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Local Government Cultural Development report COOLGARDIE WATER DREAMING PROJECT The Coolgardie Water Dreaming Project, a two year project being undertaken by CAN WA in collaboration with the Shire of Coolgardie and funded by the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs is drawing to a close in June 2009. The aim of ‘Water Dreaming’ was to bring the whole Shire of Coolgardie together to explore how drought has affected the community. The project looked at how to minimise the hardships caused by drought by building community capacity and a sense of place, increasing the community’s resilience in times of difficulty. The capacity was built through creative arts, using cultural and interactive processes. ROCK HOLE LONG PIPE COMMUNITY THEATRE PERFORMANCE The central aim of community theatre performance Rock Hole Long Pipe was to involve a broad cross section of the community in an event that told the Indigenous and non-Indigenous stories of the region to create cross-cultural understanding within a community that has very little knowledge or understanding of Indigenous culture. Rock Hole Long Pipe was developed over a period of nine months and involved two schools in Coolgardie and two schools in Kambalda, local community organisations, local Indigenous and non-Indigenous elders and leaders, artists and performers from the community and elsewhere to tell the ancient and contemporary story of the water in this significant part of the Goldfields. The development phase of Rock Hole Long Pipe required extensive community consultation across the entire community, in particular with the Madawanga- Galagoo people of Coolgardie. This process was assisted through the involvement of local cultural advisors Alison Dimer, Trevor Jamieson, Alice Haines, Annette Stokes and Steven Sinclair who made introductions and facilitated discussions enabling the building of a strong platform to develop the necessary trust for the stories to be shared. Rock Hole Long Pipe Lanterns PHOTO, POPPY VAN OORDE-GRAINGER Project highlights: Artistic Director, Lockie McDonald was contracted to assist with developing a community performance in November 2007. 2008 Healthway International Arts in Health Fellow Alison Clough arrived from the UK, having worked extensively in a health context for the last 10 years, bringing immense experience to the project. Well-known Australian writer/actor Peter Docker was a significant benefit to the project due to his passion, insight and sensitivity to Aboriginal cultures. Visual artist Poppy van Oorde-Grainger brought enthusiasm and energy to much more than the design elements of Rock Hole Long Pipe. 24 | 2008 ANNUAL REPORT
Rock Hole Long Pipe Hedge Bandits PHOTO, MIKE GRAY Rock Hole Long Pipe The giant echidna PHOTO, MIKE GRAY One of the great moments of the performance was the students’ animations facilitated by Animator Steve Aiton. Steve’s history of growing up in Mt Isa, an environment not dissimilar to Coolgardie, fuelled his resolve to expose young people to exciting new communication tools. Musicians The Hedge Bandits ran workshops with Kambalda District High School students in the week leading up to the performance, adding musical integrity to the process. Local Artist, Alice Haines became a major conduit to the children at Coolgardie CAP School and wrote the dramatic music for the end of the performance. Trevor Jamieson opened cultural doors through his kinship with the Coonana community. A three-week workshop program was developed that involved classes from each of the schools situated in Coolgardie and Kambalda creating modules of the performance. 2008 ANNUAL REPORT | 25
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