Friday 14 may 2010.

On Thursday 13 May the college was visited by ladies from Tiwi Islands. We were entertained by the dancing and singing and had the privilege of sharing morning tea with them. The ladies were shy and did not talk much (some men would say the perfect woman) but they really danced up a storm and showed off their skills as print makers on materials. I was very impressed with the colours and the materials were wrapped around the models bodies, the back drop of Bathurst Island is quite stunning.
Angel (Vicky) Ruhl, (she is a art student at Eora College) danced the Emu dance for the ladies and she was very good.

Eora College is a great place to come to learn many different skills. It is a very laid back place with nice teachers, who are very skilled and professional and very nice students. They provide courses in Aboriginal Studies, Basic Literacy & numeracy, Music, Year 10 equivalent, Theatre, Welfare and the Art Course which is made up of Painting, Ceramics, Print making course, Sculpture and Scratchback. A master class on Aboriginal studies and Aboriginal identity. I find this place a home away from home and enjoy the courses big time. I would recommend to anyone thinking of doing an education course to consider EORA College 333 Abercrombie Street, Chippendale 2008. The Art course is made up with Aboriginal and Torres Strait students only. The other courses are made up from mainly mainstream (I hate this statement}. Aboriginal students are accepted in a number of these courses and are learning many different skills. I know from personal experience that it is hard to find an education facility that offers so much and a great building and five minutes from Redfern Railway Station. I would recommend that any person looking for a reason to get out of the house and learning something at the same time and make new friends, should give this college a go.