Indigenous culture woven into the fabric of who we are
Dunmore Lang College values diversity and difference within our student and staff communities — it strengthens and enhances the experience for everyone who lives here.
Our Indigenous Student Programme supports a strong, proud and empowered community of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, and shares culture and learning right across the College.
Our aims
Four things this programme sets out to do
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Support a strong, proud and empowered Indigenous student community within the College.
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Provide resources and spaces that help Aboriginal students transition to university and complete their studies.
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Weave Aboriginal culture into who we are as a community and place, through cultural sharing and learning.
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Encourage Indigenous student leadership as mentors, leaders and role models.
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Indigenous students have lived in the College community since 2013.
A home away from home, built together
The Warrawal Room
Established in 2014 with much of the renovation and painting completed by student volunteers, the Warrawal Room is a place to meet, share culture and learn, and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to catch up and support one another.
Smoking ceremonies
Marking the beginning of the year and each academic semester, as well as special occasions throughout College life.
Native Garden
A growing garden with native-plants built by our students as a place for reflection and learning.
Learning about history & place
Trips to Mingaletta and a Central Coast ceremonies(both open to all students), and to AIATSIS in Canberra, deepen understanding of history and Country.
Leadership, completion, and a mark made on the world.
Leadership & Success
Students have contributed at every level of College life — as volunteers, committee heads, Resident Advisers, executive members of the Student Association, and even a Director on the College Board.
Aboriginal students at the College record very high completion rates and solid academic results — the positive impact of the support programme, peer leadership and staff support working together.
Making their mark
Graduates have gone on to successful careers in their chosen fields. Two students have established their own charitable foundations — attracting significant interest and funding for Indigenous literacy and the preservation of Aboriginal language and stories, and for youth mental health.
One of our students became the first Australian to be awarded the Dalai Lama Prize.
