DOCSLIB.ORG

Explore Aboriginal Culture, Art and History in Sydney And

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

MEDIA INFORMATION ATE14 IMM Explore Aboriginal culture, art and history in Sydney and NSW Tours led by Aboriginal guides offer visitors to Sydney and New South Wales (NSW) a unique perspective on the history of Sydney and surrounds. Enriching Aboriginal cultural experiences in NSW range from guided walks and harbour cruises to bush food tours, dance, drama and art – some evoking the Dreamtime, the mythical period when the land was created. Galleries and art studios showcase the best of contemporary and traditional art, while specialist stores and boutiques allow visitors to browse and shop for Aboriginal art and artefacts. On the touring side, a new quad bike adventure tour takes visitors on a trip from bush to beach on a 400cc quad bike while learning about Aboriginal culture on the way. Gold award winner In February 2014, when the NSW tourism industry won more awards than any other state at the annual Qantas Australian Tourism Awards (Australia’s prime tourism industry accolades), Aboriginal tourism was among those operators at the forefront. Destination NSW Chief Executive, Sandra Chipchase, said, “The Qantas Australian Tourism Awards provide the benchmark for best practice within the tourism industry and acknowledge the hard work of individuals and organisations who strive for excellence.” Tri State Safaris/Mutawintji Eco Tours of Broken Hill took the National Gold Award for Indigenous Tourism. Small-group tours take visitors to the sandstone peaks of Mutawintji National Park. A centrepiece of the park is the Bynguano Range, where waterholes have created a virtual oasis for the local Aboriginal people, who left many examples of their art inscribed on the rock walls. The finest examples of this rock art are found in the Mutawintji Historic Site, a restricted area that can be visited only on a guided tour. Mutawintji was the first national park in NSW to be returned to Aboriginal custodianship, bringing further significance to Top: Bangarra Dance Theatre. this Aboriginal-guided tour. Middle: Mungo National Park. Credit: Don Fuchs, Destination NSW. Bottom: Aboriginal Heritage Tour at Royal Botanic Gardens. Art and culture stringent criteria, ensuring that the businesses being promoted are able to meet the needs and Sydney offers many opportunities to see expectations of trade and the international market. contemporary and traditional Aboriginal art and artefacts. At the Art Gallery of NSW, the Yiribana Experiences and tours Gallery is one of the largest spaces in Australia dedicated exclusively to indigenous art and Every Friday at 10am, an Aboriginal Heritage sculpture. Rover Thomas, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Tour is held in Sydney’s spectacular Royal Botanic Long Tom Tjapanangka and Ginger Riley Gardens. Led by an Aboriginal guide, the tour Munduwalawala are among the leading artists introduces visitors to some of the bush foods that represented in the permanent exhibition. were part of the diet for the Cadigal people, the original inhabitants of this area. The tour finishes at With words, images and artefacts, the Australian The First Farm & Cadi Jam Ora, a display garden Museum explores the rich diversity of Aboriginal planted with the very different plants used by local Australia, showing some of the changes that have Cadigal people and those planted by the first occurred and the impact of European society. European settlers. Each November, Corroboree Sydney celebrates Sydney’s The Rocks is where the history of modern Australia’s rich indigenous culture against a Australia began. Here on this stubby peninsula, the magnificent Sydney Harbour backdrop. Visitors can first European settlers established themselves more experience the best of Indigenous contemporary than two centuries ago. The area has a very and traditional, visual and performing arts on the different significance for Aboriginal Australians, as historic Pier 2/3 in Walsh Bay. relayed during The Rocks Dreaming Aboriginal Heritage Tour. Led by an Aboriginal guide, the 90- Performance minute walking tour offers an intimate, revealing portrait of the area’s original inhabitants, the Dance is a powerful traditional medium of artistic Cadigal people, their heritage and their deeply expression for many Aboriginal people and the spiritual connection with the natural world of Bangarra Dance Theatre is Australia’s most Sydney Harbour and its surrounds. exciting Aboriginal dance company. Backed by an all-Aboriginal cast of writers, directors and The native Australian animals on display in performers, Stephen Page, Bangarra’s Taronga Zoo have special significance for the choreographer and artistic director, digs deep into Cammeraigal, the original inhabitants of this site. his culture to orchestrate powerful performances Nura Diya, meaning “this country or camp”, takes that explore contemporary Aboriginal social visitors on a fascinating journey through the zoo in themes. 