The affirmation of indigenous values in a colonial education system

Murri ¹ knowledge and the processes of teaching and learning have matured in what is known today as Australia for over fifty thousand years. They began long before the last Ice Age, at a time when volcanoes were still active. They have always been based on the permanence of the land, and the cyclic rhythms of nature. Harmony with the land, knowing it, learning from it as mother and teacher, have provided a solid and permanent basis for law, and for harmony with each other.