Schwerkolt Cottage and Museum Complex
Yarran Dheran Visitor Centre and Yarran Dheran Walk
Visitor Centre, indigenous information
Visitor Centre, discussing Australian timelines
walk through Yarran Dheran bushland
Looking over the Mullum Mullum creek
The Living Room in Schwerkolt Cottage
In the museum, looking at camera’s from the past.
In the museum looking at toys from the past
On Wednesday 21st February, Year 3/4 students, teachers and parent helpers headed off to Schwerkolt Cottage and Museum Complex and Yarran Dheran Reserve in Mitcham. This excursion supported our CBL ‘Community’ learning about history and where people in our community have come from throughout time.
It was a day full of learning about how early Australian settlers lived and worked in Mitcham and how indigenous people interacted with the environment for food, medicines, clothing and hardware to build shelter and tools.
A big thank you to our parent volunteers and to the Whitehorse City Council staff and volunteers for making our day so enjoyable and rich in new knowledge.
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It was an exciting and interesting day – Ella
We learnt about aboriginal people and how they used their environment to survive – Kishaya
It was great looking at all the olden day machinery – Harry
It showed us how people lived in the olden days and what things they used – Issy
The museum showed us how technology has evolved – Jonathan.
We learnt that early Australians and the aboriginals were sustainable in how they lived – Abi