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Aboriginal History of Bingi-Congo Walking Track
Article
The Bingi-Congo walking track forms part of the Dreaming Track utilised by the Brinja-Yuin people prior to European development. This article is also posted at the Bingi Dreaming track, Eurobodalla National Park....
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Astronomy
Patricia Ellis OAM talks about astronomy and the stars. She explains how stars are used for wayfinding and knowledge holding....
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Biamanga and Gulaga – Aboriginal Cultural Association with Biamanga and Gulaga National Parks
Article
This report is primarily for Aboriginal people who are from the south coast of New South Wales and the wider Aboriginal community. Their family history and their cultural area and cultural association with the land has been reserached in the context of the joint management of Biamanga and Gulaga National Parks....
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Black Wattle and Rope
Patricia Ellis OAM talks about Black Wattle, how to harvest it and teaches how to use it to make rope....
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Bulrush
Patricia Ellis OAM talks about Bullrush, how to harvest it and teaches us how to make rope with it....
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Bunja’s Story: Climate Story
Article
I’ve definitely noticed changes in the weather and in Country. It’s almost as though someone has turned it on its head. Summer is a lot wetter and winter is a lot colder – but then we’re having more and more droughts as well. It’s volatile – it goes from extreme to extreme....
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Buran (Stringy Bark)
Warren Foster talks about Buran and the multiple ways stringy bark is used....
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Bush Medicine
Warren Foster talks about bush medicine. He explains how taking medicine, eating bush tucker or eating the native animals was also a way of taking in the land and a strengthening of the connection to Land and Country....
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Caring for Country
Bunja Smith discusses the imporatance of caring for and managing Country....
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Caring for Country
Gary Campbell talks about caring for Country, why the Lake is sick and his goals for reducing mess and caring for Country and community....
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Caring for Country
Judy Norris talks about caring for Counrty. She talks about being part of 'the firesticks alliance' and the process of doing cultural burns. Alongside this, Judy talks about koala surverying and how to monitor for wildlife....
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Caring for Country
Lynne Thomas talks about caring for Country, what it means culturally and the importance of keeping it alive....
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Djuuwin Women’s Perspectives on the Moruya Deua River Catchment
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Initiated by the Southern Rivers Catchment Management Authority (SRCMA) in response to concerns raised by Djuuwin women, the Djuuwin Women’s Perspectives on the Moruya Deua River Catchment Project aims to address historical gaps by identifying an approach for the ongoing identification and management of Aboriginal cultural heritage across the catchment in time for the development of the Moruya Deua Catchment Health Plan....
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Eurobodalla Regional Hospital cultural program
Article
Aboriginal knowledge shaped the new Eurobodalla Regional Hospital design to build connections with Country. Connecting with Country combines local Aboriginal knowledge to improve cultural health, wellbeing and healing. It also aims to reduce the impacts of natural events like fire, drought, and flooding through sustainable practices....
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Iconic south coast island gets Indigenous name
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THE iconic Montague Island off the NSW south coast has been given a dual indigenous name in honour of the cultural significance of the island to the Yuin people. The process of renaming Barunguba Montague Island Nature Reserve was initiated by the traditional owners and announced by NSW Environment Minister Penny Sharpe on Tuesday....
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Joseph Sutton
Biography
Joseph Sutton was a respected member of the Yuin community, remembered through oral histories collected in the early 1990s, Sutton played a...
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Mamadha (Native Cherry)
Warren Foster talks about the Mummuda, or native cherry. He explains how Yuin people see it versus how settlers see the plant. Warren talks through the uses of the plant....
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Mummuga Point
Vivienne Mason talks about Mummuga Point, the marine life that lives nearby and the way the water invigorates life....
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Native Plant Use
Patricia OAM Ellis talks about native plants, their importance and value and recipes using native plants....
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Protecting Biamanga and Gulaga
Lynne Thomas talks about protecting Biamanga and Gulaga, the fight to protect them and reclaim them and what they represent culturally....
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Radio: Indigenous communities hit hard by fires.
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Batemans Bay on the New South Wales south coast has been one of the communities hardest hit by the bushfires. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed leaving their owners camping out or staying with family, friends and even total strangers. Aboriginal elders are among those who've been forced into evacuation centres. The World Today speaks to Bunja Smith, a Walbunja elder of the Yuin nation and manager of the Booraja home care program in the Batemans Bay area....
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Significance of Water and Waterways
Vivienne Mason talks about the significance of water and waterways. She talks about the spirits and animals that live around and depend it....
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Sustainability and Conservation
Patricia Ellis OAM talks about sustainability and conservation in Aboriginal Culture. She shared different methods of conservation and how Aboriginal people looked out for each other....
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Tea Tree
Warren Foster talks about the tea tree plant, tea tree oil and the way it was used....
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Video: Journey of a Cultural Fire Practitioner
Article
In this short film, meet Lynne Thomas, Yuin / Biripi / Muckatung / Thawa woman, as she shares her journey with Country and Cultural Fire....
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Wallaga Lake foreshore traditional culture
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Members of the Campbell family shared their extensive knowledge of the Wallaga Lake area and its Indigenous history that dates back thousands of years....
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Water
Lynne Thomas talks about the different types of water, their significance and the life within them....
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