Topics: Culture
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1986 - North West - view
“Awabakal Voices”
1986 - North West - view
Aboriginal inmates at Cessnock gaol learn Awabakal language and culture from Percy Haslam
1986 - North West - view
Aboriginal history, language and culture
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.
1987 - South Coastal - view
La Perouse, the people, the place and the sea
1987 - South Coastal - view
makes boomerangs by decorating them with hot poker work
1988 - North West - view
Where There’s Life There’s Spirit
1988 - North West - view
“Aboriginals unaware of ancient treasures”
1988 - North West - view
Hawkesbury “inland” people and “coastal” people were completely separate tribal groups
1988 - South Coastal - view
emu story
1988 - South Coastal - view
snake story
1988 - South Coastal - view
Australia/Survival Day ceremonies and celebrations
1988 - South Coastal - view
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags are raised
1988 - South West - view
Story of Gurangadge the giant eel Dreamtime ancestor: as told by Robyn Williams in 1988
1989 - North West - view
Leslie Saxby, Neil Edwards and William Morgan attend and perform ceremonies to recognise sites
1989 - North West - view
Get Up and Dance- Freewheels Theatre production