Topics: Culture

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North Coastal - view

land grant given to a non-Aboriginal person in 1813

South West - view

Mt Annan , where men and women had their own places, and how she came by one of her names

South Coastal - view

“In the old days it was the women that used to do all the bush tucker.” Auntie Pamela Young, ranger at Kamay National Park at Kurnell, teaches a group of children the many uses of the Lomandra plant. It can be used for food and for making bandages, baskets, belts, bangles, fly swatters, traps, bookmarks and paintbrushes.

West - view

discoveries of burials

South West - view

skeletal remains and indigenous artefacts that can be identified are returned. “We have been privileged on occasion to be invited to those funerals.”

North Coastal - view

middens, burials, shelters

South West - view

Aboriginal people during early settlement and in recent times have used European fears about quicksand

South Coastal - view

"They taught me how to be Aboriginal.”

West - view

the knowledge and stories that were shared with him need to be taught to younger generations and to Australians in general.

South West - view

Cultural Camps at Cataract Scout Park

Central - view

set up The Aboriginal Legal Service

South West - view

the story of the lyrebird and how it came to speak all languages

South Coastal - view

“This is how they say: read the land.” Auntie Pamela Young , a 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.

South West - view

mother spoke Dharawal language at home

South West - view

Culture Camp at Cataract Scout Park

Central - view

1974 the All Blacks won the South Sydney League

South West - view

sites her mother and other relatives took her to and how she feels when she returns to D’harawal country

South Coastal - view

Aboriginal dance group performed for Taumarunui High School’s cultural group who visited from New Zealand

South West - view

Auntie June lives with many questions about her cultural background, but feels proud

West - view

information discovered about the movement of Darug people and local art sites.