2014, the company’s 25th year, sees the company of an Aboriginal guide to explore the Bangarra delivering an exceptional performance links between Aboriginal people, their culture and program, headed by Patyegarang, a work about a the wildlife. young woman of intense and enduring courage, an educator and visionary, that is touring nationally. EcoTreasures is a nature-based tour specialist that operates tours with Aboriginal guides. The A new Champions program Northern Beaches Cultural Heritage Tour is a walking tour that takes in rock art and engraving The Indigenous Tourism Champions Program sites in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Visitors (ITCP) is a collaborative national program also learn about traditional native bush medicines instigated by Tourism Australia and Indigenous and bush tucker, track native animals and find out Business Australia. The program looks to build a about some of Australia’s dangerous snakes and reputation of reliability and consistent quality in spiders on the one-day tour, with plenty of service delivery with support from Destination NSW stimulation for the mind as well as the body. and other tourism and employment organisations. EcoTreasure’s half-day Aboriginal Heritage The ITCP is achieving its targets through selective Harbour Walk takes in cultural sites including marketing of Indigenous products which have met middens and rock engravings, artwork and an Aboriginal view of the local ecosystem and native source for Aboriginal people who lived here wildlife. many thousands of years ago. Today, these dry lake beds provide a snapshot that Regional NSW highlights has helped unravel some of the mysteries of Aboriginal life. Based in the NSW town of Some of the memorable Aboriginal cultural Wentworth, Harry Nanya Tours has earned experiences on offer in regional NSW include: many accolades for its tours, which unravel some of the powerful mysteries of the A new and exciting way to tackle the vast Paakantgi people. sand dunes of Stockton Beach, north of Newcastle, is with Sand Dune Adventures Based at Narooma on NSW’s South Coast, (SDA). Owned and operated by the Worimi Ngaran Ngaran specialises in cultural Local Aboriginal Land Council, the tour immersion tours in Gulaga National Park. gives visitors insights into local Aboriginal Core to Ngaran Ngaran is walking tours of culture on quad bike riding adventures. the national park with a Yuin Aboriginal Guests ride safely from bush to beach on a guide. The two-day Gulaga Creation 400cc quad bike (no experience Dreaming Tour is designed for visitors necessary). SDA also runs Hummer Tours looking for a deeper experience, with for all ages. performances of traditional songs and dances. Guides operate under the A vivid celebration of Aboriginal life, art and supervision of Yuin elder Uncle Max culture, Waradah Aboriginal Centre at ‘Dullamunmun’ Harrison. Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains, is an art gallery as well as a performance space, The Blue Mountains is one of the most which hosts dance and didgeridoo popular day trip locations from Sydney, and performances throughout the day. Muggadah Indigenous Tours gives visitors a view of this dramatic landscape The Aboriginal Blue Mountains from an Aboriginal perspective. As part of a Walkabout is a full-day tour winding half- or full-day tour, visitors hear stories of through a beautiful and secluded Blue the Dreamtime and learn about the bush Mountains rainforest gully, along the trail of tucker and medicine of the Gundungurra an original songline. Body painting, people. Short walks show the best of this Aboriginal songlines, bush food, native spectacular region, from the descendants animals and storytelling are woven together of indigenous people who have live here for to make this a magical tour, set against a 40,000 years. backdrop of rainforest and mountain streams. Discover the stories behind the Gumbaynggirr people who have lived in the Harry Nanya Outback Tours is an Coffs Harbour area for thousands of years, Aboriginal-owned operator providing on an award-winning Coffs Coast interpretative tours of Mungo National Park Aboriginal Discovery Tour. Activities and the Willandra Lakes World Heritage include canoe tours, 4WD tag-along tours, Area in Outback NSW. This is one of the bush tucker and night birdwatching in eight most remarkable parts of Australia – a wild, national parks in the area, including lonely moonscape of saltbush and sand Muttonbird Island and Bongil Bongil dunes with profound significance for the National Park. Stop off in The Yarrawarra indigenous people of the region. Before the Aboriginal Cultural Centre to learn more last Ice Age much of this area
Recommended publications
  • ON TAUNGURUNG LAND SHARING HISTORY and CULTURE Aboriginal History Incorporated Aboriginal History Inc

