The unique artworks tell the students' stories about what it means to be living on Wonnarua Country today.

Participating schools include Francis Greenway High, Hunter Valley Grammar, Maitland High, Metford Public, Tarro Public, Telarah Public and Woodberry Public.

Maitland Regional Art Gallery coordinator Kattie Bugeja said the gallery was thrilled to be debut the students' work from Saturday.

"It's an exhibition made up of collaborative art works. Each school has developed their own response about what it means to them to be living on Wonnarua country," she said.

"We will be having some workshops as part of NAIDOC Week celebrations which members of the public can get involved in as well."

Each school's response has been led by student leaders from their Junior Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (JAECG) as they explored ideas in workshops at school, Maitland Regional Art Gallery and at some very special places on Wonnarua Country.

The exhibition was born from a desire to provide a platform for young artists to share their connection to Country with the wider community.

"We have such a fantastic mix. We have everything from giant sculpture to a series of photographs to traditional paintings," Ms Bugeja said.

"We are so excited for this exhibition. The artists are so excited to have their works on exhibition. It's so interesting for us to see how they present their experiences of country."

'Stories from Wonnarua Country' is on exhibition at MRAG from Saturday, June 29 to Sunday, October 13.

Visit the exhibition during NAIDOC Week from July 7 to 14 and explore your connection to Country through a painting workshop with Wonnarua artist Lesley Salem, or dance class with Emily Punu.

Full details of all NAIDOC Week and school holiday activities available via mrag.org.au.