Our Workshop is an engaging, interactive, experience designed to give a rare opportunity to connect with authentic cultural knowledge, items, stories, and traditional ways of life through hands-on learning.
What Participants Will Experience
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Traditional Yarning Circle Learning
Workshops are delivered in a traditional yarning circle format, creating a respectful and inclusive space where participants can listen, learn, ask questions while engaging in meaningful cultural discussion. -
Cultural Artefacts
Students will have the opportunity to safely handle and explore a diverse collection of authentic Aboriginal cultural artefacts and traditional items. Many of these items have been handcrafted by Elders, created on Country, or carry significant cultural stories and connections. Some items would rarely be available for public viewing or handling outside of community and cultural settings. -
Storytelling & Knowledge Sharing
Learn the meaning, purpose, and history behind these artefacts through guided cultural discussion and storytelling delivered in an engaging and respectful way. -
Connection to Traditional Ways of Life
Participants gain insight into how different cultural tools, objects, and resources were used in everyday life, ceremony, survival, education, and connection to Country. -
Interactive Educational Experience
This is not a sit-and-watch session — students are encouraged to ask questions, participate, observe closely, and engage directly with the learning materials. -
Supports Cultural Awareness & Respect
The workshop encourages understanding, respect, and appreciation for Aboriginal culture, traditions, knowledge systems, and lived experiences.
Workshop Details
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Session Length: 40 Minutes
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Group Size: maximum 20 Students Per Session
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Delivery Style: Interactive & Hands-On
Please Note:
Group sizes are intentionally limited to preserve the traditional yarning circle format and ensure every participant has the opportunity to engage with artefacts, ask questions, and participate in meaningful cultural learning.
Learning Outcomes
Participants will leave the workshop with:
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Increased cultural understanding and awareness
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Greater appreciation for traditional knowledge and practices
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Hands-on experience with authentic cultural artifacts
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Improved respect for cultural diversity and history
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A memorable and engaging educational experience outside standard classroom learning
Please contact us to discuss:
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Customised workshop options
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Rotating session programs
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Vacation Care & OHSC programs
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Immersive full-day experiences
Professional Information
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Working With Children Check
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RAN Certificate
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Public Liability Insurance
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Adelaide-Based | Available Across South Australia
We service metropolitan and selected regional areas.
Aboriginal Cultural Knowledge & Artefact Workshop
Our Workshop is an engaging, interactive experience designed to introduce participants to Aboriginal symbols, visual storytelling, dot painting, and creative cultural learning through a hands-on art activity.
What Participants Will Experience
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Understanding Aboriginal Symbols
Participants are introduced to a selection of Aboriginal symbols and explore how symbols can be used to represent people, places, journeys, animals, gatherings, Country, and stories. -
The Art of Dot Painting
Explore dot painting as a form of Aboriginal artistic expression and learn how colour, pattern, symbols, and design can be brought together to communicate ideas and stories through artwork. -
Create Your Own Story
Students use selected symbols and visual elements to create their own unique story through art. Participants are encouraged to think about their own journey, experiences, family, places, or ideas when developing their design. -
Paint Your Own Wooden Boomerang
Each participant creates their own dot-painted wooden boomerang using the symbols, patterns, and storytelling concepts explored throughout the workshop. -
Take Home Your Artwork
At the end of the workshop, students take their completed artwork home, providing a lasting reminder of their cultural learning experience and the story they created. -
Supports Cultural Awareness & Respect
The workshop encourages understanding, respect, and appreciation for Aboriginal culture, traditions, knowledge systems, and lived experiences.
Workshop Details
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Session Length: 40 Minutes
-
Group Size: maximum 20 Students Per Session
-
Delivery Style: Interactive & Hands-On
Please Note:
Group sizes are intentionally limited to ensure every participant has the opportunity to engage, ask questions, and participate in meaningful cultural learning.
Learning Outcomes
Participants will leave the workshop with:
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An appreciation for Aboriginal artistic expression and cultural diversity
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Hands-on experience with greater understanding of Aboriginal symbols and visual storytelling
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Improved respect for cultural diversity and history
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A memorable and engaging educational experience outside standard classroom learning
Please contact us to discuss:
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Customised workshop options
-
Rotating session programs
-
Vacation Care & OHSC programs
-
Immersive full-day experiences
Professional Information
-
Working With Children Check
-
RAN Certificate
-
Public Liability Insurance
-
Adelaide-Based | Available Across South Australia
We service metropolitan and selected regional areas.
Aboriginal Symbols & Dot Painting Workshop
Voices of Our Community
"This workshop transformed my' understanding of Aboriginal heritage and history of Australia."
International Student, Osaka Japan
Aya Sato
"A respectful and professional approach to cultural education. Our students left with a deep respect for Aboriginal culture."
Teacher, The Heights School
Bradley C
"The artifact workshops were incredibly engaging. We saw a real shift in our students' curiosity and learning."
Teacher, Paralowie R-12
Patrick Charbel
"During this lesson, the students could see and touch many different Aboriginal tools, such as boomerangs, spears and grinding stones used for food.. It was a very valuable experience for the students to learn by actually holding these objects.
By touching them, the students could feel their weight and understand their materials and shapes. These things are difficult to understand only from photos or videos. I think this helped them imagine more clearly how the tools were used in people’s daily lives.
We had already seen Aboriginal art patterns many times during our stay in Australia. However, through this lesson, we could understand more deeply that they are not only designs. Each symbol has its own meaning and can show stories and connections between people and the land. This was very interesting and meaningful for us.
The students also decorated their own boomerangs using the symbols they learned. The lesson included seeing, touching, listening and making, so it was easy to understand even for Japanese students who are learning in English. They were very interested and concentrated until the end.
Through the whole lesson, I could strongly feel the teacher’s wish to protect Aboriginal culture and pass it on to the next generation. As the accompanying teacher, I am very thankful that you shared these valuable objects and your cultural knowledge with us."
Yuzo Nagayama
Teacher Josai Kawagoe High School
"I booked Aaron for two back to back artefact sessions, one with Jr primary and the other with Sr primary. He arrived early for set up and had everything ready to go before my Aboriginal students arrived.
Watching both sessions demonstrated how much knowledge Aaron has surrounding the artefacts. Aaron did a fantastic job knowing the ages of his audience and adjusted his vocabulary and facts about certain artefacts to support this. His collection highlighted many different aspects of traditional Aboriginal life, many items in his collection are very rare so it was an honour to have them shared with myself and the students. The students had the opportunity to touch the artefacts in his collection and were allowed to try items like kangaroo and possum skins on for photos after the session.
Highly recommend this session! "
Hope Bradshaw
Aboriginal Community Education Officer Settlers Farm Campus