Vendor: Teacher Latte
Type: TEACHER ESSENTIALS
Price: 18.95

“Representation in education matters and it begins with making First Nations Peoples, cultures, history and achievements visible in our classrooms and alive in our lessons and conversations, beyond Reconciliation, Harmony and NAIDOC Week.”  @teacherlatte

Aboriginal Stamps

Each stamp comes with a card including a title in Gamilaroi language (along with a translation), meaning, short description and relevance to student’s learning. Please note that all descriptions are described first-hand by the artist Lakkari Pitt Gamilaroi yinarr (woman) from Walgett, North West New South Wales..

Description

This premium pre-inked stamp will last a lifetime when re-inked and can achieve up to hundreds of crisp impressions.

• Stamp size: 32 mm
• Shape: round
• Stamp shell: black 
• Ink: black 

Meeting Place Stamp “Deadly Team Work“

Meaning: Meeting Place


Description: This symbol represents a meeting place with lots of miyaay (girls) and birray (boys) sitting around it. This stamp should be used to reward deadly (meaning great or excellent) team work.

Coolamon Stamp “You Showed Kindness”

Meaning: Coolamon

Description: Coolamons are used to gather traditional and contemporary foods, medicines, and other necessities. They are also used to cradle and nurse young babies. This stamp can be used when a student has shown that they are actively using the skills they have learnt by gathering and applying it. It can also be used when a student has shown compassion to others.

Star Stamp “You Are a Leader”

Title: Miiri

Meaning: Star in Gamilaroi language


Description: First Nations people use the night sky to navigate their way across Country, to indicate what season it is and also to predict weather (among many other things). The night sky is filled with Miiris that are keepers of this knowledge. This stamp can be used to reward students for being leaders, guiders or knowledge holders.

About the Artist: Lakkari Pitt is a proud Gamilaroi yinarr (woman) from Walgett, North West New South Wales. Her art is a contemporary take on the knowledge that her Elders and significant people in her life have passed down throughout generations. Lakkari’s art explores the movement, essence, and stories of Country.

Lakkari acknowledges that First Nations people across Country have different interpretations and understandings of symbols used throughout Aboriginal art. Each symbol and meaning used in Aboriginal art is unique to each Aboriginal artists’ interpretation. The knowledge that is shared in the description of each symbol is solely the perspective of Lakkari’s from the knowledge passed down to her from her Elders and significant people in her life.

Royalties made from the sale of this stamp directly support the artist.

Vendor: Teacher Latte
Type: TEACHER RESOURCES
Price: 18.95

Celebrate your student's learning with a special set of 300 stickers illustrated by Gamilaroi artist, Lakkari Art. Each sticker is designed in Lakkari's iconic colour palette, with Aboriginal symbols and meanings designed to motivate, inspire and celebrate your students' achievement in all areas of their learning. 

'Deadly' is used in the Aboriginal community to describe something amazing or wonderful and can be used to praise a student for their work and effort. 'The Magic is in You' features an Aboriginal symbol of a person to convey that each individual has a power or magic that they can share with the world to make our common home a better place.

'Lubly' is a term of endearment Aboriginal people use to describe something that is "lovely". Our "Growing & Learning" sticker features the Native Daisy to reflect the growth that a learner goes through. "On a Learning Journey" features a journey track to represent the challenges and resilience an individual faces in their own learning journey.

Each compact sticker roll is housed in a beautiful box which can be conveniently used to dispense the stickers.

Aboriginal Merit Stickers:

• Deadly work
• I love this!
• The magic is in you

Aboriginal Journey Sticker:

• On a learning journey
• Lubly work 
• Growing & learning

Features:

• 300 self-adhesive stickers 
  
• 3.8 cm in diameter 
  
• waterproof vinyl stickers
• dispenser box

About the artist:

Lakkari Pitt is a proud Gamilaroi yinarr (woman) from Walgett, North West New South Wales.

Lakkari's art is a contemporary take on the knowledge that her Elders and significant people in her life have passed down throughout generations. Lakkari’s art explores the movement, essence and stories of Country.

Royalties made directly support the artist and First Nations led organisations.