Dabaa-malang: Wiradjuri gathering at CSU

1 SEPTEMBER 2015

Students studying the Wiradjuri language and culture at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga will host about 200 primary school children on Wednesday 2 September.The Wiradjuri Cultural Day will be held from 9.45am to 2.30pm at The Hub (building 20) as part of a five-day residential school for CSU's Graduate Certificate in Wiradjuri Language, Culture and Heritage students.Children from Years 2, 3 and 4 will progress through a series of activities and workshops including: Wiradjuri songs and story-telling; Wiradjuri language in classrooms; Johnny cakes and story; Wiradjuri tools and weapons; weaving; and bush dyeing.The Wiradjuri Cultural Day will begin with a Welcome to Country from 9.45am by Wiradjuri Elder Uncle Dr Stan Grant, AM.The Graduate Certificate in Wiradjuri Language, Culture and Heritage was developed by CSU and the Wiradjuri Council of Elders to re-energize the Indigenous language and Wiradjuri Nation. It is a one-year distance education program with a five-day compulsory residential school at CSU in Wagga Wagga.

Media Note:

The Wiradjuri Cultural Day will be held from 9.45am to 2.30pm Wednesday 2 September. 

The workshops will start at 10am and take place at The Hub, building 20, near car park 2, Darnell Smith Drive, CSU in Wagga Wagga. There will be a morning tea break from 11am to 11.30am and a lunch break from 1pm to 2pm. 

Further information is available from CSU Media.

Photo: CSU student Ms Ruth Davys helps Lake Albert Public School children with weaving during the Wiradjuri Cultural Day at CSU in Wagga Wagga.

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