Aboriginal Cultural Immersion Program 2025
17th August, 2025 @ 12:00 am
Date/Time:
17/08/2025 - 23/08/2025 - All Day
Description:
The 2025 East Arnhem Land Aboriginal Immersion Program is from Sunday 17 August to Saturday 23 August. This successful program is in its sixth year and the Association of Independent Schools of South Australia (AISSA) is proud to partner with Culture College and the Association of Independent Schools NSW.
This program offers the experience of first-hand uniqueness of Aboriginal culture and provides opportunities to deepen your understanding of Australia’s First Peoples, the oldest living cultures in the world. This will empower you to lead with greater insight the reconciliation initiatives in your community and broaden your understanding of the ways that First Nations’ perspectives can be integrated into teaching and learning.
Significantly, the program contributes to providing the Yolngu people of East Arnhem Land with an economically sustainable way of maintaining their culture on their Homelands and builds true reconciliation through two-way learning.
It is designed to provide school leaders, boarding house supervisors, curriculum coordinators and educators in ELC and school settings with a deeper intercultural understanding that can be shared with their school communities. Schools are welcome to extend this invitation to a small number of secondary students.
Accommodation and Activities: The Aboriginal Cultural Immersion Program will have participants engaging in a range of hands-on activities which will include some of the following: Yolngu language lessons, kinship structures, basket weaving, bush tucker and bush medicines, making fire, making traditional paint from clay, traditional dancing, fishing and making jewellery. Full details are available here.
Designed for: School Leaders and Educators.
Location: Nhulunbuy Region, East Arnhem Land.
Facilitated by: Culture College.
Price: Cost per person is $6,050.00 (GST inclusive). A deposit of $1,000.00 per person will be required no later than 17 February 2025, with final payment due 17 April 2025.
Key Dates: 17-23 August 2025.
Registration: To register, please complete the booking form and send it to Culture College via email at info@culturecollege.org.
Enquires: For further information, please contact Karen Schoff.