Buraligim Weiber

A Place of Learning

Buraligim student drawing on the ground as an Buraligim teacher sits next to them

CQUniversity STEM Central in partnership with Australia Pacific LNG have developed and delivered a pilot program Buraligim Weiber (place of learning) for Years 3 and 4 Indigenous students from Gladstone West State School in 2021 and 2022. During the 2022 pilot, classes at the school also engaged with the program at the school while the Indigenous students attended the campus.

Students participated in a 20-week program on:

Place: Its connection to me and my community (Then, Now and Tomorrow)
Place: Caring for life in the sea (Then, Now and Tomorrow)

The program has direct links with the Australian Curriculum general capabilities, cross curriculum capabilities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, and Sustainability

Excursions include:

East Shores & Spinnaker Park (Gladstone Ports Corp)

Coastal Marine Ecosystem Research Centre (CMERC)

Tondoon Botanic Gardens (Gladstone Regional Council)

Gladstone Harbour Cruise (Curtis Coast Ferry)

Quoin Island Turtle Rehabilitation Centre

Lake Callemondah & Police Creek

Billabong property (Gehgre Aboriginal Corporation)

In the Media

Some of Gladstone’s First Nations primary schoolers will explore the amazing world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics with the launch of the 2021 Buraligim Weiber STEM program at CQUniversity this week.

CQUniversity’s STEM Central will take centre stage at the International Science and Eco Fest’s Illuminate FNQ event in Cairns this week when its Buraligim Weiber program is showcased.

CQUniversity and Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) celebrated STEM Central turning four this week at the CQUniversity Gladstone Marina Campus.

Project Lead

Linda Pfeiffer

E l.Pfeiffer@cqu.edu.au

CQUniversity Australia
Gladstone Marina Campus
Bryan Jordan Drive,Gladstone, QLD, 4680