Midgee

Midgee is Trinity Catholic College’s Group for Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander staff and students, their friends and anyone else with an interest in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories.

Midgee strives to :

• promote learning about Indigenous Australian history
• support community involvement
• help our Indigenous students discover their heritage and
• facilitate access to scholarships and bursaries for Indigenous students.

We also organise excursions, camp opportunities and host Indigenous guests. We emphasise the importance of the Southern Tablelands as an historic and important Indigenous area.

Everyone is welcome to join and participate in Midgee events.

We are lucky in the Goulburn area to have such an important and diverse cultural history, including traditional groups such as the Burra Burra, Tarlo, Wollondilly, Pajong, Parramarragoo and Cookmal peoples. As part of this tradition, Trinity celebrates its growing number of Indigenous staff and students who are from cultures as diverse as Yorta Yorta, Wiradjuri, Bundjalung and Gamilaroi groups.

If you have Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander heritage, or would like to learn about these important aspects of being Australian, please contact Sophie Broadhead at sophie.broadhead@cg.catholic.edu.au

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY

The Goulburn area is rich in tradition. For thousands of years it has been an important centre of trade, spirituality and culture for the Tarlo, Burra Burra, Wollondilly, Pajong, Parramarragoo and Cookmal peoples.

The Trinity Catholic College community acknowledges and respects these living cultures and their peoples, as the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet today. We pay tribute to the unique role that they have played and continue to play in the life of the Southern Tablelands.

We acknowledge all Elders, past and present, and honour those who continue to teach us with their wisdom and learning. We acknowledge with respect all Aboriginal people with us today.

As a living community we commit ourselves to walk alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for reconciliation and justice. We also commit ourselves to the care and protection of our local environment, including its flora and fauna.