Mullum Mullum Festival Ensuring That Future Generations Retain an Environment to Enjoy
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DAY 2 SUNDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER – FESTIVAL OPENING Festival Patrons Les Smith & Howard Tankey Today’s Walks & Talks: 10.30am Nature Scavenger Hunt, 11.30am Water Scientist, 4pm The Platypus $2.00 donation per person DAY 1 Celebrating the ecological and cultural values per session is appreciated SATURDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER 11.30am – 3pm Indigenous BBQ, damper, tea and coee Master of Ceremonies: of Mullum Mullum Creek Valley. supplied by Healesville Indigenous Arts Enterprise Co-op “Den the Fish” DAY 2 SUNDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER 1pm Welcome: Yarra Yarra Elder Aunty Dot Peters Dennis Fisher from Radio The catchment of the Mullum Mullum Creek in the municipalities of Maroondah, Kool n Deadly ‘1503am’ will welcome us all to the Festival Whitehorse and Manningham is home to more than 60,000 people, but it also OPENING CEREMONY encompasses some of the largest and best preserved areas of remnant bush in urban DAY 3 Melbourne. This bush contains more than 300 species of indigenous owering plants SATURDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 1.10pm Festival Opening Luke Chamberlain, The Wilderness Society and more than 120 species of indigenous birds, as well as many mammals and reptiles, Luke is the Victorian Forest Campaigner for The Wilderness Society. His role is to educate the public about and countless insects. DAY 4 the role that forests and ecosystems play in the international carbon cycle and to advocate for the protection SUNDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER of these critical natural systems. Luke works at all levels of government to help ght for the protection of The Festival was inaugurated in 1995 by concerned individuals in the local community Australia’s magnicent native forests. Prior to The Wilderness Society, Luke worked for 13 years with IBM and who opposed the Eastern Freeway extension through the valley and who wanted to play PricewaterhouseCoopers as a management consultant, specializing in IT. an active role in promoting the natural values of the local area. 1.30 Mullum Mullum Short Story Competition winners announced by Hazel Edwards. During the Festival you will have the opportunity to learn about the biodiversity of the Hazel is an Ambassador for the 2012 National Year of Reading & Premier’s Reading Challenge. Her works include ‘There’s a Hippopotamus Mullum Mullum Valley, as well as the cultural heritage of the area. As usual, the walks on our Roof Eating Cake’, now a lm, water conservation themed ‘Plato the Platypus Plumber (Part time)’, and ‘Gang O Kids’, about organised for this Festival cover a wide range of aspects of the valley; there is always orienteering sleuths in the bush. Inspired by her 2001 expedition to Antarica, Hazel has written on the topic for all ages. something new to see. The 14th Festival is held in spring and will be followed by an autumn festival in 2013. The Mullum Mullum Cultural Dance Group TH 1.40pm Performances The Mullum Mullum Valley supports valuable habitat for a range of indigenous ora and THE 14 Sebastian Jorgensen The group is a collection of Indigenous men, women and fauna and forms an important connection, linking the foothill forests of Maroondah to young people, who showcase their strong and powerful culture the Yarra river in Templestowe. The continued preservation and enhancement of this Classical guitarist Sebastian Jorgenson through language and dance ceremonies. The group was corridor is vital for the survival of the plants and animals that depend on it, and for will perform his unique interpretation formed in early 2011 and has grown from 8 to 20 members. Mullum Mullum Festival ensuring that future generations retain an environment to enjoy. of traditional and contemporary It was established initially through the formation of a young aboriginal music. This includes so called males’ dance group in January this year. It was through the cultural We hope that you will come away from the 14th Mullum Mullum Festival with greater “lost songs” in the local Woiworung pride and courage of the eight young Indigenous men that the understanding and knowledge of this beautiful native bushland and the ora and fauna language, as well as material arising dance group grew to encompass the whole community. The within. from his many years of collaboration group now comprises dancers from 5yo through to elders. with such iconic indigenous gures as David Gulpilil, Yothu Yindi, Warren The cultural dance group empowers members through cultural H Williams, Robert Mait Mait, and connections to language and traditional dance. Many members especially the internationally cross culturally acclaimed band he of the group have Get Involved helped form, Waak Waak Jungi (crow re). grown in their The Mullum Mullum Creek Valley needs your assistance! Learn what you can do to condence and help us preserve this beautiful piece of native Australian bushland. If you would like Sebastian respectfully dedicates his performance to the self esteem and to