FOR the first time in 147 years, the Aboriginal art of possum skin cloak making came back to Singleton at the weekend. Around 15 people attended a workshop that revealed the cultural significance of the cloak and gave hands-on tuition on how they are made. The possum skins are sewn together but it is the design on the inside, created with the use of poker burners, that tell the stories of the local people and makes each coat significant to its region. According to workshop facilitator Vicki Couzens, possum skin cloaks are one of the most sacred expressions of traditional south-eastern Aboriginal peoples.