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'This is an expansive and generous Welcome to Country from a most respected Elder, Aunty Joy Murphy, beautifully given form by Indigenous artist Lisa Kennedy.
'Welcome to the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri People. We are part of this land and the land is part of us. This is where we come from. Wominjeka Wurundjeri balluk yearmenn koondee bik. Welcome to Country.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Reading Australia
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Unit Suitable ForAC: Year 3 (NSW Stage 2)
DurationThis is an extensive unit that might take up to 6 weeks
Curriculum Summary
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Themes
Aboriginal history and culture, Books by Indigenous creators, connection to place, connection to the natural world, connections to Country, Respect, the environment
General Capabilities
Ethical understanding, Intercultural understanding
Cross-curriculum Priorities
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures, Sustainability
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Embedding Indigenous Perspectives in Reviewing Welcome to Country with Australian High-School Students:
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Jeunesse : Young People, Texts, Culture , Winter vol. 8 no. 2 2016; (p. 142-151)
— Review of Welcome to Country 2016 single work picture book'The writing of this book review and the unusual form it ultimately took came about because of a variety of fortuitous coincidences. To begin with, I was asked if I was interested in writing a review of Indigenous children’s literature for this journal. I was interested, but as a non-Indigenous woman, I felt it would be a better, more accurate review if written by an Indigenous reviewer, so I gave the editors some potential names. The same week, the Ashgrove Children’s Literature Festival in Brisbane, Australia, contacted me and asked if I would like to run a workshop at a private secondary school during Literature Week. I have been involved for some time in the work of embedding Indigenous perspectives in curricula, so an opportunity to apply them to an “authentic” school-based workshop as part of a literary festival seemed too good an opportunity to forgo. The third coincidence: I was getting to know Chenoa Masters, an impressive young Indigenous pre-service teacher. And so this project came together. Chenoa and I decided that we would lead the workshop and review a new Indigenous-authored picture book, Aunty Joy Murphy and Lisa Kennedy’s Welcome to Country, together with the high-school students who took part in the workshop. In the process, we would all engage in what we expected would be an authentic book-reviewing workshop (authentic because it was to be published), with a genuine reason to embed Indigenous perspectives.' (Introduction)
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Welcome to Country : Aunty Joy Murphy
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , October 2016; (p. 60)
— Review of Welcome to Country 2016 single work picture book -
Review : Welcome to Country
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 1 October 2016; (p. 36)
— Review of Welcome to Country 2016 single work picture book
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Review : Welcome to Country
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 1 October 2016; (p. 36)
— Review of Welcome to Country 2016 single work picture book -
Welcome to Country : Aunty Joy Murphy
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , October 2016; (p. 60)
— Review of Welcome to Country 2016 single work picture book -
Embedding Indigenous Perspectives in Reviewing Welcome to Country with Australian High-School Students:
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Jeunesse : Young People, Texts, Culture , Winter vol. 8 no. 2 2016; (p. 142-151)
— Review of Welcome to Country 2016 single work picture book'The writing of this book review and the unusual form it ultimately took came about because of a variety of fortuitous coincidences. To begin with, I was asked if I was interested in writing a review of Indigenous children’s literature for this journal. I was interested, but as a non-Indigenous woman, I felt it would be a better, more accurate review if written by an Indigenous reviewer, so I gave the editors some potential names. The same week, the Ashgrove Children’s Literature Festival in Brisbane, Australia, contacted me and asked if I would like to run a workshop at a private secondary school during Literature Week. I have been involved for some time in the work of embedding Indigenous perspectives in curricula, so an opportunity to apply them to an “authentic” school-based workshop as part of a literary festival seemed too good an opportunity to forgo. The third coincidence: I was getting to know Chenoa Masters, an impressive young Indigenous pre-service teacher. And so this project came together. Chenoa and I decided that we would lead the workshop and review a new Indigenous-authored picture book, Aunty Joy Murphy and Lisa Kennedy’s Welcome to Country, together with the high-school students who took part in the workshop. In the process, we would all engage in what we expected would be an authentic book-reviewing workshop (authentic because it was to be published), with a genuine reason to embed Indigenous perspectives.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2017 recommended Australian Family Therapists' Award for Children's Literature — Picture Book and Younger Readers
- 2017 shortlisted Educational Publishing Awards Australia — Primary — Educational Picture or Chapter Book
- 2017 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Best Book for Language Development – Indigenous Children
- 2017 winner The Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature — Non-Fiction
- 2017 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Books