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GAWA Trail Marker

Eltham North Cub Scouts on the Gawa Trail
Events GAWA Trail Marker 
May 24, 2018May 31, 2018

Cub Scouts visit Gawa Trail

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Cub night for Eltham North on Wednesday 23 May 2018 was special. At the Gawa Trail we had a large fire pit alight as

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Nillumbik Reconciliation Group - Gawa Trail plaques
GAWA Trail Marker 
September 25, 2017January 29, 2018

Gawa Trail 0

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Plaque #0 (Welcome) WOMIN JEKA! — the Woiwurrung words for ‘Welcome’ The GAWA WURUNDJERI RESOURCE TRAIL offers you a burra burra yan, a bush

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Nillumbik Reconciliation Group - Gawa Trail plaques
GAWA Trail Marker 
September 25, 2017January 29, 2018

Gawa Trail 1

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Plaque #1 TEA TREE Kunzea ericoides Woiwurrung name: BURGAN The Burgan’s straight stems were perfect for spears used for hunting and weaponry. A stem

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Nillumbik Reconciliation Group - Gawa Trail plaques
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September 25, 2017January 29, 2018

Gawa Trail 2

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Plaque #2 SPINY-HEADED MAT-RUSH Lomandra longifolia Woiwurrung name: KURAWUN The leaves, inner bark, and root fibres of many shrubs, trees and reeds were used

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September 25, 2017January 29, 2018

Gawa Trail 3

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Plaque #3 WOMBAT Woiwurrung name: WARENDJI Wombats sleep during the day in their long, multi-chambered burrows. Young men were sometimes sent along a burrow

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September 25, 2017January 29, 2018

Gawa Trail 4

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Plaque #4 BRACKEN FERN Pteridium esculentum Woiwurrung name: the generic name for fern is BUYET The Wurundjeri used bracken fern as a mattress, an

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September 25, 2017January 29, 2018

Gawa Trail 5

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Plaque #5 VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS BUSH Prostanthera lasianthos Woiwurrung name: CORANDERRK Coranderrk is a mint bush. The leaves were used by the Wurundjeri as food

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September 25, 2017January 29, 2018

Gawa Trail 6

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Plaque #6 ECHIDNA Woiwurrung name: GAWARN GAWA is a derivation of gawarn. The echidna may have heard you coming and used its long digging

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September 25, 2017January 29, 2018

Gawa Trail 7

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Plaque #7 WATSONS CREEK The creek’s Woiwurrung name was never recorded. The creek provided seasonal bounty for the clan. When the rains came the

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September 25, 2017January 29, 2018

Gawa Trail 8

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Plaque #8 MANNA GUM Eucalyptus viminalis Woiwurrung name: WURRUN The large tree in front of you is a Manna gum, or wurrun. Within wurrun

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National Reconciliation Week

This year we are celebrating with events online. NRG has made a video which has been sent to Primary and Secondary schools in Nillumbik. Here is the link for you to watch it too.

The week begins after Sorry Day on 26 May when we can remember with deep regret the taking of the children and the losses of language and culture and homelands suffered by Indigenous Australians.

Reconciliation Week begins on May 27 until June 3.

This week includes two important dates:

  1. The Referendum of 1967, May 27. Aboriginal people were now counted in the census and could have laws made by the Commonwealth government instead of being subject to state legislation.
  2. June 3, 1992. The handing down of the judgement on the claim of Eddie Mabo to the ownership of his land on Mer Island in the Torres Strait. The High Court found that his ownership had not been erased by the settlement of Australia. The recognition that sovereignty was never ceded is now commonly added to acknowledgement of traditional owners.

2020 Reconciliation Week Message

https://youtu.be/WNB3OS3u7Vk

  Visit the Nillumbik Reconciliation Group Facebook Page for more information and events.

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Education – Connecting to Country

Connecting to Country is a program that has been developed for schools in Nillumbik to assist teachers in offering required units of Aboriginal study identified in the Victorian Curriculum. Click the poster to find out more…

Due to the pandemic, Connecting to Country is not running any sessions until it is safe to do so.

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