Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School

The Soil Beneath My Feet

2025, High School, Writing

Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School

A Bridge, A Path, A Way

2025, High School, Writing

Where I stand, there is history
Memories that we cannot ignore
A pull too strong to leave behind
Something we must acknowledge

Rosemeadow Public School

The Garden of Life, A Fruit of the Past

2025, Primary School, Writing

In the garden of time
Ancient grains stand tall like Elders.
They whisper through the wind
One bite, one story.

Surveyors Creek Public School

Connections to the Dreamtime

2025, Primary School, Writing

When I began to shut my eyes, my body felt like it was lifting itself above, into the skies, my thoughts picturing themselves into a special place far away. Then, I realised I had dived deep into the Dreamtime.

Rosemeadow Public School

The River Remembers

2025, Primary School, Writing

I dive into the banks of the river and my senses come alive. I look up and breathe in the scent of the canopy, the eucalyptus trees that have nurtured and looked after the river that my ancestors have been bathing and swimming in for thousands of years. I wriggle my toes in the majestic cool waters and dive my body into the memories of the river.

Rosemeadow Public School

Song of the Flames

2025, Primary School, Writing

WOOSH! Flames burst up around me with other Elders lighting fires around the younger ones of the mob, telling stories under the star-light sky.

Rosemeadow Public School

A Mother’s Call

2025, Primary School, Writing

The children laughed and pranced.
The dirt and soil rumbled while they danced.
The children were joyful while they played.

Riverbank Public School

Through Generations and Generations

2025, Primary School, Writing

A blazing fire. A story of valour. A story of culture. A story that had been passed on from her wiyanga to her children. It was a story that would be passed on to generations and generations; if her children chose to do so…