Cherbourg State School,Queensland, situated 250 kilometres from Brisbane. It is close to Murgon in the South Burnett region, in the traditional country of the Wakka Wakka people. In 2003, the school had 250 students, from kindergarten to Year 7 and Indigenous Education Workers (IEWs) can be found in each classroom. The Development of literacy skills is a central priority and the aims of the school is to generate education outcomes comparable to other schools in Queensland. The school is almost completely Aboriginal which embraces aboriginality in a true and positive sense. (Source: What Works website www.whatworks.edu.au)