Topics: Culture
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South West - view
Auntie Glenda Chalker discusses the history of known remains from the Appin Massacre of 1816, which some of her ancestors survived and some may not have
Central - view
the power of creating and letting all Aboriginal people dance in their own way, be that traditional or contemporary.
South West - view
Auntie Frances Bodkin explains how Aboriginal science, unlike Western science, has always highlighted the importance of connections
North Coastal - view
Women’s and Men’s Business that is all through this country
South West - view
Auntie Glenda Chalker describes her relationship to country
West - view
Uncle Dennis shares their stories and his memories of the individuals and families and the connections between them, giving an insight into what they meant to each other.
Central - view
To imbue the college with practices and values and principles that are truly Aboriginal
South West - view
tells of traditioinal stories that teach of the near and distant past . She also explains the differences between D’harawal peoples depending on which waterways they are most connected to, yet how they are all linked by these waterways.
North Coastal - view
Songlines that go across present day Sydney, into Queensland and across to Central Australia
North Coastal - view
sacred sites
South West - view
Glenda Chalker describes hopes to return to traditional fire practices, and the ways that her family are reclaiming other traditional ways
West - view
story teller explains that it is not just entertainment, there is a teaching in it as well. He goes on to play the story of the joey who couldn’t jump the fence on the didgeridoo.
South West - view
Auntie Frances Bodkin , speaking with Karen Maber , tells part one of the story of the lyrebird and how it came to speak all languages.
North Coastal - view
the knowledge that was taught to him as a child
North Coastal - view
cultural connection (with their knowledge of the land and bush foods)
North West - view
Liz Cameron describes the healing techniques she has learned and how they apply to individuals and communities: the importance of healing the person and the community through being on country, artistic process, intimacy and belonging
South Coastal - view
Uncle Greg calls it his “university campus”, because the elders taught him values and how to live – “how to drift with the tide” and “how to be in deep water”. Now, as an elder himself, it is his job to teach about these things. He tells the story from when he was eight and had an encounter with a spirit man who, gently, helped teach him to consider others and not let his anger get the better of him.