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Description
This unique digital excursion, presented by an Indigenous narrator, will take students on a journey of discovery about the area now known as Bennelong Point. They will hear an oral history of this site from the Aboriginal perspective - from creation time and the ancestral spirits who formed the landscape, to pre-settlement and the story of Bennelong and the Wangal clan, to today’s site with the iconic Sydney Opera House and its connection to BiraBirragal or Sydney Harbour.
By using detailed historical accounts, recorded references, and virtual simulations of Sydney Cove pre-settlement, students will be given the sense of stepping back in time - walking among the Gadigal people and interacting with the landscape.
Students will learn of the fishing rites to the oyster beds on a little island known as Tyebowgale, the totems and sea creatures that were connected to the Gadigal people, and the daily life of the clans that inhabited Sydney Cove. They will also hear stories of the resilience of convict women who worked from this ancient midden and gathering site, and the changes that came with the arrival of Governor Phillip.
This unique digital excursion, presented by an Indigenous narrator, will take students on a journey of discovery about the area now known as Bennelong Point. They will hear an oral history of this site from the Aboriginal perspective - from creation time and the ancestral spirits who formed the landscape, to pre-settlement and the story of Bennelong and the Wangal clan, to today’s site with the iconic Sydney Opera House and its connection to BiraBirragal or Sydney Harbour.
By using detailed historical accounts, recorded references, and virtual simulations of Sydney Cove pre-settlement, students will be given the sense of stepping back in time - walking among the Gadigal people and interacting with the landscape.
Students will learn of the fishing rites to the oyster beds on a little island known as Tyebowgale, the totems and sea creatures that were connected to the Gadigal people, and the daily life of the clans that inhabited Sydney Cove. They will also hear stories of the resilience of convict women who worked from this ancient midden and gathering site, and the changes that came with the arrival of Governor Phillip.
Curriculum Links
Stages 2, 3 & 4
HSIE:
Australian Heritage and Identities; Significant Australian Places; Significant Aboriginal People; Aboriginality and the Land; Aboriginal Culture and Traditions; Aboriginal Belief Systems; British Colonisation of Australia / Arthur Phillip
S2: CCS2.1,CCS2.2, CUS2.3, ENS2.5, ENS2.6
S3:
CCS3.1, CUS3.3, ENS3.6
History: Aboriginal and Indigenous Peoples; Colonisation and Contact History
Aboriginal Studies: Aboriginal Identity and Culture; Aboriginality and the Land
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Performance Dates
Running Time: 45 minutes
PRIMARY SCHOOL SESSIONS 1
Monday 29 July 9:15am / 10:30am/ 11:45am
Tuesday 30 July 9:15am / 10:30am/ 11:45am
Wednesday 31 July 9:15am / 10:30am/ 11:45am
Monday 12 August 9:15am / 10:30am/ 11:45am
Tuesday 13 August 9:15am / 10:30am / 11:45am
Monday 21 October 9:15am / 10:30am / 11:45am
Tuesday 22 October 9:15am / 10:30am/ 11:45am
Wednesday 23 October 9:15am / 10:30am
SECONDARY SCHOOL SESSIONS
Wednesday 29 May 11.45am
Wednesday 23 October 11.45am