Art works developed by Charles Sturt University (CSU) education students will be unveiled on Monday 16 March in a new exhibition aimed at highlighting progress in the teaching of Aboriginal history in the classroom. “The exhibition’s evocative images illustrate Australian history recognising colonisation and its impacts on Indigenous people as well as their responses and the great struggle for justice,” said senior education lecturer, Dr Mary O’Dowd. Describing the art as confronting and moving, Head of the School of Education  at Wagga Wagga, Associate Professor Roslin Brennan-Kemmis said, “the exhibition reflects where the Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultures interact and where we feel discomfort. It is not easy to face the grief of the Stolen Generations and the role of all Australians in this tragedy.” “The song and imagery in the exhibition unite the two cultures and our shared futures,” said Mr John Muk Muk Burke, a Wiradjuri man and CSU Learning Skills Adviser. During the opening, a six year old non-Indigenous girl will share her knowledge of Aboriginal culture with four Wiradjuri Elders. The Elders will also hear from the Bachelor of Education (Primary) students on what they hope to achieve in the classroom for Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. During the opening of the exhibition Aboriginal History: Owning the Past, the University choir will sing Hallleluia as images of Aboriginal history are flashed onto a white wall.