Local experiences and traditions
How easy is it?
Medium
Functions of the activity: Opportunity for community involvement; Lead-up activities and promotion, On the day activities
Examples of event ideas
- Enactments
- Best Aussie...
- Community awards
- Community Tree
- Historical enactments
- Community history exhibition - in print, audio or pictures (perhaps a job for a young person with computer skills)
- Cultural exhibition - displaying the culture of the region
Key processes (what needs to be done)?
- Would need involvement of local historical/library/geneaological association
- May need a long lead time for research and set up (but would have a great local outcome for ongoing records)
- A group of researchers (volunteers perhaps) needs establishing
- Local histories in regional or state libraries could be useful
- Establish local writers, historians, storytellers and families
Anticipated positive outcomes
A sense of community and shared history
Greater understanding of what and how a region has been shaped
Connection to broader Australian history
