Heritage and history came to life on Friday last week as the young skilful winners of the Peel Heritage Art Competition were announced at the Mandurah Community Museum.
The competition encourages primary school students from across the Mandurah and Peel regions to capture their local heritage, built or natural, in a work of art.
The ultimate goal of the project, is to encourage students to recognise the precious value of the region’s heritage for the future.
City of Mandurah Deputy Mayor Darren Lee said it was great to see students use their creative skills to capture the region’s rich story, and said it would help to preserve it for future generations.
“Our region has such an interesting Aboriginal, colonial and maritime history and the Peel Heritage Art Competition is a great opportunity for local children to uncover and share their stories,” he said.
“It’s great to see so many children’s artworks highlighting our heritage, this will help us to preserve our incredible history for future generations.”
Glencoe Primary School took both the senior and junior winner certificate home, with year 4 student Aidan Hunter being awarded the competition’s senior winner certificate and year 2 student Zeke Branson winning the junior winner certificate.
Both students would also enjoy a Dolphin Cruise family ticket.
Special recognition certificates were also awarded to North Mandurah Primary School year 4 student Erin Hogan, North Mandurah Primary School year 1 student Blayze Campbell, Glencoe Primary School year 5 student Marcus Tomlinson, Falcon Primary School year 1 student Nadia Garman and Greenfields Primary School year 5 student Desigar Ranth.
Special recognition prizes included vouchers for Kmart, Mandurah Indoor Rock Climbing and Jacksons Drawing Supplies.
The works of Mandurah’s youngest artists will be on display at the Mandurah Community Museum until October 23.
