News from the Library
Reconciliation
The theme in the Library this fortnight is Reconciliation. Students have enjoyed finding the answers to our daily quiz. How many of these can you answer?
Wantirna College is located in the lands of the Kulin Nation. What does Kulin mean?
Written above the owl in the Library mural is the word Womenjika. What does this mean?
On what date did Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologise to the Stolen Generations?
Clues could be found in the Library Reconciliation display.
Some of the answers can be found on the website 50 WORDS PROJECT (Hear 50 words in Australian Indigenous languages): https://50words.online/languages/Woiwurrung
May Artisan of the Month
The May AotM is closed, and the winner will be announced in the next newsletter. In the meantime, get ready for the June AotM!
Term 2 Resident Writers
Term 2 Resident Writers is open for submissions! Send us the short written pieces you are proud of - essays, stories, poems, lyrics, etc. For the sake of the judges please limit your entry to a maximum of two pages!
Entries can be emailed to library@wantirnacollege.vic.edu.auwith the subject line including the words Resident Writers.
By submitting you agree to be published to the school community (on Teams, in the College Yearbook, etc) - please contact us if you want to submit but prefer to keep your work anonymous. Entries close Tuesday 9th June (the day after the long weekend) When submitting, please state in the email "I declare that this entry is all my own work"
Reading Recommendations
The Library has a growing collection of Australian Indigenous books. The following are some we have on display this fortnight. All are available to loan:
Welcome to Country (An introduction to our First peoples for young Australians), by Marcia Langton - Welcome to Country is essential reading for every young Australian. The chapters cover prehistory, post-colonial history, language, kinship, knowledge, art, performance, storytelling, native title, the Stolen Generations, making a rightful place for First Australians and looking to the future for Indigenous Australia.
Our Race for Reconciliation, by Anita Heiss -Mel Gordon loves running, and watching Seinfeld, but mostly she loves Cathy Freeman. It's 2000 and the Olympics are going to be held in Australia. In a year of surprises, Mel finds out that Cathy Freeman is coming to talk to her school. And her family is heading to Sydney! It becomes an unforgettable journey to Corroboree 2000, bringing together all Australians as they march and sing and celebrate Australia's Indigenous heritage and also acknowledge past wrong.
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia, edited by Anita Heiss - What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia?
This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, attempts to showcase as many diverse voices, experiences and stories as possible in order to answer that question. Each account reveals, to some degree, the impacts of invasion and colonisation - on language, on country, on ways of life, and on how people are treated daily in the community, the education system, the workplace and friendship groups.
First Nations Food Companion (How to buy, cook, eat and grow Indigenous Australian ingredients), by Damien Coulthard and Rebecca Sullivan - There is an edible pantry of unique flavours that First Nations people have been making the most of long before anyone came up with the word 'foodie'.
This book includes the most accessible and popular indigenous Australian ingredients and their uses in the everyday home kitchen. It includes an informative guide to more than 60 of the most accessible Indigenous ingredients, including their flavour profiles, along with tips for how to buy, grow and store them.
This is followed by recipes: all featuring native ingredients, and including tips for substituting regular pantry ingredients where needed. There is also information indigenous medicine gardens, as well as how to set up your pantry and freezer, and the best places to find native ingredients in shops and online.
Joanne Montgomery & Sarah van Doorn
Library Staff