"CELEBRATING OUR CULTURE WITH OUR COMMUNITY"

Gubbi Gubbi Dance has worked extensively within the Educational Department & community events, running exciting & informative cultural education programs.

Aboriginal history is 60, 000 years old, the oldest culture in the world. We believe our indigenous history is for all Australians to share and feel proud of.

Through education we hope to achieve awareness, respect & understanding, bringing all Australians closer together, and building a step further towards Reconciliation.

PACKAGE
Personally design a program specific to your needs or ask about our special packages. Remembering to keep in mind the following:

• Age of target audience
• Number of workshops
• Duration of w\shops
• Number of audience members
• Subject of w\shops

Song & Dance Workshop

• Introduction to some traditional dance movements.
• Boys get to "SHAKE A LEG"; girls get to "SHUFFLE A LEG". Why do the movements differ?
• Learn a welcome song & some Gubbi Gubbi language.
• Learn about all the different types of tools and artifacts associated with dance. Learn about the specific ceremonial grounds, where song and dance took place there for many generations, and also do these areas still exist today.
• Song and Dance played an integral role in the lives of our ancient aboriginal people in celebration, education, & ceremony.

Didgeridoo Workshop
The didgeridoo is Australia's most well known musical instrument, but did you know where it originated? How it is made? From what timbres? Learn an ancient breathing technique, known today as circular breathing and hear all the sounds it can produce, including animal calls and some funky rhythms.

Story Telling
Hear the stories of our "DREAMTIME", creations of the mountains, rivers, plants, animals and people. Learn some of our local legends such as the Glass House Mountains, Mt Coolum, Mt Ninderry, Maroochy River, coloured sands, Bunya gathering, and legends of local animals.

Gubbi Gubbi History
Learn about the local history of the Gubbi Gubbi people. Where did their lands stretch? How many people were there? Where are they now?? Learn some customs and beliefs and system of government. Hear some Gubbi Gubbi language and the meanings of some of the local towns, places and names.

Reconciliation
Insight into what reconciliation means to us as Australian aboriginal people. Reconciliation can and will happen when all Australians embrace aboriginal culture and adopt it as their own, giving respect and understanding for a history that is 60,000 years old. Coming together as one, building a brighter, and more positive future for all generations to come.

Artifact Display
See a display of authentic traditional artifacts and see how each one was used in our daily life. Learn how each is made and using what materials. See some special artifact remains that were left behind by the ancient Gubbi people.

Boomerang Throwing Demonstration
There were three different types of boomerang used in our lands, which were the hook, club and the returning boomerang. Find out the different uses for each and learn how they are made and from what timbers. See a returning boomerang throwing demonstration and also find out other uses for the boomerang.

Bush Tucker Walks & Talks
Learn how to identify some local plant species and how amazingly some particular plants only grew here and survive nowhere else in the world. Learn about hunting and gathering techniques and to what the man and the women’s roles and responsibilities were. Learn and understand how our people survived off this land for 60, 000 years. Learn about our cooking methods, and to how some food plants were also used for traditional medicinal healing purposes. Environmental issues impacting on Australian aboriginal peoples health today.

Arts & Crafts
Learn about the two differing types of aboriginal people now see today, which is the traditional, & contemporary. Australian aboriginal art tells a story and special meaning and is our history. It was recorded on rock faces and cave walls carved on particular trees & rock formations, pieces of bark, specific tools & artifacts and also etched or carved into the earth. See some contemporary art pieces & hear about the stories they tell. We can also incorporate craft workshops were young children can paint their own boomerang.

Hand Crafted Artifacts
Quality hand crafted artifacts with traditional designs. Made and painted by Local Aboriginal Artists.

TOURS
If your group or school would like to get out and experience our Culture, we can organize a guided tour trough Gubbi Gubbi country.