Student poems
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Custodian’s Bundjalung Poem
By Bundjalung Custodians (Byron Bay Public School)Sitting on the sparkly dark blue ripples
singing joy together
as one. We watch
the ancestor boat drift knowingly -
cultural machines
By Bundjalung Custodians (Byron Bay Public School)whale calls
to me, whale
sees me,
grandmothers -
Custodian's Bundjalung Poem
By Bundjalung Custodians (Byron Bay Public School)Community leaders.
Respect
Relationship
Song Spirals (word of song story) -
Woman's Business
By Bundjalung Custodians (Byron Bay Public School)yapa – Sister
Wawa – Brother –
Gaynabarr family – Tony, Heather, Tina
name morning star -
The ocean
By First Nations Students (Byron Bay Public School)The ocean is getting
cleaned up.
The people help clean up
so the fish, whales and stingray -
Embracing Culture
By Mariah (Byron Bay Public School)A group of whales hover on
the salt water. Flipping and
jumping while singing
about the depths of the -
Sea snakes slither
By First Nations Students (Byron Bay Public School)In the Big Beautiful bubbling ocean, blue whales hum, Dolphins Dive Down
Deep Jiggling Jellyfish Juggle, Salty Seaweed As sea snakes
Slither On the sand.
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small jalun to eat
By First Nations Students (Byron Bay Public School)wales swim in big groups it makes them
stronger oh look.
This wale, is it in a group?
It must be an independent wale -
what I heard
By First Nations Students (Byron Bay Public School)water
whales
singing
flipping -
The whale story
By First Nations Students (Byron Bay Public School)the smart
octopus
swims
in the -
In salt waters
By First Nations Students (Byron Bay Public School)The whale is in salt waters
and there are jellyfish
in the salt water
I go swimming with -
The whale story
By First Nations Students (Byron Bay Public School)a whale thought today would be
a calm day but it was noisy
because there was a fire on
a boat floating around -
seaweed and me
By First Nations Students (Byron Bay Public School)So whale is in salt water
it eats plankton, it sings to find its
family. There are turtles in the ocean,
there is seaweed and me
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Custodian's Bundjalung Poem
By Bundjalung Custodian (Byron Bay Public School)tuesday 4 november 2025
community leaders –
relationships
whales swim with open mouths – singing
