Yura Muda
This term, students have been learning about different tools that have been made and used by Stone Age people around the world. They examined the three basic types of rocks indigenous people would have encountered in Australia and explored the possible uses of sample stones. Students learned how to make cord from plant leaves, and how this could be put to a variety of uses, depending on its thickness and strength. They learned what songlines are, and how these involve landscape, waterscape and skyscape. Students explored the meaning of symbols in indigenous art and how these can be used to describe detailed songline stories and maps without using written words.
