Topics: Culture
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South West - view
the story of Mirragan, the hunter who chased Gurangatch, the big eel thus creating much the landscape around Sydney. Gurangatch was finally caught at Gulguer, Bents Basin .
North West - view
Sharon Hodgetts , project officer at Darkinjung Land Council, shares her experiences of growing up on an isolated property at Gulgong, and the stone axes she and her father found that connect her to her Aboriginality
South Coastal - view
Aboriginal names used to be used for the fish and octopus
Central - view
the importance of educating non-Aboriginal (and young Aboriginal people) on the significance of Aboriginal cultural sites
South Coastal - view
under the water are Aboriginal rock paintings and carvings. Uncle Greg feels that “this land is a powerful spiritual place” and wrong-doers will be punished eventually
South West - view
the many Aboriginal art sites around the Southern Sydney area , many of which she grew up knowing about.
North West - view
Gavi Duncan , youth worker at Youth Connections and a director on Darkinjung Land Council, describes the young people who are born in this area as New Darkinjung Mob
South Coastal - view
many Aboriginal sites around the Bardens Creek area were not being well cared for by National Parks and Wildlife – trail bikes had destroyed bush and some sites, houses built too near – so in 1985 she mapped all the sites and put in a blanket land claim for them.
South West - view
heritage preservation work through NSW National Parks and with miners
North West - view
One of her roles is to take Jawun secondees out bush and introduce them to culture and country
Central - view
The Foundation for Aboriginal Affairs was established to give opportunities to Sydney Aboriginal people: housing and employment, but also a place to meet and develop their own ideas. This led to the purchase of a building on George St in 1964 where they had an art shop, ran dances and concerts and acted as an action planning centre.
West - view
Stonecutter’s Ridge , a large Aboriginal site where silcrete was mined and traded since long before white settlement. He also explains how stone tools were made and the uses of different kinds of stone. Uncle Gordon is also in charge of a local reburial.
North West - view
feeling drawn to Mt Yengo , then discovering that it was a major east coast ceremonial gathering place. “That’s why I feel it; it’s been passed down through my DNA
Central - view
Auntie Pat also asked local people what they wanted her to take back to Sydney: "Ningla-ana: I am hungry for my mother (ie. land)”. This became a slogan for the early land rights movement.
West - view
how spirits visited at her grandmother’s house and the one that escorted her mother: “just looking after” her.
Central - view
Redfern Oval on Saturday nights used to be a big meeting place, recalls Uncle Allan Madden . Sometimes people were “charged up” and it was also the place where planning for many of the big organisations was discussed: the Aboriginal Medical Service and Legal Service. The Palms Milk Bar , just up the road, was another gathering place. Related videos: You don't have to be a pisshead to be Aboriginal