Historical information

The photograph was taken in 1989 when the children in grades 4 an 5 attended a school camp at Gundiwindi, which is in the Yarra Valley on the border of Wandin and Nth. Silvan. At the camp the children were acquainted with the skills used by the local indigenous people. The children the photograph attempted to construct a bark shelter along the lines of those build by the local indigenous people.

Significance

While the children from Bulla Primary School attended the camp at Gundiwindi they were introduced to skills used by local indigenous people.

Physical description

A coloured non- digital photograph of three children sitting at the entrance of a primitive bark shelter. The immediate surrounding area has been cleared but native woodland is growing beyond the fence line.