Booyi Storytelling and Art With Aunty Marie Taylor

Listen to stories and create your own Booyi art

Listen to the stories of our precious Southwestern Snake-Necked turtle, or Booyi, learn about the Nyungar language and create wonderful art—in this all-in-one playful and fun activity.

The Boodjar is an important element in the framing of Nyungar stories. That is why this activity—of Booyi art, language, and storytelling, is so intentionally and beautifully set at the Wetlands Centre. Country keeps us grounded, and these stories are grounded in Country.

Date: Wednesday, the 18th of January 2023

Time: 1pm-3pm

Price: $10 per child, adults to accompany children (concession/free tickets available, please contact us)

What to bring:

Water Bottle
Light refreshments
Hat
Wear closed-in shoes
Wear long-sleeve shirt and trousers

Refreshments/food: NA

Suitable age groups: Children of all ages accompanied by adults

Event location: The Wetlands Centre Cockburn, 184 Hope Road, Bibra Lake WA 6163

GET WILD ABOUT WETLANDS

The Wetlands Centre Cockburn conducts Get Wild About Wetlands school holiday programs every school term break. offers a range of exciting educational sessions, hands-on activities, and eco-walks, talks and night stalks, activities which focus on our wetlands! Registrations are essential. Be quick as sessions book out fast!

This program is made possible thanks to State Natural Resource Management Program WA.
Supported by the City of Cockburn.

About the Presenter

The Wetlands Centre's Elder in Residence Marie Taylor was recognised for her outstanding achievement as NAIDOC Elder of the year at the 2022 NAIDOC Perth Awards held 25th June.

The award acknowledges Marie’s outstanding commitment to both the Aboriginal and the non-Aboriginal community at grassroots and organisational levels.

Marie has been dedicated to the betterment of Aboriginal lives and educating for change through a range of organisations including The Wetlands Centre where she provides cultural advice and protocols regarding the rivers, events and sites of significance. The Wetlands Centre Cockburn was the first in Australia to install an Elder in Residence at a Wetlands Centre as a commitment to learning and reconciliation.

Marie continues to contribute her cultural knowledge as Elder in Residence at the Wetlands Centre at Walliabup Bibra Lake. She wrote a curriculum unit introducing Nyungar Language for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students at Murdoch University and has informed a range of heritage planning outcomes for the rivers.