Bring the spirit of the Australian bush — alive with Dreamtime stories, native plants, animals and tens of thousands of years of First Nations knowledge — into the heart of your classroom. The Aboriginal Art Bush Dreaming Rug, designed by proud Mandandanji and Noonuccal artist Kiz Costelloe, invites children to gather, listen, yarn and connect to bush Country on a generous 3m x 2m space. You tick off EYLF Outcomes 1, 2 and 5 while embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives into every-day practice, exactly the cultural responsiveness assessors look for under NQF Quality Areas 3 and 6.
About the design.
Kiz Costelloe's Bush Dreaming artwork honours the rich biodiversity and spiritual depth of the Australian bush — sparking everyday yarning about native plants and animals, bush tucker, seasons, and the interdependence between people, animals, plants, lands and waters that sits at the heart of First Nations knowledge systems.