Juniper Teacher Resources<

Immediately twenty or thirty pairs of brown, sparkling young eyes pressed closer

Discussion Points

  1. Juniper’s Spirit Children are very different to traditional Aboriginal interpretations of Spirit Children. What do Juniper’s Spirit Children remind you of? Why?

Activities

Dance:
  1. Create a dance to represent the movement of the Spirit Children.

Other Resources:

Books
Aboriginal Benchbook for Western Australia Courts (Digitised)
Newspapers
Daisy Bates, 1935 (Digitised)
Photographs
Menyma Bumba 3 months after coming in from the bush. What is she looking at? The artefacts on the slide look kind of like fairies… (Digitised)

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