Topics: Culture

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2008 - North West - view

Gamilaraay raiding party to Broke to steal women for wives

2008 - North West - view

In ancient times, Wa-boo-ee, the demon-spirit of the Wollombi tribe who controlled the seasons, springs from Devil’s Rock to land on Mt Yengo and step up into the sky. Another creation story is associated with the pathways of Tiddalik, a giant frog who lived in the Wollombi Valley and drank more than his share of the Wollombi Brook

2008 - Central - view

Bell Shakespeare Company

2008 - Central - view

short film 'Djarns Djarns'

2008 - North West - view

“When the moon cried and formed Moon Lagoon, Belmont”

2008 - North West - view

“Water Monsters” of Freeman’s Waterhole

2008 - North West - view

customary pathways

2008 - North West - view

cultural camping complex identifies cultural heritage and pathways across the wider Finchley area

2008 - North West - view

Finchley’s numerous engraving and art sites

2008 - North West - view

Biame’s cave at Milbrodale

2008 - North West - view

Lizard Rock near Broke

2008 - North West - view

Legend of the Lizard

2008 - North West - view

A yellow rock near Broke is its head and the ridgeline between the two sites is its body

2009 - North Coastal - view

Now in its ninth year, the Guringai Festival celebrates Aboriginal culture and heritage, honouring the traditional homelands of the Guringai people. It aims to raise awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in the Northern Sydney region and involves ten councils. Festival events include guided tours of Aboriginal sites, bushwalks, exhibitions and screenings. The Festival coincides with the International Year of Astronomy enabling Koories to participate with many Dreaming stories about the relationship between ancestral beings, the sun, moon, stars and planets.

2009 - North Coastal - view

Memorandum of Understanding is signed between The Northern Beaches Aboriginal Education Consultative Committee and the NSW Dept of Community and Aged Care to put in place strategy for caring for aged Aboriginal people in area. This was carried out at a Community Consultation meeting at Ingleside with a smoking ceremony by Les de Jong.

2009 - North Coastal - view

Lois Birk gives an acknowledgement of country at the Northern Beaches Annual General Meeting of the Aboriginal education Consultative Group. She says “We acknowledge that we are on Guringai country at Stoney Range Reserve, Dee Why. We will listen to each other. We walk softly and gently and pay homage to Indigenous people of all nations. We respect the spirits of this place”.

2009 - North Coastal - view

Koori diets are now much the same as everyone else’s.

2009 - North West - view

lore sites, including rock engravings and cave paintings within the Wollombi and Broke valleys

2009 - North West - view

The Biame cave is also protected

2009 - Central - view

'The Seven Stages of Grieving'