Aboriginal Knowledge and Culture

This program is a unique opportunity to investigate a wide variety of local native plants which were integral in the life of First Nations people.

Aboriginal Education Officers will provide a personal perspective offering how Indigenous people of the Sydney area used plants for food, medicine, tools and weapons, giving students a unique opportunity to meet and interact with members of our Indigenous communities.

• Be guided on a walk through the Cadi Jam Ora Garden while learning about the traditional and contemporary uses of native plants.
• Examine plants that were used by the original custodians for food, medicine, shelter, tools and weapons.
• View artefacts made from these plants as well as other aspects of Aboriginal culture.

• Appreciate the traditional customs within Aboriginal culture.
• Learn about traditional methods of hunting and gathering local food sources.
• Discover plants that are used for food, medicine, tools, weapons and shelter by Aboriginal people.
• Appreciate the connections that Aboriginal people have with their country.
• Explore the significance of artefacts used by Cadigal people.

Focus Syllabus Outcomes

Science

• Observe and describe the structural features of some native Australian animals and plants (ST3-10LW)
• Describe how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples use observations of the night sky to inform decisions about some everyday activities, e.g. food gathering and ceremonies (ST3-8ES)
• Describes how the properties of materials determine their use for specific purposes (ST3-13MW)

Geography

• Describes the diverse features and characteristics of places and environments (GE3-1)
• Explains interactions and connections between people, places and environments (GE3-2)