Some of the groups we will be connecting to and learning from on this tour are my mob, the Walbunja people, Black Duck mob, Ngunnawal mob and others. Too often what’s considered legal or best practice in Australia is based on imported systems of governance supporting industries and land management practices that are threatening the survival of all of our futures: people, animals, and plants. In the meantime, if you are looking for contacts and resources for Yuin Mob, please contact Deadly Story at admin@deadlystory.com and we will seek to assist you. They have undertaken his teachings passed down to him by 5 masters of Aboriginal Lore. Thank you all for your support, love and grace, and the privilege to have been able to lead this journey.”, Murramarang ? And through that imbalance comes bad fire.

He has seen many places and many things, and now it’s time for him to return to his Mother and bring with him all our stories and prayers which he can pass on to Her. It’s not just a spiritual symbol as much as it’s central to their way of life. All the different clans know it as that because all the clans would receive white pipe clay from this country here. Once it joins this collective grid the feeling of resistance subsides and the feeling of completion gains in energetic strength and perceptibility. Do you know the meaning of the Indigenous place names where you live? The first night camping at Charleyong, beside the Shoalhaven River, started out warm then by morning there was a thick, cold mist. The gap between Indigenous and non-indigenous Australians across life expectancy, health, education, income, and social justice are heartbreaking and outlined in the recent Closing the Gap report. It has been a while since I last visited Yuin country on the south coast of NSW. May it be so. © 2020 Alliance for the Earth This entry was posted Through all the challenges we have faced getting here with weather, illness, aviation difficulties and energetic imbalances to address, we have prevailed to bring us all together, with the wisdom, the dedication, the heart, the blessings and the guidance of the “old man vase“ and we now are as One. But it's better than going through a period of ignorance," Mr Pascoe said. Alternative spellings: Yitha Yitha Deadly Story will work with the Yita Yita Community in the future to develop this page. Due to uncertainty surrounding safe event planning and COVID-19, Yuin Country Explored project managers made the difficult decision to cancel the final event planned for the conclusion of the project. Back in the old days, when the people used to live around here, a lad named Merriman had his totem called Umbarra the Black Duck. I didn’t revisit Gulaga Mountain, but I felt her presence. Walbanja elder Aunty Vivian Mason has invited us to her family camp at Mummaga Lake. We are privileged to be able to work on Yuin country. The cloud even had the spine of the snake in its formation. It is really a joy and so very rewarding to share this service and love for our Great Mother, giving back and offering our highest prayers and healing for all beings.

There is that which is beyond our understanding that has proceeded from this placement. If at the best of times, Australia—the ‘lucky Country’—has such gross inequalities in outcomes for our peoples, what will happen in the hardest of times? The Yuin were also attacked with guns, poison and disease, and by the middle of the century, their population was approximately 600, reduced from an estimated 11,000 pre white settlement.

"There's a feeling in that country that's not about the clay, it's about the ceremony, about the specialness of it.". It needs a good burn.’ But, with all the laws and regulations these days, you can’t just put the fire where it needs to go. "This tour gave me more than I could have imagined. Join us as we follow the fresh water to the salt water starting high in the Alpine area of Southern NSW and following the song lines of the ancient Alpine fresh water & its guardians as it, and we, make our way to the stunning Southern coastline. For first Australians, cultural fire burning dates back 60,000 years.

When you do a traditional burn, it’s like a buffer. Despite his observations, and with all the arrogance and misplaced entitlement of a colonizer, he renamed Gulaga, sacred Mother mountain of all Yuin peoples, Mt.

We’re not into all this science about climate change because we don’t need that. “People choose not to listen. We are privileged to be able to work on Yuin country. The Yuin people consisted of 12 clans at the time of European arrival in the area. In 1891, an Aboriginal reserve was established at Wallaga Lake near the sacred site of Gulaga (Mt Dromedary) near Tilba Tilba. Local speed boats, jet skis, and canoes had come to the rescue at Conjola during the firestorm and in the aftermath when so many went stranded without supplies. “The difference between cultural fire practice and western fire management regime is a disconnection of people,” Webster explained. Or framed more directly Do humans have a future in Australia—on this planet? What is Council doing for the environment? No cheers and resolutions at midnight—only sickness and dread in the pit of my stomach worrying how many of my neighbors would survive; how many tourists, how many animals, and plants incinerated. There are many takes on how one could interpret this happening, for example, coincidence or simple physics and meteorology. The Australian Aboriginal Culture is this to me, in the purest essence. There’s no need to be afraid of it. to help protect, preserve and fight for our right! How he did it was he fluttered. "A Birthing on Yuin Country Statement of Commitment will be signed shortly that outlines the intent of our partnership," she said. Il est facile de suivre votre colis livré par YunExpress.

Originally the project was going to end with an outdoor exhibition held at the Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Garden in December 2020, but due to COVID-19  we have adapted this plan and will instead deliver a short documentary film featuring local dance, stories and artwork to celebrate the spirit, reslience and strength of the Yuin Nation. And the “fire continent” has become something of a testing ground for fire-prediction technology. Early research estimates that more than a billion animals lost their lives (and many more insects and invertebrates), too, with many of our beloved native animal, plant, and totem species pushed further toward extinction. It took five years and many life changes to bring the Old Man home. Yuin is the generic name for the different groups who occupied territory from Cape Howe to the Shoalhaven River and inland to the Great Dividing Range. Mitchell Parsons, Warren Foster Junior, Jordan Parsons, Jacob Morris, Warren Foster Senior, Joel Deaves, Ado Webster. From the opening of our first circle there were present with us a vast number of ancestors, spirit beings. We’re nearing the end of our journey…or perhaps just beginning a new one. Tagged as Encounter, entities, Gulaga Mountain, light, winter solstice, Yuin Nation. I have to find out because I'm living right beside her. For several years, Ado’s father Uncle ‘Nook’ Noel Webster has been working in collaboration with the Firesticks Alliance, an Aboriginal-led organization devoted to ‘cultural burning: healthy communities, healthy landscapes’ and has been assessing sites and areas in the wake of the fires. The Black Duck fluttered and he dived down into the water and made splashes. In February, writer Amanda Jane Reynolds and photographer Tim Georgeson traveled through New South Wales with the Yuin Nation to explore cultural fire practices of Aboriginal peoples and to bear witness to the landscapes impacted by the catastrophic bushfires.

Many people have heard about the unprecedented Australian bushfire season and responded with empathy or offered direct assistance. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. He, myself, my family, my country and my ancestors all thank you deeply for helping us during this special time doing such special work. Sign up for climate and culture updates in your inbox: Thank you for subscribing!Please select your preferences below: Aunty Vivian—mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, ore, and culture woman; a keeper of fire knowledge and practice. "Both names Jinoor and Mallacoota are ceremonial names, they're spiritual names," Mr Pascoe said. Not far from there, up the coast a little, a friend and I were talking about stories that people from different cultures might have about the same country/place. At a site north of here on the Shoalhaven River, he demonstrated and discussed how cultural fire burning in an area had created a shield during the bushfire attack. This practice brings an opportunity to re-connect with Mother Earth. Map of Yuin Country Above map was located from this site - Living Knowledge - Koori… Right where I’m standing, we had bad fire come right through and it stopped where our good fire went out.