Kingston Koori Youth Engagement
Goal• Connect our 60 Aboriginal
young people living across 94 sq km of Kingston Council Melbourne metro area, to their culture and to each other.
• Secondary College had identified disconnection from culture and each other.
4 Key areas : • Connect to culture• Connect to education
and employment• Connect to
environment• Connect to healthy
lifestyle
Strengths in our community• Council’s Access and Equity Aboriginal
Committee• Our Elders Local Indigenous Network &
Boon wurrung Foundation• 13kms foreshore and Enviro Officers &
Parks Rangers • Close to a marine sanctuary. Marine
scientists and research boat Saltwater Projects work with EPA on water quality.
• Council staff to write grants & coordinate • Teachers at Secondary Colleges• Our young people• Links to Monash Uni mentors
Passion to share language, traditional stories and traditional knowledge on sustainability
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Archaeologist and the physics of culture
Out door classroom
Cultural knowledge and science sustainability technology
Data collecting
FIRST ENGAGEMNT 4 years ago:
• Most young people had never heard Aboriginal language.
• Most had never met an Aboriginal Elder
• Most didn’t know the Aboriginal name of the Country they were born on.
• Some had never worn a pair of goggles
• Most had never met a marine biologist, an EPA scientist, a skipper, a first mate or a film maker.
Mentors
Four gatherings a year – 4 focus areas
Projection art: 5 strengths you carry
Outcomes:
• Facebook page
• Film: Connecting to sea Country
• Young people know their culture, Country they come from and feel connected and pride of culture
• Cultural walking trail : interpretative signage
• Cultural Resources : story collecting Young people with Elders
• Gathering Place
• Recognise campaign
Science and Culture with Elders and Youth Projects in NT and QLD to link on FB and website.