Avondale Heights Pre-School Project - Acknowledgement of the Original Custodians of the land, The Wurundjeri - mosaicing the artworks

At Avondale Heights Pre-School we made a ceramic and mosaic project to honour and acknowledge the original owners of the land. The original people who lived in Avondale Heights were the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. The Wurundjeri people used the natural things they found around them to make their artwork. We have used clay and other earth materials to make the creatures that lived in this place when the Wurundjeri People lived here.The children made the creatures in workshops with Debbie. After being fired in a kiln the creatures were glued to boards and parents filled in the background with mosaic. The mosaics were designed to match the Aboriginal and the Torres Strait Islander Flags. This community made artwork also includes acknowledgement of the Wurundjeri people as the Traditional Custodians of the land, and expresses our respect for all Indigenous Australians. It also celebrates the many animals who lived alongside the Wurrundjeri People in this place. Below are photographs of the parents making the artworks.