Connecting with Country

A live learning experience for K–6 students Free Online Classroom Event

50 years of Deadly

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Without First Nations people, Kangaroo Island has burned widely over the past 2,000 years as the climate got drier.
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A Welcome to Country isn't a political statement, it's a demonstration of generosity and respect from the world's oldest living culture.

It is a sacred cultural practice that remains an important tradition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to this day.

Since time immemorial, our people have welcomed others onto Country and been welcomed in return. Before colonisation, Australia was not one country, but hundreds; each with their own customs, languages, spiritual beliefs, cultural practices and identity.

Performed by a member of the Traditional Owner group of the land on which the ceremony is held, a Welcome is an invitation to enter and pay respects to the land, water, sky and people. The ceremony itself includes a verbal welcome, but could also include a smoking ceremony as well as song and dance. It offers those who live or travel on Country safe passage and spiritual protection.

KHT proudly presents: occupation studies: ngayanhurra bayarral Birrarung (they tried to tame Birrarung), a new multichannel audiovisual artwork by artist Tahlia Palmer (Yuwaalaraay/Gamilaraay and mixed European descent), developed in collaboration with Jasper Cohen-Hunter (Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung).

Bringing together sound, moving image and archival material Palmer and Cohen-Hunter interrogate the colonial occupation and regulation of the Birrarung (Yarra River), revealing how non-First Peoples altered a living waterway that had sustained Wurundjeri people for countless generations.

📅 21 March - 13 September 2026
📍 Birrarung Building, Fed Square. Narrm

This exhibition is proudly supported by Creative Victoria, City of Melbourne, Creative Australia,
Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support, ANZ Bank and Viva Energy Australia.

KHT acknowledges and pays respect to the Wurundjeri People for their ongoing and enduring connection to, and custodianship of, the lands and waterways of the Birrarung.

Looking forward to presenting at this years conference.
Mungo and Murnong

🧠📚 Biology teachers: move beyond memorisation to deep understanding 🧠📚

As part of the VCE Conference Series 2026: Teaching for Impact, this session explores how to shift students from memorising content to truly understanding key VCE Biology concepts.

Using examples from plasma membranes, biochemical reactions, and genetics, this session will showcase:�
• Inquiry-based activities that foster active, student-led discovery�
• Rotating stations and collaborative problem-solving to move students from recall to reasoning�
• Classroom-tested games and visual scaffolds that make complex concepts accessible and engaging.

You’ll leave with ready-to-use templates and strategies to boost student understanding, confidence, and engagement in VCE Biology — making your teaching both effective and impactful.

Speaker:�Dr Mehar Saeed – Staff Mentor Specialist, Minaret College (Officer Campus, VIC)

Register for VCE Conference: www.stav.org.au/event/vce-conference-series-2026-teaching-for-impact

As the home of First Nations storytelling, National Indigenous Television (NITV) will bring its 2026 Alway Was Always Will Be programming slate across NITV and the entire SBS Network from Sunday 18 January to Monday 26 January to shine a light on Australia’s shared history.

January 26 remains a moment of national conversation, one that asks Australians to reflect on the history and complexity of this date, examine identity and consider what this day means to First Nations peoples and contemporary Australia.

Across the week, NITV and SBS invite all Australians to engage with distinctive, authoritative, deeply personal and unapologetically Blak perspectives that illuminate the truth of our shared history.

The curated slate explores stories of strength, survival and pride, offering audiences the opportunity to reflect, understand and connect with the world’s oldest living continuous culture

Read the full list of programs

https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/always-was-always-will-be-2026/hfoi0tl3x