The target age group for the project is 10 – 14 years old (upper primary and lower secondary). Students, teachers and artists will go out on field trips to the bush for initial inspiration, under the guidance and mentorship of environmentalists and people of local Indigenous backgrounds. During terms 3, and 4 each artist will deliver six weeks of ‘in-field-in-school’ programs, inspired by the Gondwana bushland eco-links around each school and developed in consultation with appropriate teachers.

As part of building identity and empowering young Indigenous Youth to take on a leadership role in the Term 3 and 4 Residencies, there will be an Indigenous Performing Arts Camp held at Nowanup, north east of Albany. This camp will help to develop young peoples’ views on social and cultural awareness and the environment, and most of all the camp will provide a strong component of Noongar Culture and how Noongar people connect to country & the Gondwana Link. Through Elders and young Indigenous Arts Practitioners, young participants will be shown the importance of connecting to country to make a stand to help look after, preserve and protect, the land & environment which their ancestors are so much a part of.


The resulting documentation will be uploaded to our blogsite throughout the week and at the completion each residency there will be an online conference where participating schools can witness the development of each school collaboration. This will be an important facet of the project in overcoming isolation and fostering relationships between communities.

Each residency has the potential to be showcased to the respective school communities. The project will culminate with an “Umbrella Event” which will comprise of a DVD screening with a live performance component in November 2011.