'Kadadjiny - Learning' was created for the Department of Training and Workforce Development's Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan 2026 - 2028
Kadadjiny (Learning) represents the important role that knowledge, training and education plays in strengthening communities in order to achieve reconciliation. Overall, the piece explores the themes of knowledge sharing and connected communities.
At the centre of the piece we have people sitting together, representing the Department of Training and Workforce Development (Department). This is the nexus from where the sharing of knowledge, training and education begins. From here, journey lines spread outward to ten meeting places, marked by ten regions of Western Australia. The journey lines to each of these meeting places represent the work the Department does to connect communities.
The curved journey lines connect a series of campsites to demonstrate how the community sprawls across the State, and a reminder of how the transfer of knowledge can connect us all.
When looked at as a whole, the journey lines and the communities they connect resemble a spider’s web. The spider holds significant meaning in that it is associated with strength and resilience. When communities are connected, we have a strong foundation.
The symbolism of ripples have been included to reinforce the theme of knowledge sharing, specifically the flow-on effect associated with upskilling our people and in turn, galvanising stronger communities.
All of this is laid over a lake, representing the life force that the essential resource water provides. The shape of the lake mirrors the shape of WA to reinforce the unique challenge that working across such an expansive geographical area can bring.
The border around the lake symbolises the Wagyl. The Wagyl is said to have been responsible for the creation of the Derbarl Yerrigan (Swan River) and other rivers, lakes and waterways and therefore is a powerful force in creating the communities we know today.