Your Australian home for stories of place, culture, faith and identity.
The Australian Storytelling Centre helps teachers, churches, travellers and seekers find, preserve and tell stories that root us in Country, honour diverse cultures and carry faith and meaning across generations.
Online courses, pilgrimages, professional development, workshops and events that weave story, spirituality and pilgrimage into everyday life.
Featured Journey: A guided storytelling pilgrimage from Sydney to Bourke, travelling inland via Dubbo — following river systems, towns, and stories that have shaped Australia’s heart.
Next departure: July 2026 · Limited places.
Where Australian stories of land, lineage and faith are held, honoured and handed on.
The Australian Storytelling Centre is an independent hub that brings together First Nations wisdom, Christian spirituality, Australian history and contemporary practice so you can tell stories that are truthful, honouring and deeply human.
We offer online learning, pilgrimages, professional development and access to seasoned storytellers who can guide your community into wise, grounded storytelling.
The problem
We are losing the stories that make us who we are.
In classrooms, congregations and communities, we feel the ache of disconnection. Students inherit dot points instead of living history. Churches struggle to speak across cultures and generations. Travellers pass through Country without learning to listen. Many of us feel unqualified or unsure about how to share stories with care.
Without wise, grounded storytelling, we risk repeating harm, flattening culture and leaving the next generation with little to stand on.
Our solution
Integrated pathways to learn, walk and tell with integrity.
Online courses that blend story craft and First Nations perspectives and Australian history.
Guided and self-guided pilgrimages that invite you to walk Country as a living library.
Professional development for teachers aligned with curriculum and best-practice pedagogy.
Workshops and events that equip churches and communities to tell honest, hopeful stories.
Access to experienced storytellers who can teach, consult and accompany your project.
Every offering is designed to help you find, preserve and tell stories that are accountable to Country, attentive to culture and alive with meaning.
Offerings
Pathways into deeper story work.
Choose from flexible online learning, immersive journeys and tailored support for your classroom, congregation or community.
Online courses
Self-paced and group-based programs in story craft, listening to Country, faith and narrative, classroom storytelling and more.
Formats: video lessons, readings, story labs, live zoom sessions.
Pilgrimages
Guided and self-guided journeys across Australian landscapes and communities that invite slow travel, listening and shared story.
Includes: curated routes, story prompts, local voices, spiritual practices.
Professional (PD)
Custom PD for teachers and church leaders wanting to embed story-based learning, trauma-aware practice and place-based theology.
Delivery: on-site, online or hybrid, with follow-up coaching.
Also available: one-off events, storytelling workshops, and consultancy with experienced storytellers for curricula, liturgies and community projects.
Who we serve
For teachers, churches, travellers and storytellers.
You don’t have to be a professional storyteller. You simply need a passion to honour the stories entrusted to you and a desire to seek and tell great stories.
Teacher
Bring Australian stories of place, culture and faith into your curriculum with confidence, and invite students to find their own voice.
Church
Shape preaching, liturgy, formation and mission around stories that are honest about history and alive to the Spirit.
Traveller
Move beyond sightseeing into pilgrimaging: listening to local voices, engaging history and reflecting on your own unfolding story.
Storyteller
If you are curious about story, land or faith, or already work with story in your art or vocation, you’ll find companions and craft here.
What makes us different
An integrative, Australian, legacy-focused approach.
We hold together story, land, culture, faith and justice in one coherent practice of storytelling.
Rooted in Country
Our work begins with Australian landscapes and the wisdom of First Nations communities, learning to listen to place before we speak about it.
Integrating faith and scholarship
We draw on history, literature and educational research to create offerings that are spiritually deep and intellectually robust.
Crafted for legacy
We are less interested in quick content and more in stories that your children and grandchildren will be grateful you learned to tell well.
Gather around the fire.
Events & workshops
Throughout the year we host public events, seasonal retreats, storytelling circles and bespoke workshops for schools and churches across Australia.
Invite us to your staff day, camp, conference or pilgrimage, or join one of our open events online or in person.
Sample gatherings
Storying Country: a school staff formation day.
Telling hard histories: workshop for preachers and worship leaders.
Walking the margins: an urban pilgrimage in your city.
Intergenerational story circles for families
We can tailor content to your context and tradition while remaining grounded in our core commitments.
Stories from the road
How communities are being changed by story.
Hear from teachers, ministers and pilgrims who have walked these pathways.
“My Year 9 students moved from rolling their eyes at ‘history’ to asking how they could record the stories in their own families. The course gave me language, frameworks and practices I’ll use for years.”
— Rachel, Humanities teacher, VIC
“Our church had never really grappled with our local history. The workshop helped us name hard truths and find language for hope. It has reshaped how we preach, pray and gather.”
— Mark, Minister, NSW
“Walking the pilgrimage route changed how I move through every city. I now notice the stories beneath the streets—and my own story within God’s wider story.”
— Joel, pilgrim-traveller, SA
Your next step
Start a conversation about the stories you hold.
Whether you are planning a new course, a staff retreat, a pilgrimage or simply wanting to grow in your own storytelling practice, we would love to listen and chat with you.
Share a little about your context and we’ll recommend pathways, courses or storytellers that fit.
Request a conversation
Tell us who you are, where you are, and what kind of story work you are longing for.
We typically respond within 3–5 business days.
Request a Conversation
Tell us about your context and what you’d like to explore. We’ll follow up to arrange a time to connect.
We’ll only use your details to respond to this request.
Frequently asked questions
A few quick answers. If your question isn’t here, reach out—we’re glad to talk.
Do you work with specific Christian traditions or denominations?
We are ecumenical and work across a wide range of Christian traditions, from liturgical churches to evangelical and Pentecostal communities. We also collaborate with organisations and schools that are exploring spirituality and meaning without formal religious affiliation, while remaining clear about our own grounding in Christian story.
How do you engage with First Nations stories and communities?
We are committed to learning from and alongside First Nations communities, and we seek to follow local protocols and leadership. In some offerings we partner directly with First Nations storytellers and organisations; in others, we help non-Indigenous communities examine their own stories and responsibilities. We do not speak on behalf of First Nations peoples.
Can you customise offerings for our school, diocese or network?
Yes. Many of our courses and workshops can be adapted for particular age groups, learning outcomes, theological emphases or regional contexts. Share some details via the form above and we can propose a tailored pathway, including pricing and timelines.
Do you offer online-only options for regional or remote communities?
Absolutely. Our online courses are designed for people across Australia and beyond, and we can run live workshops and coaching sessions via video. Hybrid models that combine online learning with local, self-guided pilgrimages are also available.
Australian Storytelling Centre
Helping people across Australia find, preserve and tell stories of place, culture, faith, history and identity.
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waters on which we live, learn and tell stories, and pay our respects to Elders past and present.
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