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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and culture

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Acknowledgment of Country

Noosa District High School acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we live, work and study. We pay our respect to local Indigenous Elders past, present and emerging and recognises the strength, resilience and capacity of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

History

All campuses of Noosa District State High school sit on the land of the Kabi Kabi/Gubbi Gubbi people. Kabi Kabi/Gubbi Gubbi country spans from Pumicestone Rd near Caboolture all the way north to Childers and as far west as Kilkivan. The Kabi Kabi/Gubbi Gubbi people are the host of the famous Bunya nut gatherings. The Bunya Nut Gatherings are culturally significant to the Frst Nation's People because it is a time where Indigenous people from Eastern Australia would come together to trade, share stories and knowledge's, cultural ceremonies conducted and disputes resolved. Groups who attended this gathering would take the products and knowledges to other gatherings where it would be passed on and contribute to the complex trade routes that ran throughout Australia.

Student Activities:



Students appreciating Kabi Kabi/Gabbi Gabbi member Uncle Bretn Miller




Indigenous Australians and Maori Culture being shared with students for Reconciliation week..  
 
Students visiting Aunty Terri at Deadly Expresso
 
Students visiting out Tewantin Primary School with Gubbi Gubbi Dance Mob for NAIDOC

CULTURAL HISTORY AND IMPORTANT EVENTS

Naidoc week:

NAIDOC week is a week that widely celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 
www.naidoc.org.au/ External link

Reconciliation Week:

Reconciliation week opens with the 1967 referendum anniversary (27th of May) and closes with Mabo day (3rd of June). The anniversary of the 1967 referendum is celebrated because it changed the constitution and allowed Aboriginal people to actually be counted as people in the census. Sadly, in parts of Australia, Aboriginal people still had to apply for citizenship by renouncing their culture, connection and family.

Mabo day represents the anniversary of Eddie Mabo's crusade to the high court to overturn the legal fiction of the term "Terra Nullius" – meaning 'nobody's land' in Latin. This term became the foundation in the legal groundwork of colonization, as, in essence, it stated that Australia was uninhabited (obviously not true) and this enabled invasion to occur. The overturning of this term occurred on 3 June 1992 and has since paved the way for land rights claims and reformation.
https://www.reconciliation.org.au/national-reconciliation-week/ External link
https://humanrights.gov.au/about/get-involved/events/national-reconciliation-week External link
https://www.aboriginalheritage.org/news/2013/mabo-day/ External link 

National Sorry Day:

National Sorry Day is a day of acknowledgement, remembrance and healing towards the long history of mistreatment towards the Indigenous people of Australia. The day is held on the anniversary of the Bring them home report which was tabled in parliament in 1997. This report is an inquiry into the long-lasting effects and trauma bought on by the Stolen Generation which ran from approximately 1905 into the 1970's.
https://www.reconciliation.org.au/national-sorry-day-2020/ External link
https://education.abc.net.au/home#!/digibook/618742/national-sorry-day External link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V3SX0H7pHc External link

National Apology Day:

This is the day that in 2008, then Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, publicly delivered a long overdue apology on behalf of the Australia government to Aboriginal people. He apologized for the forced removal of children from their families and communities that occurred for approximately 70 years. 
https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/articles/apology-australias-indigenous-peoples External link
https://info.australia.gov.au/about-australia/our-country/our-people/apology-to-australias-indigenous-peoples External link

https://www.reconciliation.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Apology-fact-sheet.pdf External link

Last reviewed 13 May 2024
Last updated 13 May 2024