Caring for Coranderrk with Brooke Wandin

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A three-minute film and creative learning activity for children from Kindergarten to Level 6, with a focus on Victorian First Nations history and connection to Country, and visual art.

Wurundjeri creative and cultural educator Brooke Wandin takes us to Coranderrk, the former Aboriginal station on Wurundjeri Country in Healesville that was home to members of her family and many other Victorian Aboriginal people from 1863 until 1924.

Brooke introduces Coranderrk in the Wurundjeri Language and shows us family photographs, a shield made by her great-great-Uncle, William Barak, and a drawing that she made about Coranderrk, and invites us to create a drawing of a place that is special to us.

This is a Yarra Ranges Regional Museum Creative Learning Activity.

 

How to run the activity

Step 1: Print worksheet in either colour or black and white and prepare art materials such as coloured pencils or textas.

Step 2: Introduce the activity and play the three-minute film Caring for Coranderrk with Brooke Wandin. 

Step 3: Once the children have finished, reflect on the activity. Do some children want to hold up their drawings and talk about them?  

Step 4: Lead a short discussion about the film, for example who was William Barak? What have the children learnt about Coranderrk?  

 

Watch the film here

Caring for Coranderrk with Brooke Wandin audio transcript(DOCX, 21KB)

 

Download Printable Template

Black and White template

Caring-for-Coranderrk-with-Brooke-Wandin_black-and-white-worksheet.pdf(PDF, 425KB)

Colour template

Caring-for-Coranderrk-with-Brooke-Wandin_colour-worksheet.pdf(PDF, 426KB)

 

Find out more about Coranderrk

To learn more about Coranderrk, visit the website here.

For a deeper dive into Coranderrk's story, you can watch Episode 3 of First Australians: Freedom For Our Lifetime, on SBS on Demand for free.

 

Find out more about Yarra Ranges Regional Museum

About Yarra Ranges Regional Museum

Opened in 2011, Yarra Ranges Regional Museum promotes a greater understanding of the rich and diverse cultural heritage of the Yarra Ranges region through exhibitions, collections and programs. 

The Museum is custodian of a collection of over 13,000 cultural objects, including Indigenous belongings related to Coranderrk Aboriginal Station and a sub-collection related to opera diva Dame Nellie Melba (1861-1931). 

Yarra Ranges Regional Museum is open Wed - Sun, 10am - 4pm and entry is free.

 

Explore more at Yarra Ranges Regional Museum

Access over 13,000 images of historical objects, treasured belongings and significant cultural items in the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum's online collection database.

We also welcome school visits so get in touch and come see us.

 

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If you have any questions or would like to chat with the team, please call us on 1300 368 333 or email us at boxoffice@yarraranges.vic.gov.au

Curriculum links

History  

Geography 

  • Toward Foundation Places and our connection to them (VCGGK052) 

  • Foundation to Level 2 Places and our connection to them (VCGGK069)(VCGGK066) 

  • Level 3-4 Diversity and significance of places and environments (VCGGK080) 

Visual Arts 

Early Years Learning Framework 

  • Children learn to interact in relation to others with care, empathy and respect (EYLF Outcome 1.4) 

  • Children respond to diversity with respect (EYLF Outcome 2.2) 

  • Children develop a range of learning and thinking skills and processes such as problem solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating (EYLF Outcome 4.2)  

  • Children express ideas and make meaning using a range of media (EYLF Outcome 5.3)  

Project Credits

Creative presenter: Brooke Wandin

Film and photography: Tiny Empire Collective

Location: Thanks to the Wandoon Estate for allowing filming at Coranderrk

Project concept, development and delivery by Yarra Ranges Regional Museum staff: Alex Gerner, Ruth McLean, Kitty Owens, Maddie Reece, Megan Sheehy

Worksheet design: Beci Orpin

 

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