Support these amazing students as they learn and understand about the men and women who served to defend their Homeland, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, from 1788 to present. These amazing young men and women actively live a true sense of
Reconciliation by choosing to participate in the War Memorial Project “In Defence of our Homeland”.
Support these students as they aim to advocate for the establishment of a National War Memorial to commemorate the Aboriginal men and women who have served to defend their homeland from 1788 to present.
The students feel it is important to commemorate and recognise the
contributions of all Australians In Defence of our Homeland, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal; to show how unity and division eventually led to unification of personnel as Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal men and women fought
alongside each other.
Support these students as they research, investigate, analyse and reflect on an individual’s journey before, during and after their service in defending their Homeland. Students will undertake a series of
presentations that will develop their understanding of the initial division that begun our country until the development of a united
ANZAC Legacy.This is particularly important as the centenary of the Gallipoli landing is occurring in 2015, and this project aims to connect students with the spirit of the ANZAC Legacy.
The young men and women will have the chance to replicate an original photo of their chosen soldier by wearing the uniform of that time. They will wear the responsibility and choices of an individual’s uniform. This was inspired from the documentary of the
making of the Aboriginal
For many of these amazing students they will have the chance to research family members like grandparents and great-grandparents, people they have only ever heard about. For others they will investigate people who have inspired them by their choices and
sacrifices that have been made. They will also have the great honour of hearing from men and women who have served or are currently serving to defend their Homeland.
The exhibition of the project will occur on the 30th April 2015 but the student will be going to Canberra in the middle of June to advocate for the establishment of a national memorial for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women who have
served to defend their homeland from 1788 to present. The contributions will helped fund the journey to Conberra for twenty students, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal.
This project is supported by:
The Army Museum of South Australia
To find out more information about the Museum click on the link
http://www.amosa.org.au/
Wirreanda Learner Wellbeing Centre
You can track on how the program is doing via our online school blog, facebook and twitter.
http://learnerwellbeingcentre.wordpress.com/
https://twitter.com/WirreandaSS
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wirreanda-Secondary-School/195373727275759?fref=ts
http://instagram.com/wirreandasecondary
Aims of Project
1. Reconciliation of knowledge involving those who have defended their Homeland from 1788 to present.
2. Connect students with men and women who made choices to protect their homeland.
3. Advocate for the establishment of a National Memorial to commemorate the services of men and women who have defended their Homeland.
4. To connect students within their school community, broader community and national community.
5. Students to question, analyse and be empathetic to the choices people make.
6. To increase student literacy, communication and engagement.
Your support will help build a better community by starting something good in our community. Your support will help students to reconcile the past, present and their future. The past should never be forgotten as indicate by Laurence Binyon in his poem
For the Fallen
LEST WE FORGET
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them."
