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Didgeridoo workshops teach rural Queensland students culture, respect and boosts self-esteem
The jarring sounds of banging, sawing and chiselling echo from a school in Queensland’s North Burnett where 70 boys from year six are learning to make their own didgeridoo in a day.
Key points:
- Primary school students have been gaining life skills through a one-day didgeridoo-making program
- It has increased understanding of local Aboriginal culture and built respect
- Other Indigenous men have been encouraged to join and run the program
But in this manual arts class at Eidsvold, west of Bundaberg, the students walk away with not only an ancient instrument, but important life skills and new-found confidence to guide them in the future.
Alex Murchison has been running the Didge in a Day initiative for more than 15 years, teaching students from…
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