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Indigenous dance, song program for preschoolers inspires koala conservation

An Indigenous PhD candidate has created a First Nations song and dance program for preschoolers that she hopes will nurture the next generation to protect one of the country's iconic creatures.

Planting a koala food tree also plants the seed in children's hearts to care for koalas. (Supplied: The Nature School Early Years Program)

Biripai woman Arlene Mehan co-created the Guula Gimbay program to inform her research, which is focusing on the use of sounds and language on country and how traditional ecological knowledge informs people for koala conservation.

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