The Country adjacent to the Kaiela (Goulburn) and Dhungala (Murray) rivers is home to a significant First Nations community, with a vibrant living culture and an important history.
The Victorian Curriculum sets consistent standards to improve learning outcomes for all young Victorians. Cultural Inclusion has been shown through a wide range of research to positively address outcomes for First Nations students.
The cross-curriculum priority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures aims to support First Nations students to fully participate in the curriculum and build their self-esteem. The benefits also extend to non-Indigenous students, to engage in reconciliation and build respect and recognition of the world’s oldest continuing living cultures.
The Kaiela Dhungala First Peoples Curriculum is the work of many community members, organisations and educators, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, of the Goulburn Murray region. It incorporates the cultures, histories, and knowledge of the Goulburn Murray region’s First Nations Peoples, within the framework of the Victorian Curriculum, in a significant and meaningful way. This curriculum seeks to pay respect to and increase awareness of the strong, vital First Nations community that has resided in this area for thousands of years (and still today).
This is a living culture and history – to fully respect and appreciate this it is essential that schools, teachers, and students engage directly with community members and organisations, not just this resource.
Those involved with the curriculum acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land, their elders, past, present and their future, for their contributions to this curriculum and to our community.
