Many community partnerships are established with links with many organisations to support educational opportunities for our students. The valued partnership and alliances undertaken by Richie Hill within this community include those with:
Department of Families
Department of Health
Charters Towers Regional Council
Gudjul Indigenous Community
Charters Towers PROSPECT
Charters Towers State Schools
North Queensland Public Education Association (NQPEA)
Ministers Fraternal
Queensland Police
Rural Remote Education Access Program (RREAP)
Child Youth Mental Health (CYMH)
Charters Towers District Sports Association
Acknowledgement of country
An acknowledgement of country is a way of showing
awareness of and respect for the traditional Aboriginal or Torres Strait
Islander owners of the land on which a meeting or event is being held, and of
recognising the continuing connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
peoples to their country.
We would like to acknowledge the Gudjal people, and
pay respects to the elders both past and present.
The Aboriginal flag was designed by Harold Thomas, a
Luritja man from Central Australia. It was created as a symbol of unity and
national identity for Aboriginal people during the land rights movement of the
early 1970s.
The symbolic meaning of the flag colours (as stated by
Mr Harold Thomas) are:
Black:
Represents the Aboriginal people of Australia
Red:
Represents the red earth, the red ochre and a spiritual relation to the land
Yellow:
Represents the Sun, the giver of life and protector
We would like to acknowledge the contribution the
Torres Strait Island people, and pay respects to the elders both past and
present.
The Torres Strait Islander Flag was created as a
symbol of unity and identity for Torres Strait Islander peoples, designed by
the late Bernard Namok from Thursday Island.
Each part of the flag is designed to represent
something about Torres Strait Island culture.
Green:
Represents the land
Blue:
Represents the sea
White:
Represents peace
Black:
Represents the Indigenous peoples
The dhari (headdress) represents Torres Strait Island
people and the five pointed star represents the 5 major Island groups. The star
also represents navigation, as a symbol of the seafaring culture of the Torres
Strait.