BILLARD LEARNING CENTRE
“What you learn can change your life.”
Billard Learning Centre is an innovative learning facility located at Billard Aboriginal Community, approximately 2kms from Beagle Bay Aboriginal Community on the central Dampier Peninsula in the remote north-west Kimberley region of Western Australia.
The goal of Billard Learning Centre is to encourage lifelong learning.
The main work of Billard Learning Centre is:
- My Action Plan (MAP) – a unique planning tool for individual development
- Blank Page Summit – an annual gathering for collaborative transformation
- Learning Centre – mentoring of local students undertaking tertiary studies in universities and colleges across Australia
- Caring for Spring Country – cultural mapping and maintenance
WE BUILT OUR OWN LEARNING CENTRE WITH OUR BROTHERS FROM NSW
Billard Learning Centre was proudly built in 2009 by members of the Billard Aboriginal Community and the sheer hard work and dedication of an external technical crew from NSW (Michael Carson, Trent Woodleigh and Zen Joyce) with a grant of $45,000 from the Australian Government (FaHCSIA) and the vital support of Kullarri Regional CDEP (KRCI).
What a perfect spot!
We made it so we could move it!
Deadly design (thanks, Michael)!
See how easy it is!
Don’t panic, boys even though you’ve just heard the Minister’s coming next week!
Almost there, Nelson – just hold up the sky for a minute!
The morning of the Minister’s arrival – all done!
If only she knew how tired we were – Minister Jenny Macklin at Billard on 25 July 2009 (Trent Woodleigh, Michael Carson, Zen Joyce)
Stephen Victor Snr and Minister Jenny Macklin at Billard on 25 July 2009 at the official opening of Billard Learning Centre
