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Indigicate - Education that

changes a generation

Outdoor Education
Creating our own tracks
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Indigicate approaches outdoor education differently. Our programs are designed and facilitated to connect our learners with Indigenous Culture in a natural setting. Our focus is not on conquering tasks or completing activities, it is teaching young people Indigenous culture through connection.

At Indigicate our Indigenous connection pedagogy aims to teach learners how to connect with self, land and community through outdoor experiences that shape thoughtful, respectful and kind young people.

At Indigicate ‘We don’t conquer mountains, we understand them’.

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School Incursions
and speeches
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Indigicate designs and facilitates school incursions for ELC through to VCE. We work with schools within their curriculum to structure and facilitate lessons that suit the schools values and learning outcomes.

Schools can book Indigicate for:

  • Early Learning Centre story telling
  • Primary School lessons on History, Federation and popular civic movements
  • Secondary School specific curriculum lessons School assembly speeches Leadership and motivational discussions
  • All Lessons are taught from an Indigenous perspective.
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Indigenous camps for future leaders
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We facilitate outdoor education and multi -day leadership camps for Indigenous young people. Our young people are important. At Indigicate we want our young Indigenous people to feel safe, be happy and reach their potential. That’s why we have created programs that are specifically tailored to working with Indigenous young people living in out of home care.

Indigicate has partnered with several Indigenous organisations to deliver multi-day leadership camps. Camps are built on partnerships with local Indigenous organisations in collaboration with state and federal government.

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Cultural training that changes organisations
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At Indigicate we understand that no one mould fits all and that your organisation is as unique as the training we provide. Our cultural training is built on authentic, two way learning and is designed to help your organisation develop reconciliation.

If Australia is going to close the gap of Indigenous disadvantage then every organisation must be culturally competent. In order to achieve this we need long term, sustainable change. At Indigicate we want organisations to be champions of reconciliation and have designed training packages that look for ways of creating synergy between your organisations values and Indigenous culture.

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Our Team

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Shawn Andrews is a descendant of the unceded Mununjali people of South East Queensland and the Palawa people of Tasmania. Shawn is a highly respected Indigenous educator, renowned public speaker and keynote presenter, a thought leader and passionate advocate for equality. Shawn’s life and career has been shaped by his commitment to educate Australians with the truth about Australian history and the desire to demonstrate that Indigenous Australian culture is sophisticated, strong and beautiful.

SHAWN ANDREWS- DIRECTOR
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Geoff Martin is an inspiring non-Indigenous Australian who believes strongly that Indigenous Australian Culture should be the centre of Australian Culture. A passionate advocate for reconciliation and authentic Indigenous educator, Geoff has spent the last five years working at Indigicate as an educator and leader. He sees his role as an important part of the reconciliation process and wants to empower all Australians to understand the truth about Australian history. Geoff’s passion and cultural understanding has led to him often being requested to co-lead Indigenous specific camps.

GEOFF MARTIN- DIRECTOR
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Rachel Shields is a descendant of the Weilwan and Gamilaroi peoples of North Western New South Wales. Through her mothers line she is a descendant of the First Peoples of the land known as Australia. She acknowledge all elements within her and pay respect to all her ancestors and to the ancestors of all people who walk the Earth today.

She shares here as a human being, a woman who is recognised as an educator, mentor, advocate & adviser, writer, storyteller, musician, artist, communicator and well being facilitator. Her aim is to respectfully contribute to social change in an inclusive manner. She draws upon her experience and connection to nature and her cultural heritage in a practical way that she feels is relevant and useful to our lives today.

