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Who are the traditional owners of Gariwerd?
Known as Gariwerd by local Indigenous people, the region has been home to the Djab Wurrung and Jardwardjali people for 20,000 years and contains the densest concentration of rock art paintings and the largest assemblage of Aboriginal art motifs in Victoria.
Why Gariwerd is an important place for Aboriginal people?
Gariwerd is a very spiritual place for Aboriginal people, because of the dreaming stories and the abundance of food, water and shelter it provides. This is evidenced by the number of occupation sites found in Gariwerd and the fact, that still today Aboriginal people are drawn to this place.
What is the original Aboriginal name for Grampians is?
Gariwerd (the Aboriginal name for the Grampians) is pivotal to many ancient stories of Aboriginal communities in south-western Victoria. The region has the largest number of rock art sites in southern Australia and over 80% of Victoria’s rock art sites.
Where is Gariwerd country?
Victoria
Traditionally known as Gariwerd, the land is at the centre of creation stories for many of the Aboriginal communities in south-western Victoria. Discoveries of Indigenous Australian artefacts in the region include ancient oven mounds, scatterings of stone left over from tool making, and ancient rock art sites.
What Aboriginal land is Horsham?
2.1 Acknowledgement of Country “The Horsham Rural City Council acknowledges the five Traditional Owner groups of this land – the Wotjobaluk, Wergaia (Were-guy-ya), Jupagalk, Jaadwa and Jadawadjali people. We recognise the important and ongoing place that all Indigenous people hold in our community.
What Aboriginal land is Halls Gap on?
The Brambuk National Park and Cultural Centre in Halls Gap is owned and managed by Jardwadjali and Djab Wurrung people from five Aboriginal communities with historic links to the Gariwerd-Grampians ranges and the surrounding plains.
Who are the traditional owners of Black Rock?
1. A brief history form evidence availablke of the Bunurong Tribe who were the original inhabitants of the area which is now known as Black Rock.” — introduction.
How do you acknowledge wurundjeri?
Wominjeka Wurundjeri Balluk yearmenn koondee bik” means “Welcome to the land of the Wurundjeri people in the Woiwurrung Language of the Wurundjeri People. I am delighted to formally Welcome readers to Swinburne’s new Indigenous Australians — Moondani Toombadool.
What Aboriginal land is Melbourne CBD on?
The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong Boon Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.
Who are the traditional owners of the Grampians?
What Aboriginal land is Sandringham on?
the Kulin Nation
Sandringham Primary School respectfully acknowledges the Boon Wurrung / Bunurong people, and other peoples of the Kulin Nation on whose ancestral lands we teach and learn. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Why is BlackRock called BlackRock?
Black Rock took its name from a large outcropping of black limestone along the Niagara River, which was blasted away in the early 1820s to make way for the canal.
How do I know what Aboriginal land I am on?
Aboriginal Land Councils are a reliable source for learning which Country you are on. To find out more information, Google the name of your town and “Aboriginal Land Council”.
What Aboriginal land is Halls Gap?
Halls Gap (Budja Budja and its surrounds) lies on land, which was occupied by clans speaking the Djab wurrung language (Clark 1990: 108). The language group boundary generally extended from Stawell in the north, Halls Gap, Dunkeld and the Wannon River in the west, Mt.