THE BUNDABURRAH CREEK DABU YARRA MURAN PROJECT
JOIN US FOR the VIDEO LAUNCH AND DISCUSSION WITH PARTICIPANTS OF THis PROJECT - REGISTER HERE APRIL 10TH - 10.00am-11.00am - 2021
Join us for an online presentation with Orange Fibre Artists Group, Helen Worsley and Claudette Elliot, Forbes Wiradjuri cultural/language advisor, David Acheson, and NSW environmental water manager (Lachlan), Dr. Joanne Lenehan, to preview a series of videos on collecting, weaving and twining natural fibres – and the importance of the yarning circle. The group will also discuss river habitat, language, and indigenous scientific knowledge, and adopting the traditions of harvesting and weaving bark, plants, and grasses in a respective and sustainable way. The videos shown document cultural techniques and methodologies authored and owned by First Nation practitioners.
The Bundaburrah Creek Dabu Yarra Muran Project strategically links knowledge and care of specific native plants to provide materials for weaving workshops and cultural fishing practices (equipment such as fish/yabbie traps, string bags, and twin). In the spirit of to stop, see, listen, hear, understand - the videos celebrate a weekend on the Galari Bila (Lachlan River) that brought together women from Albury to Orange to swap stories and teachings.
The weekend workshop and video presentation is a partnership between the Forbes Aboriginal and Community Working Party, Orange Fibre Artists Group, NSW Department of Planning, Industry, and Environment (DPIE), LachLandcare, the CORRIDOR project, NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI), and supported by Inspiring Australia, Lake Cowal Foundation, and Commonwealth’s Flow MER Program.
The Project was a recipient of the NSW Government’s inaugural Aboriginal Fishing Trust Grant and the women’s weekend was hosted by the Corridor project over 13–15 December 2019 - NEWS ARTICLE
We would like to acknowledge Harry Wedge and George Coe for their contribution to the video Welcome to Country, and David Acheson as a language consultant and introducing the videos in Wiradjuri language. Thanks to John Daly for the editing and filming of videos produced by the CORRIDOR project.
Videos have recently been produced as part of this project, view below.If you would like to be part of our online session discussing these videos and the broader project register here. Further inquiry about this project contact us HERE and we will connect you with the workshop organisers.
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following videos and images may contain images and voices of deceased persons.
