Peter RileyFeb 27

#Warralilly - near Geelong - eight hectares of restored species of wallaby grass, spear grass and the weeping grass Microlaena stipoides.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-28/native-grasslands-victoria-endangered-restoration-seed-demand/106391114

#Grasslands #mullaMulla #Revegetation #Rewilding #Themeda

Show threadPeter RileyFeb 27

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-28/ngaiawang-language-of-river-murray-revived-indigenous/106393092

#firstnations #Languages #Ngaiawang #Rinta aka #MurrayRiver

River's ancient language awakens after 'sleeping' for generations

Ngaiawang language, once spoken frequently along the sweeping bend of the River Murray or the Rinta, was almost wiped out by colonisation.

Show threadPeter RileyFeb 27

Listening to
Weekend Mornings with Alice Keath

Ancient Land Processional
Deborah Cheetham Fraillon (soprano & speaker), Nicholas Buc (conductor), Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Ngarrindjeri Women's Choir
Short Black Opera

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/live/classic?tz=nsw

#DeborahCheethamFraillon #firstNations

ABC Classic live player - ABC listen

ABC Classic broadcasts the best classical music 24/7 on FM, DAB+, TV and online. Your home for classical music, wherever you listen, read or watch.

ABC listen
Show threadPeter Riley

Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace

https://shortblackopera.org.au/

See also “Woven Song” (Tapestries)
https://shortblackopera.org.au/tapestry-project

#DeborahCheethamFraillon #Eumeralla #Firstnations
#ShortBlack #Opera #YortaYorta

SBO

SBO
Feb 28 at 12:02amWeb
Show threadPeter RileyFeb 28

“Casualties and losses”
~80 settlers dead
Up to 6,500 First Nations dead

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eumeralla_Wars

#Colonialism #Eumeralla #FirstNations #FreedomFighters #FrontierWars #Gunditjamara #Resistance

Eumeralla Wars - Wikipedia