'Gellung Warl' and other Victorian Aboriginal words that are part of Australia's first Treaty

Victoria's first Treaty with First Peoples' was debated in state parliament last week. The Treaty introduces some Victorian Aboriginal words you may not have heard before — here's how to say them and what they mean.

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Omw to the last leg of the #yoorook truth telling walk, from Camp Sov to Parliament.
Lmk if you'll be there ✊
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/walk-for-truth-public-walk-sections-tickets-1351267189539

Also if you don't know your place in this whole Truth Telling business, I highly recommend this ep of four corners. It's really inclusive and welcoming! https://iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2503H008S00

#naarm #melbourne #australia #indigenous

Walk for Truth - Public Walk Sections

Join us on a journey which aims to bring everyone together to walk toward truth, celebrate the strength and resistance of Aboriginal people.

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Yoorrook Justice Commission invites you to be part of the Walk for Truth from Portland to Parliament.

Everyone is invited to join when Yoorrook Deputy Chair Commissioner Travis Lovett, Kerrupmara Gunditjmara, walks from Portland, where colonisation began, to Parliament, where we can transform the future.

Starting on Sunday 25 May on GunditjmaraGunditjmara Country at Portland, the Walk will finish at Parliament House on Wednesday 18 June.

This powerful journey aims to bring everyone together to walk toward truth, celebrate the strength and resistance of Aboriginal people, and be proud to have the oldest living culture in the world as ours.

For more information:

https://yoorrookjusticecommission.org.au/events/walkfortruth/

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#Naarm
#Yoorook
#Gunditjmara
#AboriginalLand
#AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBeAboriginalLand
#colonisation
#WalkForTruth
#TruthTelling
#aboriginalheritage

Will you join us on the Walk for Truth? - Yoorrook Justice Commission

Yoorrook Justice Commission invites you to be part of the Walk for Truth from Portland to Parliament. Everyone is invited to join when Yoorrook Deputy Chair Commissioner Travis Lovett, Kerrupmara Gunditjmara, walks from Portland, where colonisation began, to Parliament, where we can transform the future. Starting on Sunday 25 May on Gunditjmara Country at Portland, the Walk will finish at ... Read More

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Australia has a painful past. For the first time, the country has been grappling with recording the stories of that history in a truth-telling commission.

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