South School pays its respects

The assembly was run by student leaders and included an acknowledgement of country, lighting of candles and a minute’s silence for the individuals and families impacted by the Stolen Generation.

Students, teachers and members of the community contributed decorated footprints in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander colours of red, black, yellow, white, blue and green.

These footprints portrayed the ‘track home’, which represented both the tracks that were left by people, trucks, trains, camels and cars involved in taking children from their families, as well as the ‘journey home’ or ‘journey of healing’ the Stolen Generations survivors embark on.