Water is flowing through our hands,
Shared between us across our lands.
From river to sea, we can all just be,
One family on our island home.
Water gives us food to eat,
Like crabs and fish, and crocodile meat!
From river to sea, it is the key,
One family on our island home.
Water can help us to grow as friends,
As we help to conserve it to the end.
From river to sea, we are one and free,
One family on our island home.
Author’s statement:
I wrote mainly about water because it is the connection between everything. It connects
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island peoples, the foreigners who came here, all of us who live here now, the land and nature. Water gives us life. We should try to live together peacefully and happily.
Reconciliation means…
Reconciliation means that everyone should make up with each other. Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Island peoples were the first people in this country and when the foreigners came here, lots of bad things happened to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people. For example, people couldn’t live how they normally lived and children were stolen from their families. All Australians should still help the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and respect their culture and identity.
Author: Jacob George
Many of these resources and activities have been developed in consultation with NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) to ensure that the program meets NSW curriculum outcomes for Stages 3, 4 & 5.
Reconciliation NSW aims to create a reconciled, just and equitable community for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other Australians. We work to inform, support and inspire people to engage in reconciliation.
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