As St Benedict was known for developing a sense of community based on a set of shared values, it was decided early on that the House groups for St Benedict’s Catholic School would need to be another avenue to connect us as a school community to the wider community. As we have also built our school in an area where traditional indigenous people gathered and we were building our school to have a strong connection to the environment as indigenous people also do, we decided in consultation with the indigenous community to name (using traditional Birrigubba language) our Houses after key parts of the environment that show ‘God in all of Life’. Bindal Traditional owner, Gavin Kum Sing created these artworks to represent each house group.
