2004 Competition
Australian students show us the 'Spirit of Reconciliation'
Over the last few months the Australian Human Rights Commission has conducted a Spirit of Reconciliation poster competition for high school students. Students were asked to create a poster using any art materials to capture what the 'spirit' of reconciliation looked like in their school, in the community or throughout Australia.
The competition was an overwhelming success. We received more than 200 innovative and original entries that captured the spirit in their own personal way. The entries included artistic poster designs, collages and electronic entries. The judges were impressed by the breadth of vision and the goodwill towards reconciliation shown by these young people through their designs.
Because of the extremely high standard of the entries, the judges awarded a joint first prize to three entries and a highly commended prize to five entries.
The Winners!
The first joint winner is Tyrone Miller from Worawa Aboriginal College in Victoria. Tyrone created a wonderfully artistic poster called 'Pathways'. He describes his painting as representing the gathering of our family, my extended family clan and tribe. The 'pathways" travelling from the centre and outwards represents each of my family members travelling towards the broader community on the pathway to reconciliation.
The second joint winner is Christie Best from Annesley College in South Australia. Christie presented an amazing poster called 'Fitting Together - the pieces of the future'. She has used images that represent each aspect of reconciliation such as music, TV, politics, art and sport to show how far we have already come She chose strong images of the past and significant moments from recent times.
The third joint winner is Danielle Mathers from St Ives High School, NSW. Danielle's poster is titled 'Our Culture - it natural . In describing her poster she says: "I live in a leafy green suburb of Sydney surrounded by nature. It's always been there and so has Aboriginal culture. But we're not always aware of it. I chose to paint a snake in a tree entwined, representing nature as part of the Aboriginal landscape that's always been there".
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Pathways by Tyrone Miller, Worawa Aboriginal College, VIC Click here to view a larger version of the artwork. |
Fitting
Together - the pieces of our future by Christie Best, Annesley College, SA Click here to view a larger version of the artwork. |
Our Culture
- it natural by Danielle Mathers St Ives High School, NSW Click here to view a larger version of the artwork. |
Highly Commended! |
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Highly commended prizes were awarded to Ashley Miller, Brett Clarke, Creedence Edwards, Jessica Barker and Donald Chung. |
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| Woodburning – EMU by Ashleigh Miller, Worawa Aboriginal College, VIC |
Reconciliation by Brett Clarke, Worawa Aboriginal College, VIC |
Reconciliation by Creedence Edwards, Worawa Aboriginal College, VIC |
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| Reconciliation by Jessica Barker Annesley College, SA |
Every Man's Land by Donald Chung, Homebush Boys High School , NSW |
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| Last updated: 10 December 2004. Feedback welcome. Email: education@humanrights.gov.au | ||