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What is Message Club?

Message Club - ABC's new youth site for upper primary and lower high school Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. The site offers school activities for Indigenous and non-Indigenous students with the opportunity to present their work online. Its main aim is to promote student interest in traditional and contemporary Indigenous life within new media / visual arts / writing / music / history / sports / reading / nutrition.

The site also aims to develop a connection between Australian schools through an online community where urban and rural students can share experiences about the way they live.

Message Club will provide content produced by prominent Interdisciplinary Indigenous Role models such as Dr Anita Heiss, author and Managing Committee Member of the Australian Society for Authors, Kelrick Martin - Producer/Director of ABC's Message Stick, Rhianna Patrick and Kerri-Lee Barry - Producers of ABC's Radio News, ABC Indigenous Presenter Trainee, Kezia Dawkins, the Australian Museum's Aboriginal Collections Officer, Barrina South, John South, New Media Designer, Juanita Ypinazar and artworks by Shane Russell - one of the Directors of The Dreaming animation series, plus many, many more.