Discover Melbourne's Aboriginal heritage and culture on this walking tour of significant sites, from Melbourne's Fitzroy Gardens to the harbour at Docklands. One day, Wangi was showing off flying up high singing, ‘Look at me, I’m Wangi, I’m the most beautiful bird in the world.’ All of the animals watching called out, ‘No Wangi, you are flying too high!’ Wangi wouldn’t listen, and he flew higher and higher singing, ‘Look at me, look at Wangi, the most beautiful bird in the world.’. This map attempts to represent the language, social or nation groups of Aboriginal Australia. He had all the colours of the rainbow on his feathers. The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land, the Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation and pays respect to their Elders past, present and emerging. Please see our frequently asked questions to learn more about how we are supporting your safety. RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nations on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. Melbourne Museum’s Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre celebrates the history, culture, achievements and survival of Victoria's Aboriginal people. Due to coronavirus, events may be cancelled at short notice and businesses may temporarily close. In the Eastern or Central Kulin language family. Located on level four of the Pan Pacific Hotel in South Wharf, the gallery holds regular exhibitions of works from Aboriginal artists.

More information on coronavirus. On the basis of grammatical and lexical forms three Kulin languages can be picked out (See appendix 2). Our organisation, in partnership with the First Peoples of Victoria, is working to place First Peoples living cultures and histories at the core of our practice. It shows only the general locations of larger groupings of people which may include clans, dialects or individual languages in a group. Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre was planned in collaboration with many Aboriginal people, including the traditional owners of Melbourne, the Boonwurrung and the Woi wurrung. Inside the First Peoples exhibition in Bunjilaka, you'll find Bunjil's nest – a thick tangle of branches and feathers from the outside. Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre website. Based at Federation Square, the Koorie Heritage Trust promotes Aboriginal culture through an ever-expanding collection of art, cultural artefacts and oral histories. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. Receive the latest news about our exhibitions, special events, programs and offers. You'll see artefacts of Aboriginal history and culture including scarred trees, historical meeting places, artworks and monuments. As it moves and glows, Koorie Elders speak of Bunjil singing the Country, Law and people of the Kulin nation into being. The Birrarung Wilam art installation celebrates Victoria’s Aboriginal culture, while a semicircle of metal shields represents each of the five groups of the Kulin Nation. Prior to the incursion of the…

the southern and eastern dialects of Western Kulin, namely Yartwatjali, Tjapwurrung and Djadjawurrung. Wurundjeri is now the common term for descendants of all the Woiwurrung clans. He also created people, by breathing life into figures moulded from clay. Bunjil created much of south-eastern Australia and the features and animals within it. Red Desert Dreamings is a commercial gallery specialising in Aboriginal art from the red desert area of central Australia. The name Bunjilaka was chosen as it means 'the place of Bunjil', evoking a sense of ongoing creation. That means welcome in the languages of the Traditional Custodians of the area now called Melbourne.

The centre's retail space showcases items designed or crafted by Aboriginal people, including books, artwork, clothing, jewellery and homewares. It is the name that members of the Bunjilaka Community Reference Group chose to describe their role in the First Peoples exhibition. Spoken by the Wurundjeri people. Find out more about Aboriginal culture through these places and events, and follow Aboriginal Melbourne on Facebook. Bunjil the Ancestral Wedge-tailed Eagle is the creator and Waa the Ancestral Crow is the protector for the Traditional Owners of Melbourne, the Boonwurrung and Woi Wurrung peoples. That means welcome in the languages of the Traditional Custodians of the area now called Melbourne. As it moves and glows, Koorie Elders speak of Bunjil singing the Country, Law and people of the Kulin nation into being. The Eastern Kulin nation consists of five major clans – the Boon wurrung, Woi wurrung, Taung wurrung, Ngurai-illum wurrung and Wutha wurrung.

Referred to initially by Europeans as the Yarra Yarra tribe. Museums Victoria acknowledges the Woi Wurrung (Wurundjeri) and Boonwurrung peoples of the eastern Kulin Nations where we work, and First Peoples language groups and communities across Victoria and Australia.

Any imagery that does not reflect COVID-safe best practice has been taken pre-coronavirus restrictions. Let the hanging lanterns guide you along Little Bourke Street into Australia’s oldest Chinatown. Pre 1830 The Eastern Kulin nation of Koories, the First Nations people of the Port Phillip area of Victoria have lived here for well over 40,000 years. Affirmation is a major exhibition that explores truth-telling through a First Nations lens. Visit the Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre website for more information. Museums Victoria acknowledges the Woi Wurrung (Wurundjeri) and Boonwurrung peoples of the eastern Kulin Nations where we work, and First Peoples language groups and communities across Victoria and Australia.

Founded in 1996, Original and Authentic Aboriginal Art specialises in Aboriginal fine art from the Central Western Desert, the Kimberley and Arnhemland. It used published resources from 1988-1994 and is not intended to be exact, nor the boundaries fixed. To celebrate the reopening of Melbourne Museum, we've given the entrance a brand new look. The world’s first major gallery dedicated exclusively to Australian art, the Ian Potter Centre showcases an impressive collection of works by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists. The centre offers a regular program exhibitions, workshops and tours. As told by Brendan Kennedy,Dindi Thangi Wuthungi (River Country Man), Wangi was one of the most beautiful birds in the world. Stories of Bunjil and Waa provide meaning to south-eastern Aboriginal people. He flew too close to the sun and his feathers got burnt. Their collective territory extends around Port Phillip and Western Port, up into the Great Dividing Range and the Loddon and Goulburn River valleys. • Woiwurrung (Woy-wur-rung): spoken from Mount Baw Baw in the east to Mount Macedon, Sunbury and Gisborne in the west. The name literally means 'no lip (or speech)' and refers to the way in which speakers expressed the negative, that is, 'woi'. Within the nest hangs a marvellous kinetic sculpture that represents Bunjil’s wings, the sinuous curves of the Country he created, and the cycle of creation itself.

In Tati Tati language Wangi is the crow and Wiripil is the eagle.

The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land, the Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation and pays respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.