    ON TAUNGURUNG LAND SHARING HISTORY and CULTURE Aboriginal History Incorporated Aboriginal History Inc

    ON TAUNGURUNG LAND SHARING HISTORY AND CULTURE Aboriginal History Incorporated Aboriginal History Inc. is a part of the Australian Centre for Indigenous History, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University, and gratefully acknowledges the support of the School of History and the National Centre for Indigenous Studies, The Australian National University. Aboriginal History Inc. is administered by an Editorial Board which is responsible for all unsigned material. Views and opinions expressed by the author are not necessarily shared by Board members. Contacting Aboriginal History All correspondence should be addressed to the Editors, Aboriginal History Inc., ACIH, School of History, RSSS, 9 Fellows Road (Coombs Building), The Australian National University, Acton, ACT, 2601, or [email protected]. WARNING: Readers are notified that this publication may contain names or images of deceased persons. ON TAUNGURUNG LAND SHARING HISTORY AND CULTURE UNCLE ROY PATTERSON AND JENNIFER JONES Published by ANU Press and Aboriginal History Inc. The Australian National University Acton ACT 2601, Australia Email: [email protected] Available to download for free at press.anu.edu.au ISBN (print): 9781760464066 ISBN (online): 9781760464073 WorldCat (print): 1224453432 WorldCat (online): 1224452874 DOI: 10.22459/OTL.2020 This title is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). The full licence terms are available at creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode Cover design and layout by ANU Press Cover photograph: Patterson family photograph, circa 1904 This edition © 2020 ANU Press and Aboriginal History Inc. Contents Acknowledgements ....................................... vii Note on terminology ......................................ix Preface .................................................xi Introduction: Meeting and working with Uncle Roy ..............1 Part 1: Sharing Taungurung history 1.
  • Cooks River Valley Association Inc. PO Box H150, Hurlstone Park NSW 2193 E: Info@Crva.Org.Au W: ABN 14 390 158 512

    Cooks River Valley Association Inc. PO Box H150, Hurlstone Park NSW 2193 E: [email protected] W: ABN 14 390 158 512

    Cooks River Valley Association Inc. PO Box H150, Hurlstone Park NSW 2193 E: [email protected] W: www.crva.org.au ABN 14 390 158 512 8 August 2018 To: Ian Naylor Manager, Civic and Executive Support Leichhardt Service Centre Inner West Council 7-15 Wetherill Street Leichhardt NSW 2040 Dear Ian Re: Petition on proposal to establish a Pemulwuy Cooks River Trail The Cooks River Valley Association (CRVA) would like to submit the attached petition to establish a Pemulwuy Cooks River Trail to the Inner West Council. The signatures on the petition were mainly collected at two events that were held in Marrickville during April and May 2018. These events were the Anzac Day Reflection held on 25 April 2018 in Richardson’s Lookout – Marrickville Peace Park and the National Sorry Day Walk along the Cooks River via a number of Indigenous Interpretive Sites on 26 May 2018. The purpose of the petition is to creatively showcase the history and culture of the local Aboriginal community along the Cooks River and to publicly acknowledge the role of Pemulwuy as “father of local Aboriginal resistance”. The action petitioned for was expressed in the following terms: “We, the undersigned, are concerned citizens who urge Inner West Council in conjunction with Council’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Reference Group (A&TSIRG) to designate the walk between the Aboriginal Interpretive Sites along the Cooks River parks in Marrickville as the Pemulwuy Trail and produce an information leaflet to explain the sites and the Aboriginal connection to the Cooks River (River of Goolay’yari).” A total of 60 signatures have been collected on the petition attached.
  • Corroboree Moderne