contribute to the next Mullum Mullum Festival, please join our committee – we traditional owners of this Mullum Mullum country, the have developed would love to hear from you! Wurundjeri people. Sebastian will be joined by some very special a stronger bond guests for this performance. with each other. Contact Monique Decortis on 03 9719 7661 or [email protected] or David De Angelis on 0409 519 829 for more information. Roughly 2:30pm Workshops Traditional Games with the Mullum Mullum Gathering Place Mullum Mullum Festival Inc. A0037017H Come participate and learn traditional Indigenous games such P.O. Box 173, Mitcham, 3132 | Phone: 03 9719 7661 | www.vicnet.net.au/~mulfest Basket weaving with Aunty Dot Peters as Buroinjin, Pulyugge, Koolchee and Gorri. These games are We are honoured to have with us again, well- designed to teach participants some recreational games played known basket weaving teacher, Yarra Yarra Elder, by Indigenous peoples from around Australia. Aunty Dot Peters. Aunty Dot has fond memories The Mullum Mullum Festival Committee would like to thank Manningham, Whitehorse Facepainting and Storytelling with John Baxter of sitting with her mother, sister and grandmother and Maroondah City Councils, as well as the Mullum Trust and the Yarran Dheran at Coranderrk, and learning to coil baskets in the John is a proud Latji Latji/Nukunu man, a member of the Stolen Advisory Committee for their support of this festival. traditional way. Generation fostered into a non-Indigenous family at a very young age, who could not reconnect with his own family until This skill has stayed with her and it is the link she uses when his late teens. John has a real gift of sharing cultural “The Mullum Mullum Festival respects Aboriginal culture and heritage. teaching groups about Aboriginal culture and tradition. awareness and education with community. While Aunty Dot was one of the Inductees for the 2011 Victorian painting faces John will share his story of growing We acknowledge the Wurundjeri people as the traditional custodians of the Women’s Honour Roll, which acknowledges and celebrates the up away from his family and reuniting with them as land we know as The Mullum Mullum Valley and we value the signicance achievements of Victorian women from dierent backgrounds. a teenager. He will discuss the struggle Indigenous of their story as essential to the unique character of the local area.” people have faced and continue to face today. Printed on Envirocare 100% recycled paper with vegetable ink by BHI Digital Print Services. Design by Pauline Hill. Photography by Carolyn Dawe, Sue Bendel, David De Angelis, Silvie Glattauer, Dean Jones, All activities on Sunday are at Yarran Dheran Reserve, Ashburton Drive, Mitcham. Melways Ref: 49 B6 Sandi Kogtevs, Howard Tankey. MAROONDAH, WHITEHORSE AND MANNINGHAM DAY 2 SUNDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER – FESTIVAL OPENING Festival Patrons Les Smith & Howard Tankey Today’s Walks & Talks: 10.30am Nature Scavenger Hunt, 11.30am Water Scientist, 4pm The Platypus $2.00 donation per person DAY 1 Celebrating the ecological and cultural values per session is appreciated SATURDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER 11.30am – 3pm Indigenous BBQ, damper, tea and coee Master of Ceremonies: of Mullum Mullum Creek Valley. supplied by Healesville Indigenous Arts Enterprise Co-op “Den the Fish” DAY 2 SUNDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER 1pm Welcome: Yarra Yarra Elder Aunty Dot Peters Dennis Fisher from Radio The catchment of the Mullum Mullum Creek in the municipalities of Maroondah, Kool n Deadly ‘1503am’ will welcome us all to the Festival Whitehorse and Manningham is home to more than 60,000 people, but it also OPENING CEREMONY encompasses some of the largest and best preserved areas of remnant bush in urban DAY 3 Melbourne. This bush contains more than 300 species of indigenous owering plants SATURDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 1.10pm Festival Opening Luke Chamberlain, The Wilderness Society and more than 120 species of indigenous birds, as well as many mammals and reptiles, Luke is the Victorian Forest Campaigner for The Wilderness Society. His role is to educate the public about and countless insects. DAY 4 the role that forests and ecosystems play in the international carbon cycle and to advocate for the protection SUNDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER of these critical natural systems. Luke works at all levels of government to help ght for the protection of The Festival was inaugurated in 1995 by concerned individuals in the local community Australia’s magnicent native forests. Prior to The Wilderness Society, Luke worked for 13 years with IBM and who opposed the Eastern Freeway extension through the valley and who wanted to play PricewaterhouseCoopers as a management consultant, specializing in IT. an active role in promoting the natural values of the local area. 1.30 Mullum Mullum Short Story Competition winners announced by Hazel Edwards. During the Festival you will have the opportunity to learn about the biodiversity of the Hazel is an Ambassador for the 2012 National Year of Reading & Premier’s Reading Challenge.