On a Thursday morning the Kulbardi Aboriginal Centre welcomed over 150 Indigenous students from across WA to attend their event, Deadly Dreaming, based in Murdoch University. The students gathered outside the building Booja Katitjin (the largest mass engineered timber building in Western Australia), ready to take on the day!
Each school was separated into teams and rotated around campus through a series of engaging workshops. Yule Brook Deadly Sista Girlz program’s first class included animal bones, featuring a hands-on exploration of skulls, skeletons and preserved mammal specimens. The students observed and engaged closely before participating in a quiz led by the university mentors.
The university hosted a lunchtime celebration featuring bouncy castles, friendly football matches, sizzling sausages, and lively group games that brought everyone together.
Students were challenged to identify animals based on the structure of their skulls. Glass displays around the classroom show cased a range of different skulls, preserved animal hair, bodies and skulls, from cats, dogs, gorillas, chimpanzee, horses and more. The Deadly Sista Girlz students actively participated in conversations around human and animal anatomy, drawing connections between biology and identity. To wrap up the session, students sculpted clay skulls, carefully shaping features to represent different parts of the brain and face.
Our DSG program holds and participates in engagement events, like the Deadly Dreaming, across the year for students to build connections.
Deadly Sista Girlz is a holistic education, empowerment and healthy lifestyle program for Indigenous girls operating in 18 schools across Australia.
