Jan ‘Yarn’ Wositzky’s
AUSTRALIAN HISTORY
WORKSHOPS & SHOWS
Dear Teachers,
I am a storyteller, writer and musician,
based in Castlemaine, Victoria, and …
* Am widely known as a founder the famous Bushwackers Band (1971)
* Have 46 years experience performing Australian history stories
* Script-writer of two award-winning television history documentaries
My top quality Australian history incursions come …
* Curriculum aligned and adaptable to your curriculum focus
* Thoroughly researched, with new information in addition to the standard story
* Based in story, music and theatre
* Popular with students and teachers, and with meaningful student participation.
CONTACT:
Booking/Enquiry Form
Phone: 0417 332 065
WORKSHOPS & SHOWS
General Australian History
The Australian History Show (Prim. & Sec.)
Songs, music & stories to meet your curriculum focus.
Family & Local History
HOME (is with my family) (P-1)
Music show/workshop where students write about their family.
Landmarks of Melbourne (Year 2 and over)
Stories and songs about Melbourne’s famous places.
Colonial, Indigenous & Reconciliation
Wominjeka: The Thank You Workshop (Prim & Sec)
Music workshop where students learn and record a song of reconciliation.
The Go-Between: William Murrungurk Buckley (Prim & Sec)
Theatre show on colonial and Indigenous history.
Involves students playing parts.
1850s Gold Rush
Gold in the Heart (Prim & Sec)
Theatre/music show telling of Victorian gold rush.
Involves students playing parts.
World War One – Gallipoli
Çanakkale. Gallipoli. Lest We Forget (5/6 & Sec.)
Australian -Turkish music/theatre/literature show on Gallipoli.
Involves students playing parts.
Storytelling and writing (also good for English)
Jan ‘Yarn’ Wositzky’s Author Visit(Prim & Sec)
Performing extracts from his many books and talking about the process of writing them.
Jan ‘Yarn’ Wositzky’s Storytelling Workshop (Prim & Sec)
Teaching students to tell stories
For that social occasion with parents and kids.
