Harmony Day Display

Walking in my shoes

From 19 March 2008

View life in Toowoomba through the eyes of six young people from different cultural backgrounds at Cobb and Co. Museum’s Harmony Day display from 19 March.

Walking in my shoes has been developed in conjunction with Centenary Heights State High School (CHSHS) and features the stories of six students.

Each student has chosen to include a pair of shoes which are either culturally or personally significant to them

The countries and cultures represented include Liberian, German, Indigenous Australian, Solomon Islander, Bangladeshi and European Australian.

Approximately ten percent of the CHSHS student population were born overseas in 35 different countries and 21 students entered Australia as refugees.

Cobb+Co Museum celebrates Harmony Day with a new display each year and for the first time, the display will focus on the lives, views and hopes of teenagers.

Harmony Day is held on 21 March each year and coincides with the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.