The Esperance Education District
The Esperance Education District is located on the south eastern coat of Western Australia and stretches from Bremer Bay and Ongerup in the west, to Lake King and Newdegate in the north west, Norseman in the north, and the Western Australia / South Australia border in the east.
The District services 23 schools:
- 1 Senior High School in Esperance, with attached boarding facilities at Residential College and integrated with a regional Curtin VTec and Higher Education facility and Education Support Centre on the one campus
- 3 District High Schools at Jerramungup, Ravensthorpe and Norseman
- 3 Large Primary Schools in Esperance, Nulsen and Castletown
- 16 smaller primary schools in Salmon Gums, Grass Patch, Scaddan, Condingup, Cascade, Munglinup, Jerdacuttup, Hopetoun, Lake King, Newdegate, Ongerup, Gairdner and Bremer Bay
There are approximately 300 Indigenous students enrolled in Kindergarten to year 12.
This website will provide teachers and students with information and images that will assist them with their development of knowledge and understandings of the local Aboriginal history, stories, and significant sites. It will also provide teachers with other portal links that will help them to include an Aboriginal perspective and Aboriginal studies in their classroom planning.
The Aboriginal Education Team would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of Noongar land, of which Esperance district is a part. We also thank the members of the Esperance / Norseman District Aboriginal Education Advisory Council, Aboriginal and Islander Education Officers and various families and Aboriginal community members for their support and advice in collecting information for this project. We welcome further contributions from our community.