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Combining forces to teach about Bonegilla

Students

Students from Wodonga TAFE and Wodonga High School were among the first to road-test Albury and Wodonga councils’ new education passport, launched as part of Cultural Diversity Week.

Both councils, which manage Bonegilla under a memorandum of understanding with the Bonegilla Migrant Experience Advisory Committee and Parklands Albury-Wodonga, will use the passport to promote the historic significance of Bonegilla to the multicultural make-up of Australia. AlburyCity learning and outreach officer Dave Smith and Bonegilla Block 19 co-ordinator Bernadette Zanet said the passport would be a valuable tool for students.

"The idea of the passport is that students will make excursions both to Albury LibraryMuseum and view the extensive Bonegilla collection which is on display there and then Block 19 to see how the migrants lived and learn more about the conditions in which they lived," they said.

"As a region, Albury-Wodonga is lucky to have these collections and we want to encourage as many students as possible to learn more about Bonegilla and the important role it played in making Australia what it is today."

"As a National Heritage Site, Bonegilla is strongly suited for a study of Australia’s social and cultural history in the post-war period and both sites provide an opportunity for students to discover and value the contributions of past and present cultures to Australian life."

"Educational staff will work with teachers to create an experience suited to a specific unit or assignment topic for classes from kindergarten to Year 12."