    Corroboree Moderne

    Corrected draft May 2004 CORROBOREE MODERNE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dressed in a brown wool bodystocking specially made by Jantzen and brown face paint, an American dancer, Beth Dean played the young boy initiate in the ballet CORROBOREE at a Gala performance before Queen Elizabeth 11 and Prince Phillip on Feb 4 1954 . “On stage she seems to exude some of the primitive passion of the savage whose rites she presents” (1a) “If appropriations do have a general character, it is surely that of unstable duality. In some proportion, they always combine taking and acknowledgment, appropriation and homage, a critique of colonial exclusions, and collusion in imbalanced exchange. What the problem demands is therefore not an endorsement or rejection of primitivism in principle, but an exploration of how particular works were motivated and assessed.” (1) CORROBOREE "announced its modernity as loudly as its Australian origins…all around the world" (2) 1: (BE ABORIGINAL !) (3) - DANCE A CORROBOREE! The 1950s in the Northern Territory represents simultaneously the high point of corroboree and its vanishing point. At the very moment one of the most significant cultural exchanges of the decade was registered in Australian Society at large, the term corroboree became increasingly so associated with kitsch and the inauthentic it was erased as a useful descriptor, only to be reclaimed almost fifty years later. Corroboree became the bastard notion par excellence imbued with “in- authenticity.” It was such a popularly known term, that it stood as a generic brand for anything dinky-di Australian. (4) Corroboree came to be read as code for tourist trash culture corrupted by white man influence.
  • Fact Sheet Number 14

    Fact Sheet Number 14

    FACT SHEET No. #4 DEEP TIME AND DRAGON DREAMING: THE SUSTAINABLE ABORIGINAL SPIRITUALITY OF THE SONG LINES, FROM CELEBRATION TO DREAMING John Croft update 28th March 2014 This Factsheet by John Croft is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at [email protected]. ABSTRACT: It is suggested that in a culture that is suicidal, to get a better understanding of what authentic sustainability is about requires us to see through the spectrum of a different culture. Australian Aboriginal cultures, sustainable for arguably 70,000 years, provide one such useful lens. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................2 AN INTRODUCTION TO ABORIGINAL CULTURE ............................................................................... 4 THE UNSUSTAINABILITY OF CIVILISED CULTURES ........................................................................... 6 DREAMING: AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW OF TIME? ............................................................................. 10 ABORIGINAL DREAMING, DEEP ECOLOGY AND THE ECOLOGICAL SELF ....................................... 17 DREAMING AND SUSTAINABILITY ................................................................................................. 21 DISCOVERING YOUR OWN PERSONAL SONGLINE ......................................................................... 24 _____________________________________________________________________________________D
  • German Lutheran Missionaries and the Linguistic Description of Central Australian Languages 1890-1910

    German Lutheran Missionaries and the Linguistic Description of Central Australian Languages 1890-1910

    German Lutheran Missionaries and the linguistic description of Central Australian languages 1890-1910 David Campbell Moore B.A. (Hons.), M.A. This thesis is presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of The University of Western Australia School of Social Sciences Linguistics 2019 ii Thesis Declaration I, David Campbell Moore, certify that: This thesis has been substantially accomplished during enrolment in this degree. This thesis does not contain material which has been submitted for the award of any other degree or diploma in my name, in any university or other tertiary institution. In the future, no part of this thesis will be used in a submission in my name, for any other degree or diploma in any university or other tertiary institution without the prior approval of The University of Western Australia and where applicable, any partner institution responsible for the joint-award of this degree. This thesis does not contain any material previously published or written by another person, except where due reference has been made in the text and, where relevant, in the Authorship Declaration that follows. This thesis does not violate or infringe any copyright, trademark, patent, or other rights whatsoever of any person. This thesis contains published work and/or work prepared for publication, some of which has been co-authored. Signature: 15th March 2019 iii Abstract This thesis establishes a basis for the scholarly interpretation and evaluation of early missionary descriptions of Aranda language by relating it to the missionaries’ training, to their goals, and to the theoretical and broader intellectual context of contemporary Germany and Australia.
  • Submission on Murrah Flora Reserves Draft Working Plan Thank You for This Opportunity to Comment on the State Forest Murrah Flora Reserves

    Submission on Murrah Flora Reserves Draft Working Plan Thank You for This Opportunity to Comment on the State Forest Murrah Flora Reserves

