DIMBOOLA Memorial Secondary College student Yasmin Harradine, year 11, has completed a school project for NAIDOC Week.
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Yasmin Harradine designed and completed a large welcome mosaic as part of a cultural project.
The mosaic is situated at the front of the school, out the front of the administration office.
Yasmine Harradine said after drawing up several designs for the mosaic, she decided to base it on the elements of air, earth, fire and water.
“I thought it would be good to do a welcoming design with language,” she said.
“Not to just welcome people from my own culture but everyone from all identities.”
Yasmin Harradine said the mosaic also read “Dalkaiana Wartadj”, which meant “it is good you have come”.
“It’s a form of welcome in the Wergaia language,” she said.
“I am very proud of how far I have come. I have been working on this for about a year now.
“Just over 12 months ago we were sitting in the office talking about it. We thought it would finish within a term or two and it ended up taking more than four.”
Yasmin Harradine said she planned on adding to the surrounding of the mosaic.
“Possibly making a track around it,” she said.
“I had a lot of help putting it together from friends.”
Dimboola Memorial Secondary College principal Anne Gawith said the project had humble beginnings.
“It’s turned into something incredibly significant. I love it because it’s such a cultural tie between the local indigenous community and the school,” she said.