RACHEL SHIELDS- CULTURAL EDUCATOR

Our Team

 

SHAWN ANDREWS

- DIRECTOR
 

RACHEL SHIELDS

CULTURAL EDUCATOR

Shawn Andrews

Founder and Managing Director
Shawn Andrews

GEOFF MARTIN

Director of Programs
Geoff Martin

Rachel Shields

Director of Indigenous Programs - Indigicate Cultural Awareness Facilitator & Youth Advocate
Rachel Shields

Patrick Curtain

Senior group leader
Patrick Curtain

Nic Brown

Business Development Manager
Nic Brown

  • “I had the privilege of watching Shawn Andrews, a young, proud Aboriginal man host a yarning circle with 30 non – indigenous people. The power and knowledge he bought really touched the heart and opened the minds of all that were present. If education is the key then Indigicate have the key to unlock every door to educating mainstream Australia and in an open and very empowering way.”

  • “Since my first meeting with Shawn in 2014 I have come to know Shawn as a highly motivated, highly energised Indigenous man. His vision of promoting his people, and his determination to provide new opportunities for younger members of Indigenous communities, have been highly influential. He has also worked very effectively to bring genuine understandings of Indigenous culture to non Indigenous youth. Not only has he achieved this through the design and implementation of curriculum, but on-country experiences, and camping encounters within the natural environment. Shawn Andrews certainly has translated his passion to positively influence both Indigenous and non Indigenous youngsters”.

  • “The Indigicate session was a real eye opener to things I've never thought about, considered, seen or heard of. It was a great discussion of our history as Australians as well as the 'other perspective' that we rarely hear from. Things were learnt, history was exposed, eyes were opened and change is coming.”

  • “I had the privilege of watching Shawn Andrews, a young, proud Aboriginal man host a yarning circle with 30 non – indigenous people. The power and knowledge he bought really touched the heart and opened the minds of all that were present. If education is the key then Indigicate have the key to unlock every door to educating mainstream Australia and in an open and very empowering way.”

    Program Participant
    COMPANY DIRECTOR

  • “Since my first meeting with Shawn in 2014 I have come to know Shawn as a highly motivated, highly energised Indigenous man. His vision of promoting his people, and his determination to provide new opportunities for younger members of Indigenous communities, have been highly influential. He has also worked very effectively to bring genuine understandings of Indigenous culture to non Indigenous youth. Not only has he achieved this through the design and implementation of curriculum, but on-country experiences, and camping encounters within the natural environment. Shawn Andrews certainly has translated his passion to positively influence both Indigenous and non Indigenous youngsters”.

    Program Participant
    COMPANY DIRECTOR

  • “The Indigicate session was a real eye opener to things I've never thought about, considered, seen or heard of. It was a great discussion of our history as Australians as well as the 'other perspective' that we rarely hear from. Things were learnt, history was exposed, eyes were opened and change is coming.”

    Program Participant
    COMPANY DIRECTOR

  • "I had the privilege of watching Shawn Andrews, a young, proud Aboriginal man host a yarning circle with 30 non – indigenous people. The power and knowledge he bought really touched the heart and opened the minds of all that were present. If education is the key then Indigicate have the key to unlock every door to educating mainstream Australia and in an open and very empowering way."

    Matthew Atkinson
    Project Manager - Rumbalare Aboriginal Co-operative

  • "Since my first meeting with Shawn in 2014 I have come to know Shawn as a highly motivated, highly energised Indigenous man. His vision of promoting his people, and his determination to provide new opportunities for younger members of Indigenous communities, have been highly influential. He has also worked very effectively to bring genuine understandings of Indigenous culture to non Indigenous youth. Not only has he achieved this through the design and implementation of curriculum, but on-country experiences, and camping encounters within the natural environment. Shawn Andrews certainly has translated his passion to positively influence both Indigenous and non Indigenous youngsters".

    Rick Tudor
    Former Principal Trinity Grammar School

  • "The Indigicate session was a real eye opener to things I've never thought about, considered, seen or heard of. It was a great discussion of our history as Australians as well as the 'other perspective' that we rarely hear from. Things were learnt, history was exposed, eyes were opened and change is coming."

    Student
    SRC Victoria - Executive Student

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