    31-Jan-18 Submission on Murrah Flora Reserves Draft Working Plan Thank you for this opportunity to comment on the State Forest Murrah Flora Reserves. We start by recognising OEH staff, Aboriginal and other conservationists whose evidence made saving our South Coast Koalas and ‘overarching values of the reserves’ overwhelmingly inevitable. NPWS managing one landscape under these two NSW Acts (Forestry & Parks) is not practical long-term. My management consultancy experience is from Industry, Government, National Parks Association (NSW) & Gulaga National Park Board (2007-2017). Projects include Unspoilt South Coast & Alps-to-Coast World Heritage. NSW Ministers said Murrah “PROTECTS SOUTH COAST KOALAS & LOCAL TIMBER INDUSTRY” (MR 1-Mar-16). Environment Minister Speakman told the ABC that flora reserves had the same protection as national parks. But local Liberal Andrew Constance, told media they kept the State Forest tenure “instead of national parks so in the future the operation of harvesting them again could be considered.” (Bega District News 4-Mar-16). Would Industry repay the $2.5M paid-out? How many of 278 jobs quoted depend on native forest sawlogs? We reference* opportunities within the 2017 Murrah Draft Plan, under three recommendations: 1. Add Murrah to existing Aboriginal-owned and NPWS co-managed Biamanga National Park [*P.1] ‘The primary purpose … is to conserve the south coast’s last known koala population and the protection of a natural and cultural landscape incorporating Biamanga and Gulaga national parks, both of which are Aboriginal owned and managed by a majority Aboriginal owner board’. [*P.3] ‘The boards aspire to … the Murrah Flora Reserves ultimately being added to Biamanga NP.’ We understand this NSW Government very nearly declared these Murrah Reserves as National Park! Mean-spirited State Forest tenure prevents Aboriginal Owners adding Murrah to their Biamanga NP Lease.
  • EORA Mapping Aboriginal Sydney 1770–1850 Exhibition Guide

    EORA Mapping Aboriginal Sydney 1770–1850 Exhibition Guide

    Sponsored by It is customary for some Indigenous communities not to mention names or reproduce images associated with the recently deceased. Members of these communities are respectfully advised that a number of people mentioned in writing or depicted in images in the following pages have passed away. Users are warned that there may be words and descriptions that might be culturally sensitive and not normally used in certain public or community contexts. In some circumstances, terms and annotations of the period in which a text was written may be considered Many treasures from the State Library’s inappropriate today. Indigenous collections are now online for the first time at <www.atmitchell.com>. A note on the text The spelling of Aboriginal words in historical Made possible through a partnership with documents is inconsistent, depending on how they were heard, interpreted and recorded by Europeans. Original spelling has been retained in quoted texts, while names and placenames have been standardised, based on the most common contemporary usage. State Library of New South Wales Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000 Telephone (02) 9273 1414 Facsimile (02) 9273 1255 TTY (02) 9273 1541 Email [email protected] www.sl.nsw.gov.au www.atmitchell.com Exhibition opening hours: 9 am to 5 pm weekdays, 11 am to 5 pm weekends Eora: Mapping Aboriginal Sydney 1770–1850 was presented at the State Library of New South Wales from 5 June to 13 August 2006. Curators: Keith Vincent Smith, Anthony (Ace) Bourke and, in the conceptual stages, by the late Michael
  • NPWS Pocket Guide 3E (South Coast)

    NPWS Pocket Guide 3E (South Coast)

