PHOTO: UNSW students working in the Bourke community garden with local management team. Photo: supplied.
In 2024, University of Sydney (Usyd) dietetic students joined landscape architecture students from the University of NSW (UNSW) for the first time in going to Bourke to contribute their knowledge to the local community garden.
Their stay was part of a community-led professional placement that has grown from a ‘reciprocal learning’ relationship that has enriched both the Bourke community and those visiting.
In the most recent chapter, two students from UNSW travelled to Bourke for two months for the placement led by UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture senior lecturer Eva Lloyd and UNSW adjunct lecturer and Wiradjuri woman Samantha Rich…