Working on Country
1st May, 2024
Enthusiastic students from Fremantle College have been participating in the “Caring for Noongar Boodja” project.
Opportunities for high school students to visit, learn about and care for Perth’s unique natural areas require intensive coordination and determination to make it happen. The “Caring for Noongar Boodja – Elders, schools and community working together project” has facilitated over 500 students from Fremantle Primary School, All Saints College and Fremantle College to learn about traditional ecological knowledge and participate in cultural activities focused on the environment.
Year 7 and 8 students from Fremantle College traipsed up Dwerda Weelardinup to hear about the site’s cultural significance and about the importance of the Honeymyrtle Shrubland Threatened Ecological Community. Members of the Friends of Cantonment Hill led the students on a litter collection exercise before we shared stories over lunch. Two-way learning deepens understanding and helps strengthen appreciation of the knowledge.
It was a warm Bunuru day and collecting other people’s litter is not great fun, but the students happily responded to the request to join in other activities to care for Noongar Boodja.
Learn more about the project here
This project is coordinated by Perth NRM and supported by funding from the Western Australian Government’s State NRM Program.
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