first peoples

Year 7 students enter

the ancient world the

first peoples exhibition

Katherine Houston

Head of Learning

Humanities

Year 7 students visited the First Peoples exhibition at Melbourne Museum as part of their investigation into the cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Students explored a range of evidence about ancient Australia and developed their understanding of the importance of conservation.

Charlie Combridge

Year 7

I really enjoyed my visit to the Melbourne Museum First Peoples exhibit. It was fun, informative and a great reason to get out of the classroom. My favourite part of the exhibit was all of the interactive, hands-on stuff. It made the experience feel a lot less learning and a lot more fun! It was enjoyable day and I learned a lot more about the first people of Australia. The information I gathered really helped me throughout the rest of the First People unit we continued to study in Humanities. 

Ruben Bell

Year 7

The Melbourne Museum is one of my favourite places to go as a young child, only being rivalled by the zoo and Scienceworks! The exhibition we saw was based around the lives and traditions of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia. It involved many things about that time and era also,  like how they caught food (eel traps) to other things like the prehistoric animals of the time (mega fauna). Overall I found that the excursion to the Melbourne Museum was very enjoyable.