    SOUTH COAST 60 – South Coast Murramurang National Park. Photo: D Finnegan/OEH South Coast – 61 PARK LOCATIONS 142 140 144 WOLLONGONG 147 132 125 133 157 129 NOWRA 146 151 145 136 135 CANBERRA 156 131 148 ACT 128 153 154 134 137 BATEMANS BAY 139 141 COOMA 150 143 159 127 149 130 158 SYDNEY EDEN 113840 126 NORTH 152 Please note: This map should be used as VIC a basic guide and is not guaranteed to be 155 free from error or omission. 62 – South Coast 125 Barren Grounds Nature Reserve 145 Jerrawangala National Park 126 Ben Boyd National Park 146 Jervis Bay National Park 127 Biamanga National Park 147 Macquarie Pass National Park 128 Bimberamala National Park 148 Meroo National Park 129 Bomaderry Creek Regional Park 149 Mimosa Rocks National Park 130 Bournda National Park 150 Montague Island Nature Reserve 131 Budawang National Park 151 Morton National Park 132 Budderoo National Park 152 Mount Imlay National Park 133 Cambewarra Range Nature Reserve 153 Murramarang Aboriginal Area 134 Clyde River National Park 154 Murramarang National Park 135 Conjola National Park 155 Nadgee Nature Reserve 136 Corramy Regional Park 156 Narrawallee Creek Nature Reserve 137 Cullendulla Creek Nature Reserve 157 Seven Mile Beach National Park 138 Davidson Whaling Station Historic Site 158 South East Forests National Park 139 Deua National Park 159 Wadbilliga National Park 140 Dharawal National Park 141 Eurobodalla National Park 142 Garawarra State Conservation Area 143 Gulaga National Park 144 Illawarra Escarpment State Conservation Area Murramarang National Park. Photo: D Finnegan/OEH South Coast – 63 BARREN GROUNDS BIAMANGA NATIONAL PARK NATURE RESERVE 13,692ha 2,090ha Mumbulla Mountain, at the upper reaches of the Murrah River, is sacred to the Yuin people.
  • Teachers' Notes for Secondary Schools

    Teachers' Notes for Secondary Schools

    artback nt: arts development and touring presents teachers’ notes for secondary schools teachers’ notes for secondary schools table of contents History - Djuki Mala [The Chooky Dancers] pg 3 Activity - Djuki Mala Zorba the Greek on YouTube pg 3 Activity - Online video - Elcho Island and The Chooky Dancers pg 3 Activity - Traditional dance comparison pg3 Home - Elcho Island pg 4 History pg 5 Activity - Macassar research pg 5 Activity - ‘Aboriginal’ vs ‘Indigenous’ pg 5 Activity - Gurrumul research pg 6 Activity - ‘My Island Home’ pg 6 Activity - Film: ‘Big Name No Blankets’ pg 6 Community pg 7 Activity - Elcho Island: Google Earth pg 7 Yolngu Culture pg 8 Activity - Film: ‘Yolgnu Boy’ + questions pg 8 Activity - Film: ‘Ten Canoes’ pg 9 Activity - Documentary: ‘Balanda and the Bark Canoes’ pg 9 Activity - Yolgnu culture clips online pg 9 Clans and Moieties pg 9 Activity - Clans and moieties online learning pg 9 Language pg 10 Activity - Yolngu greetings pg 10 Useful links and further resources pg 11 usage notes These notes are intended as a teaching guide only. They are suitable for high school students at different levels and teachers should choose from the given activities those that they consider most suitable for different year groups. The notes were developed by Mary Anne Butler for Artback NT: Arts Development and Touring. Thanks to Stuart Bramston, Shepherdson College, Jonathan Grassby, Linda Joy and Joshua Bond for their assistance. teachers’ notes page 2 of 11 History - Djuki Mala [T he Chooky Dancers] In 2007, on a basketball court in Ramingining, a group of Elcho Island dancers calling themselves the Chooky Dancers choreographed and performed a dance routine to the tune of Zorba the Greek.
  • Australia-15-Index.Pdf

    Australia-15-Index.Pdf

    © Lonely Planet 1091 Index Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Adelaide 724-44, 724, 728, 731 ABBREVIATIONS Centre 848 activities 732-3 ACT Australian Capital Wigay Aboriginal Culture Park 183 accommodation 735-7 Territory Aboriginal peoples 95, 292, 489, 720, children, travel with 733-4 NSW New South Wales 810-12, 896-7, 1026 drinking 740-1 NT Northern Territory art 55, 142, 223, 823, 874-5, 1036 emergency services 725 books 489, 818 entertainment 741-3 Qld Queensland culture 45, 489, 711 festivals 734-5 SA South Australia festivals 220, 479, 814, 827, 1002 food 737-40 Tas Tasmania food 67 history 719-20 INDEX Vic Victoria history 33-6, 95, 267, 292, 489, medical services 726 WA Western Australia 660, 810-12 shopping 743 land rights 42, 810 sights 727-32 literature 50-1 tourist information 726-7 4WD 74 music 53 tours 734 hire 797-80 spirituality 45-6 travel to/from 743-4 Fraser Island 363, 369 Aboriginal rock art travel within 744 A Arnhem Land 850 walking tour 733, 733 Abercrombie Caves 215 Bulgandry Aboriginal Engraving Adelaide Hills 744-9, 745 Aboriginal cultural centres Site 162 Adelaide Oval 730 Aboriginal Art & Cultural Centre Burrup Peninsula 992 Adelaide River 838, 840-1 870 Cape York Penninsula 479 Adels Grove 435-6 Aboriginal Cultural Centre & Keep- Carnarvon National Park 390 Adnyamathanha 799 ing Place 209 Ewaninga 882 Afghan Mosque 262 Bangerang Cultural Centre 599 Flinders Ranges 797 Agnes Water 383-5 Brambuk Cultural Centre 569 Gunderbooka 257 Aileron 862 Ceduna Aboriginal Arts & Culture Kakadu 844-5, 846 air travel Centre
  • Accessing Country Last Updated: May 2014

