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Gumaraa Aboriginal Cultural Experience

Gumarra educator standing outside

 

Explore and learn about the local environment

Stage/s S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6
Subject Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
Location Discovery Centre, Wollongong Botanic Garden
Cost $24.20
Duration 4 hrs

This Aboriginal program offers an immersive cultural experience that connects students with traditional Indigenous knowledge and practices.

Students will:

  • Build a traditional Aboriginal Shelter
  • Listen to a dreaming story and discuss how oral traditions pass down knowledge and values
  • Go on a bush tucker walk and identify native plants used for food and medicine
  • Construct a mini-Aboriginal Bark Canoe and undertake a test float

Curriculum links

This program covers the NSW cross curricular priority of Aboriginal and Torress Strait Islander histories and cultures.

How to book

This excursion is delivered by our education partner, Gumaraa. Use the button below to learn more and book.

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