Learning indigenous history

As part of National Reconciliation Week, grade five and six students from 11 of our local schools this week had the unique opportunity to learn about the history of the Wurundjeri people, the significance of Mt William Stone Axe Quarry in Lancefield and the Sunbury Rings. Macedon Ranges Shire Council and the Wurundjeri Tribe Land & Compensation Cultural Heritage Council Elders made presentations to the school children at the Kyneton Town Hall on Wednesday.

In October, the students will visit the Mt William green stone quarry site to experience firsthand this local prehistorical aboriginal site.

Pictured from left are Jude (Malmsbury PS), Maggie (Woodend PS), Annette Xiberras (custodian of Mt William Stone Axe Quarry), Willy Xiberras, Stuart (Woodend PS) and Sarah-Cait (Malmsbury PS). Photo: Chris Fleming