Special Thanks

Project Coordination:

Roz Girvan - Producer, community contact, musical director

Kate Denborough - Script writer, curriculum content, community contact, and creative concept

Sophie Gammon - Language researcher, community contact

Tara Whyte - Director

Johnny Leary - Script writer

Anna Joyce - Choreography

Jennifer Newbold - Stage Manager

Acknowledgments of Country:

CAST 1 - Oriana, Pearl and Holiday Littlewood

CAST 2 - Chloe Jones and Zeally Bartlett 

Languages and Cultures Collaborators:

We are extremely grateful to all of the following people for their openness, insights, warmth, stories, songs, conversations and information shared about First Peoples’ languages and cultures. Their collaboration, and permission from their respective language groups, was integral to the success of this project, allowing the students to share this story with our CHPS community:

Butchulla:

Nathan Bird - Performer, language consultant, CHPS parent

Fred Leone – Butchulla Songman. Language consultant

Djali Gadsden-Bird - performer, student

Wiradjuri:

Geoff Anderson - Language consultant

Trent, Oriana, Pearl and Holiday Littlewood - CHPS Parent and students

Uncle Stan Grant, Aunty Flo Grant, Dr John Rudder - WWC Language program Wiradjuri App

Anita Heiss - Author of 'Bidhi Galing'

Adnyamathanha:

Terrence Coulthard - Language mentor

Terrence and Josephine Coulthard - Authors “Adnyamathanha - A Culture Guide and Language Book”

Yawuru:

Mark and Chloe Jones - CHPS Parent and student 

Dianne Appleby - Music teacher, language consultant and song writer of Yawuru song

Cable Beach Primary School

Dalisa Pigram-Ross -Yawuru Language Teacher

Deb Watkiss - Music Teacher, Cable Beach Primary School

Nyamba Buru Yawuru 

Woi-wurrung:

Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation

Charley Woolmore - Wurundjeri Special Projects Manager

Aunty Gail Smith – Wurundjeri Elder

Aunty Julianne Axford – Wurundjeri Elder

Mandy Nicholson - Wurundjeri language and culture consultant

We have also very much appreciated the ongoing connection to and support from Glenn Shea - Wathaurong/Ngarrindjeri man – who was a writer and Project Aboriginal cultural mentor on our 2022 version of the Production

Other thank yous: 

Rosy Green - Visual Art Direction

Clare Mathieson - Props and sets

Kyle Suitor - Program Co-ordinator and visual effects co-ordinator

Jean Rasmussen - Costume Designer and creator of main individual animal costumes

Bridget A’Beckett - Composer, song-writing workshop facilitator 

Vicki Gigliotti - Costume co-ordination

Ben Murray  - Costume co-ordination

Caroline Darke and Claudia Phares - costume creation (extra crocodiles)

Hayley Muir, Haruka Anan, Kess Dovey, Ri Scarborough, Anne Cavalieros - Costume creation - 2022

Aya Schmeisser - Slide Show operator

Jake Kelly - Guitarist

Simon Ferwerda - Bass guitar and band support, roadie

Mark Knowles - drummer and student drum support

Melinda Wilson - community contact - Aboriginal languages map permission

Scarlett Whyte - Director Assistant and Assistant Stage Manager

Ross Henderson - violin part

Greg Field - Video editing, charts and violin part

Chris Storey - Slideshow technician 

Carolyn Darke and Marisa Perry - Spotlights - CHPS parents

GRADE TEACHERS:

Our incredible grade teachers have worked so hard, rehearsing, managing their classes, singing, staging, dancing, and all the while teaching their regular curriculum !! Their flexibility, positivity and talent have been much appreciated !

Grade 4 teachers:

Vicki Gigliotti

Nick Pryde

Israel Cooper

Ben Murray

Grade 5 teachers:

Sarah Ryan

Kyle Suitor

Jake Kelly

Karen Bennett

Grade 6 teachers:

Kate Denborough

Sally Meadham

Mali Bourmas 

Bethany Newbery

This project would not be possible without the strong support of our school’s Leadership and Administration teams, led by Megan Smith.