    Accessing Country Last Updated: May 2014

    Aboriginal Communities Accessing Country Last updated: May 2014 These Fact Sheets are a guide only and are no substitute for legal advice. To request free initial legal advice on an environmental or planning law issue, please visit our website1 or call our Environmental Law Advice Line. Your request will be allocated to one of our solicitors who will call you back, usually within a few days of your call. Sydney: 02 9262 6989 Northern Rivers: 1800 626 239 Rest of NSW: 1800 626 239 EDO NSW has published a book on environmental Law for Aboriginal communities in NSW. For a more comprehensive guide, read Caring for Country: A guide to environmental law for Aboriginal communities in NSW. Overview Aboriginal people need to be able to access lands and waters to continue their traditions. These traditional practices include fishing, hunting, gathering food, camping, gathering firewood, visiting places with cultural significance, caring for country, caring for burial and other sites, and practising culture. Aboriginal people may always attempt to negotiate access, but the landowner may not always agree. The legal rights of Aboriginal people to access land and water depend on the legal status of the land or waterway. Further information about land dealings may be obtained from the EDO’s series of Fact Sheets and from the NSW Aboriginal Land Council. Access to particular types of land General A Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC) may negotiate an agreement with any land owner or occupier or person in control of land to permit an Aboriginal group or 1 http://www.edonsw.org.au/legal_advice 2 individual ‘to have access to the land for the purpose of hunting, fishing or gathering on the land’.2 If an agreement cannot be reached, the LALC may request that the Land and Environment Court issue a permit to access the land, or a right of way across the land, for the purpose of hunting, or fishing, or gathering traditional foods for domestic purposes.3 The Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) allows for access agreements to be negotiated.
  • Cultural Heritage Strategy 2008

    Cultural Heritage Strategy 2008

    Cultural Heritage Strategy 2008 – 2011 Preserving and promoting our cultural heritage Before unveiling the plaque From MMBW to at the offi cial opening of the Upper Yarra Dam, the Governor Melbourne Water acknowledged the motto of the Metropolitan Board ‘Public health is my reward’ and added… “I think you will agree that our Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works has never let us down in the past. It certainly has not let us A motto is a phrase describing the motivation or intention of an organisation. The crest of the down today and I know it will MMBW bears the motto, ‘salas mea publica merces’ not let us down in the future.” (‘public health is my reward’). 1891 Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW) was established with a charter to build and maintain an underground sewerage system and operate Melbourne’s water supply. 1991 MMBW merged with the Mornington Peninsula District Water Board, Dandenong Valley and Western Port Authorities, Dandenong- Springvale Water Board, Pakenham Water Board, Lang Lang Water Board and Emerald Water Board to form Melbourne Water. At this time, Melbourne Water has three operational regions – Maribyrnong, Yarra and South East. 1995 The Victorian Government split Melbourne’s water industry into three retail water businesses (City West Water, Yarra Valley Water and South East Water). Melbourne Water was established as the wholesale water business and Melbourne Parks and Waterways (the predecessor to Parks Victoria) was set up to manage parks. Melbourne Water retains responsibility for the collection, storage and wholesaling of water and for the treatment and disposal of sewage, as well as responsibility for regional drainage and waterways within the Melbourne Water operational boundary.