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South Coastal - view

He and his mates used to go from Redfern to La Perouse and dive for coins off the wharf where the old oil tankers came in, and scale the trams. And how people all shared what they had

North Coastal - view

describe their different links to this place

South Coastal - view

They taught me how to be Aboriginal

North Coastal - view

power of individual’s stories, knowledge from past generations, relating to cultural heritage

South Coastal - view

Ranger at Kamay National Park, teaches a group of schoolchildren about the Aboriginal calendar by showing them the acacia wattle flowers. When they bloom the women and girls were taught that the whales were migrating , it was good lobster hunting time and that the medicine on the tree was ready

Central - view

First World War

South Coastal - view

Aboriginal dance group  performed for Taumarunui High School’s cultural group

Central - view

re-created burial ceremony involving smoking ceremony and dancing

South Coastal - view

how to cook mangrove snails.

Central - view

National Aboriginal Land Rights conference

South Coastal - view

When they started the land council the ethos was, as stated by Kevin Cook , not about ownership, but being custodians and protecting the land and sites

Central - view

Aboriginal people dance in their own way, be that traditional or contemporary

West - view

evacuation of the half-castes from the half-caste institutions in and around the Northern Territory” during the Second World War

South Coastal - view

Uncle Greg tells the story from when he was eight and had an encounter with a spirit man who, gently, helped teach him to consider others and not let his anger get the better of him

North Coastal - view

visited Biddy’s grave

South Coastal - view

Native Title is very important to them because it recognises both their Aboriginality and their status as traditional people

West - view

silcrete was mined and traded since long before white settlement. He also explains how stone tools were made and the uses of different kinds of stone. Uncle Gordon is also in charge of a local reburial.

West - view

some kind of sacred ground

West - view

not just entertainment, there is a teaching in it as well

South Coastal - view

supported them as they tried to make a living by supplying them with native foods