Connections Showcase 2023
Georges River College Peakhurst Campus – Mural of Australia
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 mural inspired by the Connections Showcase theme, ‘City, Country, Coast’. Different mediums were used in this mural to create a work that reflects the students’ beliefs, understandings and celebrations of Australia.
Mural of Australia
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Mural of Australia – long text description
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Mural of Australia is a large rectangular painting constructed from 2 separate canvases depicting 3 quintessential and contrasting images of the Australian landscape.
In the centre of the mural is a dot painting of Uluru. The reddish-ochre rock is outlined in white dots, while a white dot sun rises from behind. On either side of the sun, red and yellow dot tendrils poke out from behind Uluru, while 2 grey kangaroos outlined in white dots jump to the right in the foreground.
Across the top of the painting are 6 large handprints in the colours and design of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flag. The bottom of each hand is red, the palm is a solid yellow circle, and the fingers and thumb are black.
On the left side of the mural, a deep blue-hued wave with white foam crashes onto yellow sand against a lighter bluish sky with white accents. In front of the wave is a grey dolphin facing to the right, with white dotted accents on its back, tail and fins.
On the right side of the mural, colourful fireworks of green, blue, red and yellow explode over a distinctive outline of Sydney Harbour, complete with the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Centre Point Tower. A black night sky filled with small white stars fills the background.
What did the students and teachers have to say?
- ‘Wow, that is amazing!’ – Mrs Smith (teacher)
- ‘That looks really good.’ – Mrs K (SLSO)
- ‘This is a masterpiece!’ – Hassan Alhage (student)
- ‘I like doing the handprints, it's fun.’ – Ben (student)
- ‘It's the Aboriginal flag on my hand.’ – Mohammed (student)
Participating students
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.
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Third-party content attributions
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- 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.
