Truth-telling and Treaty at the Darebin Schools Yarning Conference

Key points

• Year 5 students from 19 Catholic, independent and public schools met at Bundoora Park Farm on Tuesday 20 October for the ninth annual Darebin Schools NAIDOC Yarning Conference. Local Elders and First Peoples led activities including Caring for Country, dance, weaving, music and Traditional Games.
• Students wrote poetry on truth-telling, which was combined into one spoken word piece. Travis Lovett presented each school with a Wurundjeri message stick and urged students to build safer, kinder schools.
• Gellung Warl representatives celebrated Victoria's Treaty with First Peoples.