Learning intention – We are acknowledging the Traditional Owners of the land.
Success criteria – We can acknowledge and show respect for the Traditional Owners of the land of our school and the Schoolhouse Museum.
We acknowledge the Wallumedegal Peoples of the Darug Nation, the Traditional Owners of the land on which the Schoolhouse Museum stands. We pay our respect to Aboriginal Elders, adults and children who visit or connect with us. We acknowledge and recognise the continuing culture and learning systems of all Aboriginal Peoples.
The NSW Schoolhouse Museum stands on Wallumedegal Country, the land of the Wallumedegal Peoples of the Darug Nation.
Warami means ‘hello’ and ‘good to see you’ in Darug language.
View the AIATSIS Map of Indigenous Australia and/or the map of Aboriginal Nations/Languages in NSW and ACT
Locate the Darug Nation (spelt Dharug).
Locate the Nation on which your school stands.
What is the local clan name of your area?
Through which Aboriginal nations will you travel on your journey to the Schoolhouse Museum?
‘Warami mittigar. Hello friend. We welcome you to Darug Country.’
Read the picture book Cooee Mittigar.
Learn the Darug language names of plants, animals and weather elements.
Use Darug or your local Aboriginal language to name natural features of your school and local area.
If you don't have the book, view Cooee Mittigar read by Mrs Smith on YouTube (6:00min).
Stage 2 - listen to the Cooee Mittigar introduction by Darug woman, Julie Goode (YouTube 2:20min).