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Celia Berrell Awarded Highly Commended.

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Fraser Coast Regional Libraries held their first Poetry Writing contest for NAIDOC Week this year and our very own Celia Berrell was awarded a Highly Commended for her poem Ancient Secrets in the Sky. Congratulations Celia!

You can read Celia’s beautiful words by following this link. You can find out more about the story behind the poem on Celia’s website.

Celia receiving her certificate from Librarian Tara Webb
(image used with permission)

Ancient Secrets in the Sky by Celia Berrell

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Australia’s first people
shared knowledge that’s verbal
through story and song
both secret and long.
They studied the skies
and became very wise
in using the stars
to travel afar.
Star maps, like diaries
can jog song-line memories,
showing the best ways
we now use as highways.
When driving one day
on the Great Western Highway,
know ancient astronomy’s
part of its history.

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