Otatara History - the places, people and stories - 16 March 2021
We welcomed the staff from Otatara School to showcase our education centre floor map and how it can be used to tell the stories of Otatara - early settlement and access, whaling and sealing, the bush and sawmilling, flaxmilling, the New River Estuary shipping and reclamation, the moving school site, Sandy Point, recreation, and places we value today. After orientating ourselves we connected with those places that have special meaning to us, then information, photos, newspaper articles and props were used to tell many interesting stories, including about elephants, rabbits and love. The history of the Otatara environments and the people and places is amazing and intriguing and we had fun learning all about it.
Bronwyn
Posted: 18 March 2021