Aboriginal education

At Wee Waa High School, we are proud to celebrate and embed Aboriginal culture, identity, and perspectives across our school community. Our Aboriginal Education program supports students through Cultural Mentoring with our dedicated Aboriginal Education Officer (AEO), who provides guidance, connection, and advocacy for students and families.

Students have opportunities to engage with culture through our Culture Club and Girls’ Weaving Group, which celebrate traditional knowledge, creativity, and community. We also take pride in our whole-school participation in Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC Week activities, promoting respect, understanding, and unity.

As part of our commitment to ongoing learning, students are able to participate in a Learning Acknowledgement of Country delivered in language, ensuring that culture and language remain a living part of our school identity. All students who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Straight Islander participate in Personalised Learning pathway meetings to establish goals for their literacy, numeracy, social and cultural development.

A highlight of 2025 was having Darryl Ferguson, a Gamileroi man from Lightning Ridge, craft traditional Indigenous tools for our school using Mulga and Gidgee Timber. A smoking ceremony was performed at Wee Waa High School to cleanse the artefacts, and to ask the land and spirits of the country to accept and bless the gifts, before they were handed over to our school. These tools are now on display in our Binaalbaa room for students to visit and use as educational resources.

Exterior photograph of Binaalbaa building surrounded by native grass gardens
Interior photograph of Binaalbaa room with open windows, natural light and lounge chairs
Helen Wenner and Darryl Ferguson on the grass outside the Wee Waa High School building with traditional Indigenous tools laid out in front of them
Darryl Ferguson and Wee Waa High School students performing a smoking ceremony on the grass outside the Binaalbaa building to cleanse the traditional Indigenous tools
Darryl Ferguson and Wee Waa High School students performing a smoking ceremony on the grass outside the Binaalbaa building to cleanse the traditional Indigenous tools surrounded by members of Wee Waa's Indigenous community
Darryl Ferguson and Wee Waa High School students performing a smoking ceremony on the grass outside the Binaalbaa building to cleanse the traditional Indigenous tools
Wee Waa high school student playing a Didgeridoo
Indigenous members of Wee Waa community cutting NAIDOC Week cake on the grass outside Wee Waa High School building surrounded by Wee Waa High School students
Female Wee Waa High School students and staff sitting at a table in the school library doing a cultural basket weaving activity

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