This painting represents the men and the women telling and passing on their traditional stories through dancing. The lines represent the body paint worn in ceremony.

Orange Team - 'People of the Sand and Sea.'

The Yoolooburrabee ‘People of the sand and sea. Dabilbahnba (‘place of saltwater’) is themed around the representations of Quandamooka people’s knowledge, teachings, and spirituality.

The importance of water is significant to her people, it ties in with our cultural beliefs and practices, the place where they source their food. This design was inspired by the patterns and colours of the sand at low tide.

The memories of Shara’s dad going out to hunt mud crabs at low tide along Moongalba and the women digging the sand with our feet for eugaries (pippi shells) along the back beach on Minjerribah.

We keep these cultural practices flowing into the next generation. Looking back on the dreaming creation period, Shara is influenced by the journeys of the ancestral pathways through land and sea.

The knowledge rests within the land, it forms their identity as saltwater people (Goori’s).

We look forward to revealing these beautiful pieces of art with you soon.