This resource was created in 2020 and is relevant and up to date. It reflects contemporary Indigenous Australia and the conceptual information children will need to understand to engage with this resource is the importance of Country and the elements within the painting. The artist identifies themselves as “Tati Tati, Latji Latji, Wadi Wadi, Mutti Mutti, Yitha Yitha and Nari Nari peoples of the Murray River, Murrumbidgee River, Lachlan River, Edwards River and Wakool River Country in Australia” (Artlink, 2020). This website in which the painting is provided does not state the traditional owners of the Country in which the resource was produced. 

 

This resource links to the Focus area 2.4 of the AITSL standards. As it allows children to view artwork created by an Indigenous person and the importance of Country within his painting. This allows for respect and an understanding for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (AITSL, 2017). This creates a sense of belonging and respect for diversity. This resource allows children to develop a sense of place, identity and relationship to land and the natural world (DET,2016). This then relates to outcome 1: children have a strong sense of identity as the connection to land, including learning on Country in the natural world (DET, 2016). This resource relates to the theme Country as it demonstrates to the children that Country is not just earth, soil and water but how its multi-dimensional (Rose, 1996). It allows children to engage and view how Country is the key or essential heart of life and how Country has a future and origin where it exits both in and through time (Rose, 1996). This artwork has different elements or paintings of animals, plants, water which all holds important meaning for the children to explore and incorporate into their own art experiences.