2011 DREAMERS’ PROJECTS
The Dreamers of 2011 graduated at Tranby Aboriginal College on 11 December 2011. Everyone who began the program graduated – an amazing achievement! We are super proud of them! Here they are on graduation day with the HBaYD Team. You can immerse yourself in [...]
September Again – Redfern Magic
We met twice in September. On 24 and 25 September, we returned to the Redfern Community Centre and the music studio with the capable assistance of Tania Bowra. Nadeena joined us again to help to produce the music. Before we moved inside to work, Nadeena gave the group some insight into Redfern “then and now”, [...]
September – Back at the Ranch @ NCIE
We had a busy month in September. On 10 – 11 September, we camped out at NCIE to work on our projects again. We were thrilled to welcome Nadeena Dixon to our program for a while. Nadeena looked after the participants at night and continued to work with Taminya and Taylor to make music. Both [...]
August – Project Day @ CuriousWorks
With only four months to go until graduation, it was a focused day of activities at CuriousWorks near Central Station. Each participant worked with staff and guest specialists (Stephen Beeson (games); Kate Box (acting)) to progress their projects. The acting posse (Georgia & Jeremy) began to rehearse and shoot scenes on video. Blake moved his [...]
June – The National Gallery of Australia & The Tent Embassy – Canberra
Read about our awesome trip to Canberra!
May – Project Day – La Perouse
We were blessed with beautiful weather and once we all found the venue (Yarra Bay House), we set about working individually and in small groups outside in the sun with beautiful views of Botany Bay.Zoe worked with Luwana (Micky) on her poetry project. She has said that she would like to write some poems in [...]
April – Shooting our Short Film – NCIE
What a crazy big weekend of film making we’ve had!
Our latest residency at NCIE has been a really fun and exciting weekend and we’ve managed to write and shoot our very own short film!
SURVIVAL DAY – Ferry Race
On Jan 26th, 2011 the HBaYD participants had our first get together onboard the GenOne Ferry!
WE SHOT SYDNEY
HBaYD participants went on the hunt for clues about the Aboriginal life of Sydney from the distant and not so distant past!
January 28, 2011 – Reflection Day. The Outcomes
28 January 2011 – The Outcomes Today, we moved to Tranby Aboriginal College. It was cool there – there is a big open amphitheatre and we hung out there playing games, and listening to the stories of the workers so we could get to know them. They said that to share stories is to build [...]
January 27, 2011 – WE SHOT SYDNEY! The Outcomes
27 January 2011 WE SHOT SYDNEY! The Outcomes This morning, we were divided into teams – we called ourselves BOSS (Brothers & Sisters Squad); Black & Deadly; and The Dream Team. We had to race through the city and uncover stories about the history of Aboriginal people from a long time ago and from recent [...]
March – Project Day – Redfern Community Centre
Have a look at some pics of our project day at Redfern Community Centre! We spent time in the recording studio and began working on a sculpture together.
2011 HBAYD Staff
Jane Stratton – Project Creator Jane Stratton was the creator of How Big Are Your Dreams? and led the program from 2009 to 2011. She has over ten years’ experience in law, policy development, advocacy as well as community affairs and engagement in Australia and overseas. She has advised corporate clients as a transactional and [...]
March – Project Day – Redfern Community Centre
Today was our first Project Day at Redfern Community Centre! We spent most of the day coming up with visual ways to represent ourselves as a group, and beginning to articulate our dreams more, and what we can do to achieve them.
January 26, 2011 – Survival Day/Australia Day – The Outcomes
On Australia Day/Survival Day 2011, we came together for the first time at Circular Quay, Sydney. We all felt really nervous but once we were on the GenerationOne Ferry with our brothers and sisters and cousins, and we began to meet other participants and the kids who had already done the program, it felt better. [...]
February – Coming Together – NCIE
We began our second camp after school on Friday, 11 February so we could get stuck into it on Saturday. We picked up the thread from our first camp by holding onto what we love to do. This time, we had to find things we had in common – we wove ourselves into a bright [...]
Painting Workshop – February 12th
Photo’s from our second residencies painting workshop.
Click on the pic to see some of our beautiful artworks!
January -Reflection Day – Tranby Aboriginal College
January 28, 2011 – Reflection Day Today, we moved to Tranby Aboriginal College. It was cool there – there is a big open amphitheatre and we hung out there playing games, and listening to the stories of the workers so we could get to know them. They said that to share stories is to build [...]
January – WE SHOT SYDNEY!
Another huge day today! With an Amazing Race theme! Today will be a treasure hunt of indigenous knowledge where we compete against each other in a race to the finish line. When we arrived, we divided into 3 teams – we called ourselves BOSS (Brothers & Sisters Squad); Black & Deadly; and The Dream Team. [...]
January – Survival Day/ Australia Day
Our group of participants and their families met for the first time today, and managed to win a ferry race!
