Your story about Country

Portion of Victorian Indigenous Languages Map

Activity: Write or draw your story about Country.

In small groups perform/share your stories about Country.

Make sure you have considered the following questions:

  • What Country (Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Nation) do you currently live in?
  • What Country were you born in?
  • How long have you lived where you currently live?
  • How do you relate to the area you currently live?
  • Do your family live in the same area, the same Country?
  • Do your family have similar relationships to the area, to the Country that you do? Reflect on this.
  • What are your markers and what are the markers Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people had/have in this Country, this area?
  • How did Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people relate to the Country?
  • How do Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people relate to the area today?
  • How can you draw on everybody’s relationship to the area, to the Country, to enrich the overall storying?

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