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I work towards maintaining the Wurundjeri culture for Wurundjeri people into the future. [b] In 1985, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation was established to fulfil statutory roles under Commonwealth and Victorian legislation and to assist in raising awareness of Wurundjeri culture and history within the wider ...
A numbering system was used when Wurundjeri clans sent out messengers to advise neighbouring clans of upcoming events, such as a ceremony, corroboree, a challenge to fight or Marn grook ball game. Messengers carried a message stick with markings to indicate the number and type of people involved and a prop to indicate the type of event, such as ...
Wurundjeri is a common recent name for people who have lived in the Woiwurrung area for up to 40,000 years, according to Gary Presland. [a] They lived by fishing, hunting and gathering, and made a good living from the rich food sources of Port Phillip both before and after its flooding about 7,000–10,000 years ago, and the surrounding ...
Other Woiwurrung clans include the Marin-Bulluk, Kurung-Jang-Bulluk, Wurundjeri-Balluk, Balluk-willam. Wurundjeri is now the common term for descendants of all the Woiwurrung clans. Bunurong (Bun-wurrung): spoken by six clans along the coast from the Werribee River, across the Mornington Peninsula, Western Port Bay to Wilsons Promontory.
This category describes the people, history, mythology and culture of the Indigenous Australian Wurundjeri people from central Victoria, Australia. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wurundjeri .
The Wadawurrung Aboriginal Corporation, a Registered Aboriginal Party since 21 May 2009, represents the traditional owners for the Geelong and Ballarat areas. [4] The Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative, based in Geelong, also has a role in managing Wadawurrung cultural heritage, for example through its ownership of the Wurdi Youang Aboriginal stone arrangement at Mount Rothwell.
I took my time with each photo, silently reminisced (we were in a library, after all), and pointed at his (admittedly sparse) spelling mistakes. After 20 pages of memories, I reached the final page.
People of the Merri Merri. The Wurundjeri in Colonial Days. East Brunswick, Victoria: Merri Creek Management Committee. ISBN 0-9577728-0-7. OCLC 52505206. Pascoe, Bruce (1997). Wauthaurong Too Bloody Strong: Stories and life journeys of people from Wauthaurong. Apollo Bay, Victoria: Pascoe Publishing. ISBN 094708731-1. OCLC 39078639