03/06/2026
Last week, on the first day of National Reconciliation Week, a group of Shenton students and staff represented the school at the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Veterans and Service Association of WA ceremony at Kings Park. Alongside their peers from the Jinjeejerdup (Mt Lawley Outreach) Follow the Dream program, our students stood alongside community members, veterans and families to pay their respects and reflect on the service and sacrifice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander soldiers.
We then had the privilege of attending the premiere of Not Forgotten, a documentary that captures the story behind the Fallen Soldiers project our students saw to completion last year. The film, produced by Dr Glen Stasiuk from Black Russian Productions and Murdoch University (and a Shenton parent), will act as a message stick, carrying forward the truth-telling of these soldiers, the sacrifices they made for their country and the discrimination they experienced on their return.
We are incredibly proud of the leadership our students have shown in this project, and the manner in which they have honoured the memory and legacy of the soldiers whose stories they were entrusted to tell by the soldiers’ families.
We would also like to acknowledge the leadership and commitment from Shenton staff member, Sandra Down, in seeing this project through from inception to full completion.
We thank the Polly Farmer Foundation, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Kings Park and Botanic Garden for their support of this important project.
If you would like to watch the film please follow this link: https://youtu.be/9zu9OjvlvdE