Weapons for the Soldier Kindergarten Activities (K-2)

Activities for Kinder - Grade 2

A Tjara is a special shield it is made from mulga wood and has important symbols on it. The shields are used for protection.

Can you decorate your own shield and cut it out?

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kulata (spear)

tjara (shield)

malu (kangaroo)

tjilpi (senior man)

ngura (Country)

tjitji (child)

punu (tree)

Kulata means Spear Historically, they were used by the Aᚉangu in wars over land and for hunting for kuka [meat] such as maḝu [kangaroo].

Colour in your

Malu

Walytjapiti punu - Family tree The kulata tree is about our family, about looking after our culture and protecting it for the future. My tjamu (grandfather) Frank Young talks a lot about this. The roots are the great-grandparents, the trunks are the men and women, and the leaves are the young people and children. Everybody has a place and everyone is held together. – Kamurin Young

Walytjapiti - Family Every family is different.

Here are a list of words that can be used in your family tree. tjamu grandfather kami grandmother ngunytju mother mama father malanypa younger brother / younger sister kuta older brother kangkuru older sister

Please find and draw who is in your family.

Tony Albert and Vincent Namatjira are artists who made an artwork that looks like this.

Clue: What person in Australian History wore a similar helmet to this?

How many artworks in this exhibition can you find with soldiers in them?

Can you find these artworks in the exhibition?

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