WINGHAM High School's Aboriginal Education Office Brendan Croker has been overseeing a very important artistic project that has been three years in the making and is now near completion.
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Panels depicting and celebrating aboriginal involvement in the school and the community have started being attached to the front of the school hall.
With involvement from Taree Indigenous Development and Employment (TIDE) Ltd , the Gangga Marrang Arts and Cultural Centre, and the school's Koori students, the hall is taking on a unique and stunning aspect.
"It is our way of showing the kids they are part of the school," explained Brendan.
The front murals are dominated by a depiction of a fig tree, representing Wingham. Each Koori kid from Wingham High School then picked a circle, and painted their family totem in the circle. The hand prints are from the Aboriginal support staff and the Koori students.
In addition, students from Wingham Brush Public School and Wingham Public School have been involved, providing their own panels, with the Brush school depicted by a flying fox and Wingham Public painting a goanna.
The hall's centre doors have been painted with traditional elders by way of paying respect to the traditional Biripi people past, present and future.
Wayne Paulson has nearly completed a painting of the Biripi shark to be included, and a story board acknowledging the history of the local Biripi people of Wingham is being written by Aunty Barb and Uncle Tom Clarke.
When the mural is completed, an opening ceremony will be held inviting members of the public, with the date yet to be decided.
Brendan Croker said that deputy principle Paul Ivers and principal Mark Thompson deserved a big thank you for their support for the project.