Year 10
Materials: acrylic paint

“Gathering of Group” was created by Edgeware students in the spirit of Aboriginal design, using the metaphor of planting seeds to represent growth. The artwork shows an aerial view of our school — our meeting place — where growing food becomes a symbol of cultivating knowledge, community, and the future.

At its centre stands the Fig Tree, found on our school grounds, representing safety, shelter, and connection to Country. The surrounding river, traditionally known as Goolay’yari (“place of pelican dreaming” in the Eora language of the Cadigal-Wangal people), links past, present, and future — a pathway of continuous learning and cultural connection.

Created by both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students, “Gathering of Group” celebrates renewal, growth, and the shared strength that helps our community thrive.

Reconciliation means …
… understanding the past, acknowledging the impact of the past on the present and showing respect and empathy to the recovery and journey of Aboriginal peoples, reflecting on our relationships with Aboriginal peoples, culture and true history. Reconciliation is an ongoing learning that requires us to listen, and work together in ways that honour the stories, traditions, culture and rights of First Nations people. Growing awarness that informs our words and actions that need to continue to build respectful relationships and equality among us.