About St Ives Retirement Living

St Ives Cultural Story

The centre of circle represents the infinite purpose, where there is both energy and balance.  This centre circle and the colours represent the fire and heart of St Ives, the Jolimont office.

The eight surrounding circles represent the villages of St Ives, and the U shapes are our elders sitting around campfire, the old people that have gathered knowledge and stories over a lifetime and are willing to share.

The Spirit that runs through the middle of the painting is the underground river, the river that runs beneath the Bibbulman track in the Southwest. This is where we look beyond our physical to our spiritual journey. It is the energy and spirit that connects us all.

The smaller tributes running from the villages are the Greenough, Swan, Blackwood and Collie Rivers – rivers of Bibbulman Country. These are the stories of the old people, feeding the spirit of our children. Water is the source of life. The old teachings say that the children will always find their way back to the rivers, where the old people and the stories are waiting.

The blue shapes forming the background represents different Country, that every time you walk over a hill, around a rock or across a river, we see and feel different parts of Country. Country is connected but has subtle change as we move through it.

The white dots represent the path a of the young people travelling through Country and at times return and sit at the river’s edge, to sit and yarn with the Elders, so that the stories continue.