Year 7 and Year 8 Cultural Performance - Tjupurru

On Monday 5th August, the Year 7 and Year 8 students were invited to join Tjupurru, an Australian First Nations performer from Djabera Djabera country in the Kimberly region of Western Australia, to explore and learn Indigenous cultures, languages, histories and storytelling in a unique and engaging manner.

Using his Didjeribone, a homemade traditional instrument that is part Didjeridoo and part Trombone, Tjupurru quickly had the audience transported to the remote Australian outback full of howling dingoes, haunting winds and humorous kookaburras.

His 60 minute performance was highly entertaining but also deeply truthful and personal as he share his story of displacement, discrimination and growing up on a mission camp site in Australia in the 1970’s. An honest and real recollection of how our First Nations people have been treated since federation.

A very powerful story but his message to all the students who attended was of hope and hope for the future. Hope that we can all stand side by side as friends, as brothers and sisters and as one proud Australian people acknowledging all our genuine and unique life experiences, family histories and cultural backgrounds.

SICG Intercultural Perspectives Coordinator | Attel Martschinke