Aboriginal culture is a massive part of the community in Goulburn and surrounds.
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That is why the Goulburn Police Station teamed up with Trinity Catholic College on Tuesday, August 4 to celebrate National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day.
The college's Aboriginal contact teacher Beverley McGreevy said Year 9 and 10 child studies students recently began learning about Aboriginal cultures and created welcome hands which were displayed at the station.
"The students used the symbols, language and stories they learned in their Children and Culture unit to make the hands," Ms McGreevy said.
"When year 7 students start on their first day of each year, we give them a hand to say welcome.
"It's to celebrate the wonderful tradition of local Aboriginal children for at least the past 10,000 or 20,000 years.
"We have a number of Aboriginal, Torres Strait and Papuan students at Trinity."
Inspector Alison Brennan from the Hume Police District said she hoped the partnership would continue in the future as it tied in well with some of the work police were doing.
"We hope we can make it an ongoing thing moving forward," Inspector Brennan said.
"We have an Aboriginal strategic direction and a police and Aboriginal consultative committee which addresses issues within the Aboriginal committee surrounding crime prevention and safety.
"Youth is a definitely a huge component of that and we need to reach out and engage with them."
Since 1988, August 4 was chosen to communally celebrate the birthdays of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people taken from their families at a young age.
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