Local indigenous artist Neva Atkinson recently transformed Nanneella Estate Primary School's meeting place from a chalk circle into an Aboriginal masterpiece.
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Grade six students hold assemblies three times a day before class and at the beginning of each day to shake hands at the traditional meeting place.
Ms Atkinson had help with the mural design from Dede Atkinson and Kaitlyn Elliot.
The Wollithica elder hopes it will serve to engage students with local indigenous culture and history, and develop an understanding of Australia's first peoples.
"Everybody is talking about reconciliation but nothing is being done," Ms Atkinson said. "We need to stop talking about it and do it."
"This is the way I'm doing it — by sharing my culture through artwork one school at a time, one painting at a time. I'm sharing everything I know with anybody willing to listen and learn."
"You don't have to throw lots of dollars at something like this, it's just sharing your artwork."
Depicting the pathways that connect the classrooms to the Dhungala (Murray), Yakoe (Campaspe) and Gailya (Goulburn) with an Aboriginal design in the centre, students and staff also contributed to garner a sense of ownership and pride in the artwork.
"We expect it will be a treasured piece of art for many years to come," principal Ian Denson said.
"This highly visible reminder of local Aboriginal culture and history will be a prime focus for when Nanneella Primary joins with the Bendigo Astrological Society for an evening of stargazing at the school in early September."
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