Connections Showcase 2023

Georges River College Peakhurst Campus – Acknowledgement of Country

Georges River College Peakhurst Campus is located in Peakhurst in southern Sydney on traditional Bidjigal land.

Students at Georges River College Peakhurst Campus collaborated on this artwork to embrace and show respect for the Bidjigal people of the Eora nation, the original inhabitants and custodians of the land and water in the Georges River region where they live, work and study.

Georges River College Peakhurst Campus logo

Acknowledgement of Country

Acknowledgement of Country – refer to the long text description that follows.

 

Acknowledgement of Country – long text description

Acknowledgement of Country is a large rectangular painting in Aboriginal dot style constructed from 32 separate panels in a 4 by 8 layout. It features various multicoloured circular and asymmetrical shapes made of concentric lines against a background of complex dot patterns.

In the foreground, 12 circular shapes (some cut off at the edges) are equidistantly spaced across the painting and connected to each other by larger asymmetrical shapes. The concentric lines that make up each shape are drawn in black, with the spaces in between coloured differently to maximise contrast. Most of the colours are warm, consisting of yellow, orange, brown, pink and red, with blue, purple and green used in a few spots.

The shapes sit against a background of complex but repetitive dot patterns. Each background section between the shapes starts with a black dot in the centre, followed by concentric circles of dots spreading out from the centre, where some circles are made of small dots, and some circles are made of large dots. The black dots sit against a light-coloured background in varying warm hues of cream, yellow, orange, brown, pink and red, with blue and purple used in a couple of spots.

What did the students and teachers have to say?

  • ‘It was great to see all our students getting involved in this project.’ – Mrs Riley (SLSO)
  • ‘I like the way the pom poms create a 3D effect on the mural.’ – Ms K (SLSO)
  • ‘Oh, my goodness, it is just beautiful I am so excited and happy.’ – Paul (student)
  • ‘I love it, it is for the Aboriginal people of our land in the Georges River area, where I live too.’ – Rose (student)

Participating students

Decorative

Congratulations to the following students from Years 7 to 10 at Georges River College Peakhurst Campus for their wonderful submission:

Benjamin Telfer, Benji Moore, Hassan AlHage, Declan Leonard, Mohammed Zgheib, Dominic Rivera, Issac Wang, Howard Chang, Paul Hansen Iacovou , Andreas Kizi, Katelyn Wazir, Connor Giannisis, Rose Khochaiche, Ricky Skepevski and Prashida Chhetri.

Third-party content attributions

  • All student artworks and images courtesy of the respective schools, student artworks © the student artists, 2023, reproduced and communicated with permission.
  • Congratulations banner, created using Canva, 2021.