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Reconciliation Design
About the design
Catholic Education Services- Diocese of Cairns Reconciliation Action Plan design is built around a stylised contemporary pattern symbolic of both land and sea and depicts the journey of reconciliation through nurturing and the sharing of knowledge and understanding with students throughout the Cairns Catholic Education Community.
This stylised contemporary background pattern draws upon a scrub turkey nest. Known throughout the Far North Queensland region as a forest forager, gathering to build its nest to ensure the safety and security of it’s eggs. In this same way the Cairns Catholic Education Community ensures reconciliation is nurtured through the sharing of knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures throughout the 29 schools and colleges within the Diocese.
Each egg symbolises a school or college within the Diocese of Cairns and will formulate co-designed reconciliation icons for schools by the students of each school in the second iteration of the Catholic Education-Cairns Diocese Reconciliation Action Plan design.
About the design studio
The Catholic Education Services-Diocese of Cairns piece was designed by Leigh Harris of ingeous studios in Cairns, a leading Indigenous design and digital creative agency. Leigh, a proud Kangoulu and Gungarri man who is also proud of Italian and Welsh heritage and draws upon his Aboriginal cultural heritage and knowledge to influence his design works across all of his design works.
Leigh’s work has been a process of many years as an industry specialist and is strongly influenced by his heritage as inspired from traditional and contemporary styles, drawn from his rich knowledge of Country and Culture while remain stylised and modern.
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