Indigenous Culture

Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School, is proudly recognised as a FIRE Carrier School. FIRE stands for (Friends Igniting Reconciliation through Education). The dream of the FIRE Carrier program is to promote respect, fairness and inclusion for Aboriginal people in Catholic Schools within Victoria. The FIRE Carrier Project is a joint initiative of the Aboriginal Catholic Ministry Victoria, Opening the Doors Foundation and Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (MACS). 

To be a Fire Carrier School, staff and student Fire Carriers are chosen as an important role to represent the school. The role of the FIRE Carrier is to keep the Reconciliation flame alight in schools through education and awareness.  

At Holy Trinity, our student Fire Carriers are commissioned annually. These students, along with staff are responsible for planning initiatives and events to educate and inform our community about Reconciliation, our shared history and culture. This includes National Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC Week.

At Holy Trinity we are proud to have indigenous names for all of our classrooms. These indigenous names are also acknowledged on totems in our garden. We proudly fly the Aboriginal flag and have the two way cross on display. We also promote an aboriginal perspective through our curriculum and our learning. 

Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY

We acknowledge the traditional people of the Wurundjeri land which Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School stands on here today.

We recognise the Aboriginal leaders both past, present and emerging for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and hopes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people around Australia.

A deeper respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures will grow through a stronger recognition of Australia’s cultural tradition and will lead to Reconciliation.