Lyndale Secondary College

Lyndale Secondary College, located on the Lands of the Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation, is committed to reconciliation, and to working collaboratively with the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. 

Our community recognises and values the ongoing connections Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have to the lands and waters and that they hold the wisdom and knowledge of the world’s oldest continuous culture.  We believe that education is the key to change and through education, we are committed to the process of truth-telling, and to the self-determination of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in education.  

We believe that the creation of a culturally inclusive and responsive safe learning space is vital, and we commit to doing this by ensuring reconciliation is more than just a word, that it is a shared purpose. We believe that by listening and by working with the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, we are creating a learning space where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives are taught with respect, and that these perspectives and truths will be embedded in every learning area, and in every school event. 

We see reconciliation as an opportunity for healing, as an opportunity for our vibrant and diverse community to deeply understand Australia's First Peoples culture and to view it as a living and ongoing part of Australia's’ shared cultural identity. We believe that the way forward is together, and that through genuine partnership and authentic communication, our college can help to achieve reconciliation. As educators and lifelong learners, we see a bright future, one where young people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander decent feel proud of their shared cultural heritage and are ready to take their place as future leaders and share in the journey of reconciliation.