How to Engage

HOW to engage

You are about to begin
There are opportunities to collect information
There are waterholes from one to eight that are colour coded, each colour connects and builds your knowledge base

Note: Follow the instructions, you place your arrow on every symbol to move throughout the waterhole and read out all the information to your fellow trackers to build your Indigenous knowledge base or just play (move the arrow anywhere) and have fun discovering.

A Tracker begins in a waterhole, we are beginning in Country waterhole number two

Blackbird at the centre of the waterhole, place the arrow on the blackbird and read the information to your fellow trackers

Country: the land Aboriginal people belong too and their place of creation

Place the white arrow on the red dot and press, an artifact will appear “Nulla Nulla” if you press again information from the internet will appear, to exit press the white X

Then place your white arrow on the Green Triangle and read the information

Totem: Honey Ants store honey like food in their abdomen, worker ant collects the sweet nectar, and it is a sacred food

Move to the next symbol, Red Book, press your arrow on it and wait 3 seconds, listen to the

Story: “the koala and the kangaroo story” to exit press the white X

Move to the next symbol, Yellow Dot 2, press on the white arrow and read the information, the heading possum tracks is the animal tracks you are following in the waterhole. The knowledge you are reading is connected to an initiation story you are building.

Possum Tracks 2: Their knowledge system which continues developing through that young persons

Note: This information” yellow dot 2” is connecting to the yellow dots 1-8 in each waterhole, each yellow dot is part of a story about tracking, we build this story from waterhole one to waterhole eight as we go around each waterhole, like building a song-line within the boundaries of country, an Indigenous language group, we are coding and mapping as we travel around our boundaries of country.

Move to the next symbol,

Red Dot: white arrow, follow the footprints anti-clockwise and remember to press on each symbol

Move to the next symbol,

Green 1: Song-lines - A cultural practice comprising oral lore (Law), singing and storytelling such as dance (green one connects to green two - builds the story)

Move to next symbol

Place the white arrow on the black dot and press, a totem will appear “Honey Ant” if you press again information from the internet will appear, to exit press the white X

Black Dot: Honey Ants (Totem) store honey like food in their abdomen, the worker ant collects the sweet nectar, and it is a sacred food

Move to the next symbol,

Note: This is an exit, Blue Circle, white dot, press on

Exit 2: Country waterhole and enter Air waterhole

Blue Circle, white dot, you can choose to exit the waterhole, follow the white footprints, and enter the next blue circle, white dot waterhole titled “AIR” number 3, or just stay in the waterhole you are in

Note: If you decide to stay, Move to the next symbol

Red Dot: white question mark. what is the name of the language group where you live?

Note: Think about this question, then brainstorm, research, develop and present a presentation on the language group boundaries you reside in.

Move to the next symbol,

Green 2: and paintings. Song-lines are an intricate web of song cycles that identify landmarks and subtle (green two connects to green three - builds the story)

Move to the next symbol,

Press on, black dot number two, curriculum, week two, beliefs, values, and practises

Linking to the curriculum question, and task one, follow the guidelines

Note: Black dot number two is part of a four-week activity for participants, who then as a team brainstorm, research, develop and present their outcome to their fellow participants

Move to the next symbol,

Blue Circle, white dot. Enter means entering from the opposite waterhole, continue following the footprints anti-clockwise

Note: keep going around the waterhole to the possum tracks

Move to the next symbol,

White Bird, blue circle. Country, press on blue you tube, it will take you to the internet and the didgeridoo healing music, to exit press the white X

Move to the next symbol,

Green 3: Tracking for navigation. The songs often evoke how features of the land were created and named (green three connects to green four - builds the story)

Move to the next symbol

Red Dot, white question mark. What is an acknowledgement country?

Brainstorm, research, develop and present.

Move to the next symbol,

Black Dot: Honey Ant (totem) found in the ground and are not swallowed when eaten but laced on the tongue and the abdomen is bitten and the honey is sucked out

Move to the next symbol,

Green 4: During the creation, by singing the songs in sequence, we can navigate vast distances (green one to green four - builds the whole story)

Move to the next symbol,

Red Dot, white question mark. What is a welcome to country?

Brainstorm, research, develop and present

Move to the next symbol,

Yellow Dot 2: Follow the possum tracks up, go past the red book and green triangle to collect the artifact, and press on the red circle, white dot

Red Circle, white dot, collect the

Artifact: Nulla Nulla is a weapon for punishment when the Law (lore) is broken

Note: Once you have collected the artifact, Country waterhole completed

Now move to waterhole number 3, and press on the yellow symbol number 3

Witchetty Grub Tracks 3: Initiation processes and stays with them for the rest of their lives

Note: Remember yellow dots and their numbers from 1 to 8 are building a story, so build the story as you go anti-clockwise around each waterhole

The Tracker then begins in the new their waterhole three titled “Air”

Blackbird at the centre of the waterhole, place the arrow on the blackbird and read the information to your fellow trackers

Air: allows us to breathe and live our lives equally as human beings

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