Have Another Look Captain Cook!

Bring your school to Have Another Look Captain Cook! and participate in Queensland Museum Cobb+Co’s annual celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture.

Event overview

Schools are invited to participate in Queensland Museum Cobb+Co’s annual celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture.

Celebrate the history and culture of the First Australians through a full day of activities, including story telling, hands on activities and demonstrations - all the things Cook did not see when he came here in 1770.

Activities include:

• Groups join together each morning for a Welcome and Smoking Ceremony
• Murri connection to Country - tucker, medicines, tools and weapons
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artefacts and gallery
• Boomerang and spear throwing
• First Nations weaving
• First Nations art and symbolism
• Groups join together at lunch for a talk, song and dance with a First Nations performer

* Monday's program starts at 9:15am as this is the Official Opening. 

School visit information

For information on booking a group into a program and additional information for your visit see our Visit as a school page.

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Learning Resources

• Traditional Language: Jarowair
• Cultural Traditions, Aboriginal
• Cultural Traditions, Torres Strait Islands

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This National NAIDOC Week Activity is funded by the National Indigenous Australians Agency.

This event would not be possible without the support of Toowoomba Regional Council's Youth Connect.