Peter Riley#wallan wallan comes from #firstnations #Woiwurrung word meaning ‘circular place of water,’ referring to the extensive network of swamps and #wetlands in the area.
https://wallanwallanrp.org.au/wallan-wallan-values/
The days start to lengthen around the peak of #guling (the #woiwurrung name for #orchid season), Tree Violet flowers open and emit strong perfume. Unusually, the tiny pale yellow flowers grow directly on the stems, covering the branches with hundreds of little bells.
https://www.friendsofmerricreek.org.au/index.cfm?module=news&pagemode=indiv&page_id=3056846
#Bloomscrolling #MerriCreek #treeviolets (Melicytus dentatus)
“Sunbury Earth Rings” Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbury_earth_rings
Cultural Heritage
https://culturalheritage.org.au/new-excavation-of-rings-of-mystery-in-victoria-reveals-rich-aboriginal-history-the-conversation/
TheConversation
https://theconversation.com/new-excavation-of-rings-of-mystery-in-victoria-reveals-rich-aboriginal-history-246408
Australian Geographic
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2025/01/rings-of-mystery-excavation-reveals-rich-aboriginal-history/
Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/we-finally-know-what-1-400-year-old-mystery-rings-in-australia-are
Wayi Garden Buarth Gurru
Grass Flowering & Community Food Festival in East Coburg
15 & 16 November 2024
On unceded# firstnations #Wurundjeri #Woiwurrung country.
'dangerous #Merri lurker' (Merri-merri-uth nyilam marra-natj in #woiwurrung might be useful in treating bacterial infections.
#Bacteriophage
https://www.friendsofmerricreek.org.au/bacteriophage
#AntiMicrobialResistance
https://www.monash.edu/impact-amr
Bacteriophage Virions
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8269216/
Murnong Gathering 2024
9 November 2024 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Join Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Elders on the banks of Merri Creek to celebrate Wurundjeri heritage and culture.
- Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony
- A Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Education talk
- Djirri Djirri Dancers
- Performances by Allara - https://www.allara.co/
& Carissa Nyalu https://carissanyalu.bandcamp.com/
Here - https://goo.gl/maps/qp3yY5xZzEYjwDgw6
https://www.friendsofmerricreek.org.au/index.cfm?
#firstNations #MerriCreek #Murnong #WoiWurrung #Wurrundjeri #YamDaisy
Allara · Blak Female Artist Musician · Melb, Aus
Allara is a powerful Yorta Yorta winyarr. A storyteller, composer, director, producer, musician and soundscape designer. With humour and integrity, Allara uses the double-bass and sound samples from Country to weave textures for healing in her work “I am Sovereign, I am Free”. Allara's innovative music speaks to Blak justice and sovereignty. Allara was the recipient of the Archie Roach Foundation Award for Emerging Talent (Music Victoria Awards 2021) and is a founding member of Ensemble Dutala.
BOOK TALK:
‘My Brother, My Land: A Story From #Palestine.'
.. about Sireen’s family experience of dispossession and resistance.
6pm, Wednesday August 28th 2024
#BlackSpark Cultural Centre
On #FirstNations #Wurundjeri #WoiWurrung Country.
#Earthworker #Cooperative four-part workshop series throughout June at #BlackSpark.
The first is 'The Earthworker Ecosystem.'
In this presentation a number of Earthworker cooperative representatives will be present to explain what their co-op does, how they fit into the broader Earthworker ecosystem and explain how you can get involved.
BlackSpark Cultural Centre,
Gladstone Ave, Northcote
3-6pm
June 2nd
https://earthworker.coop/our-cooperatives/
On #FirstNations #Kulin
#Wurundjeri #Woiwurrung Country.
On route to Catalyst Social Centre #Fiesta 144-146 Sydney Rd, Coburg – unceded #Wurundjeri #Woiwurrung Country of #Kulin #firstnations
#Palestine #solidarity mural on bike path beneath raised section of #UpfieldRailway line
