Nobody knows for how many thousand years the Dunggula story has been told to children. But this year, for the first time, it's going digital
superimposes silhouetted dancers moving across a traditional dot painting.
“To think that one Aboriginal person holds everything is wrong,” said Sansbury-Smith. “Because there are storytellers, there are song people and visual artists ... everyone has their role. When we go to communities we always ask who can guide the students best in relation to the multiple art forms that are explored.”
“That’s why it’s so important to facilitate those experiences and journeys because ... if [the story] is not catalysed and recalled and recorded, if the sites aren’t located while custodians are able to, then a lot of that knowledge could be lost.” The SharingStories program “provided motivation to bring the language back”, Kobe Atkinson said. “We have grown up with a few words, but not speaking the language. So to know my kids and their grandkids and the whole Bangerang nation will grow up with language is everything.”
Every community program produces 10 to 20 hours of teacher resources as well as the digital content. The foundation is building an online education portal to be launched later this year, so resources approved by communities can be shared with schools and teachers around Australia.
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