The official name for our new kindergarten in the Ferrars Street Education and Community Precinct is Barring Djinang Kindergarten.
The new long day care kindergarten for children aged three years and above opened in late January 2018 on the fifth floor of the new primary school building at 129 Ferrars Street, Southbank.
We recently undertook a process to formally name the kindergarten. One of the key actions in Council’s Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) (2017-2019) is to involve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the naming of Fishermans Bend roads, parks and buildings in the Boon Wurrung language.
The Boon Wurrung Foundation provided four great name options for the kindergarten from the first people’s language, an ancient oral tradition and now a written language.
The period for feedback has now concluded and Barring Djinang which means 'little footsteps', has now been chosen as the new name of the kindergarten.
Find out more
- Contact the team via ASSIST on (03) 9209 6777 or email fsecp@portphillip.vic.gov.au
- Visit Council's webpage for the latest information about the precinct and to subscribe for email updates
- Visit South Melbourne Primary School on the Victorian Building Authority website
- Visit the Fishermans Bend website for more information about the urban renewal project
