Topics: Culture
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1978 - South Coastal - view
Shell Art
1979 - North West - view
Darkinjung, Wonnarua (Wannarua, Wannerawa) and Awabakal are “hardly more than dialects” of the same language. People who speak the language identify this to Mathews as Darkinjung
1980 - North West - view
Aboriginal sites of significance
1980 - North West - view
Indigenous people work to identify and struggle to protect significant Aboriginal sites
1980 - North West - view
old burial ground
1980 - South West - view
Aboriginal culture and history
1980 - South West - view
arts, painting and decorating
1982 - North West - view
“Awabakal Voices” radio show
1982 - North West - view
Reburial of Aboriginal remains at Darlington Estate , Singleton Heights
1982 - North West - view
Aboriginal skeleton to be reburied in a recreation reserve
1982 - North West - view
The remains are prepared in traditional style: wrapped in a cylinder of ti-tree bark bound in a spiral with leaves”
1983 - North West - view
Aborigines of the Hunter Region
1984 - North West - view
Red Earth, produced by Freewheels Theatre in Newcastle
1985 - North West - view
Koori: A Will To Win is published
1986 - North Coastal - view
A burial is discovered at Avalon Angophora reserve rock shelter site 1 km from coast in Avalon. Remains include a fully articulated woman’s skeleton and her 6 month old baby skeleton in her arms. The woman has a gypsum cap (clay) on her head used for mourning the dead. Two children are also buried in the rock shelter. The skeletons are ritually reburied in 1986 by Aboriginal Site Officers to acknowledge traditional respect for not disturbing the dead.
1986 - North West - view
Reburial of “Charlie” Goori human remains