Wake up the Snake launched at Boorla Bardip Western Australian Museum this week as part of an ARC Linkage Grant looking at the intergenerational transfer of indigenous knowledges. The Kids on Country crew was one of two case studies in the exhibition.
For three years the Kalamaia Kaprun Elders Kids walked on Country sharing their stories, illustrating water themes, as we learnt to listen. Language emerged, questions were asked by Kids and a series of 5 counter maps and photo essays emerged.
This First Nations led project took us, over and over, to important places at different times and different seasons and the Kids stepped up in every way. The launch saw the young leaders taking hundreds of guests on tour at the museum.
Youth voice and engagement is at the heart of all we do at Millennium Kids and on the day young First Nations people nailed it!
The two case studies are in the museum for 6 months. If you care about water in the Great Western Woodland and wild rivers like the Martuwarra Fitzroy, then get along and check out these stories by First Nations artists, poets, Elders and kids.
This research forms part of the Kids on Country Australian Research Council (ARC) research project: a consortium of the University of Notre Dame Australia, Edith Cown University, Millennium Kids, Pandandus Park Community, the Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council, Madjulla Inc, the Western Austtralian Museum, and the Water Corproation of Western Australia.
With special thanks to Lotterywest, Services Australia, Wyemando Bequest and Centre for People Planet and Place.
