The Forgotten WarriorIncursion Year Level Suitability: 3-6 to 10-12 Duration: 1 hour The true story of Peter Craigie, an Indigenous man who rode a horse 1700 kms to enlist in WW1. Created in collaboration with his great niece in QLD, this show features the endangered Pitta Pitta language and is a hybrid of live theatre and cinema.
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The Go-Between: William Murrungurk BuckleyIncursion Year Level Suitability: 3-6 to 10-12 Duration: 60 minutes plus questions Australian history show re Indigenous Australia and European colonisation of Port Phillip, from 1803 – 1837. Tracks life of escaped convict William Buckley who lived with Wathaurong people for 32 years, then became the Melbourne go-between.
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GOLD IN THE HEARTIncursion Year Level Suitability: 3-6 to 10-12 Duration: 60 minutes plus questions Brilliant music and story theatre tracking the 1850’s gold rush - European, Chinese and Aboriginal - and events leading to Eureka, with folk songs, poetry, documents, maps, flags, newspaper reports - and with 6 students participating in the performance.
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The Groovenomad (years p-12)Incursion Year Level Suitability: Kinder to 10-12 Duration: Primary/High school 60 minutes. Early learning centres/Day care 40 minutes. The Groovenomad blends storytelling with traditional & innovative musical instruments from around the Globe. This magnetizing, interactive show shares the richness, beauty and power of embracing cultural diversity to promote a progressive Global Community
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IMMIGRATION: A BETTER LIFE IN AUSTRALIAIncursion Year Level Suitability: 3-6 Duration: 60 minutes plus questions (60 mins set up) From the First Australians who walked and sailed from Africa, through the the First Fleet and Gold Rush to post-war migration including Jan’s personal family story, this is a story and music/song show about how Australia became a land of many peoples.
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Indigenous Science - Fire, Flight & Sound.Incursion Year Level Suitability: Prep-2 to 3-6 Duration: 1 Hour This show looks at 'Flight, Fire & Sound' with an Indigenous Perspective.Through the use of interactive and exciting demonstrations we look at the scientific principles behind the Boomerang, Aboriginal Fire use and Indigenous instruments.(Didgeridoo)
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Modern Australian Dance - Get up, stand up, be braveIncursion Year Level Suitability: Prep-2 to 10-12 Duration: 1 hour incursion Australian Modern Culture Get ready for a dynamic incursion of dance, dreamlike imagination drama and modern dance culture of Australia with a strong theme of Get Up, Stand Up & Be Brave (inspired by NAIDOC & Reconciliation Wk)
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On The WallabyIncursion Year Level Suitability: Kinder to 3-6 Duration: 60 min Beginning with Australia’s indigenous past this show uses song , dance and theatre to trace some of Australia's history. Featuring guitar, accordion, whistles ,vocals, lagerphone and calling.
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Wominjeka: The Thank You WorkshopIncursion Year Level Suitability: 3-6 to 10-12 Duration: 90 minutes Wominjeka means 'welcome' in the Aboriginal languages around Melbourne, and in this Australian history workshop students learn to sing a song of respect for Indigenous people, and learn a black-white history of conflict and reconciliation.
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