In this episode I speak with two Dja Dja Wurrung men about what they are doing to connect people to country and in doing that help protect it.
Harley Douglas is project manager on a project called Walking Together. It is a four year project looking at two sites. They are doing surveys of the flora and fauna in the parks, introducing cultural learning points and also asking for community input about these two parks.
Uncle Rick Nelson has been taking high school boys out bush to connect to them and strengthen community and also strengthen their understanding of this place and the culture that connects them to it.
Saltgrass is produced in Castlemaine, on Jaara country, home of the Dja Dja Wurrung people. We pay respects to elders past, present and emerging.
Links:
Some information about the Walking Together project:
From Connecting Country
From Parks Victoria
Djandak
Dja Dja Wurrung clans aboriginal corporation
About the Eltham Copper Butterfly
https://connectingcountry.org.au/education-resources/eltham-copper-butterfly-in-central-victoria/
Friends of Kalimna Park
About the Pink Tailed Worm Lizard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink-tailed_worm-lizard
Nalderun
Bendigo District Aboriginal Co-operative
Uncle Rick and the first coronavirus rap
Uncle Rick and the most recent corona virus rap
The episode mentioned with Aunty Julie McHale from earlier this season
The first episode of the Dja Dja Wurrung Radio series I did with Uncle Rick in 2016... the rest of the episodes follow on from this one. There are seven episodes.
S3 E10 Djab Wurrung Sacred Trees
S3E9 Solar Bulk Buys
S3 E8 Zero Waste Food with Madeline Hudson
S3 E7 Student Strikers and Gas
S3 E6 Making Change with Natalie Moxham
S3 E4 Ethical Apparel with Ilka White
S3 E3 Pandemics and permaculture
S3 E2 E-bikes with Sue Tomkinson
S3 E1 Aunty Julie McHale
S2 E31 Dja Dja Wurrung Radio - Gold Rush times with Vic Say
S2 E30 Dja Dja Wurrung Radio - Meet the locals
S2 E29 Dja Dja Wurrung Radio - Precolonial life with Bill Davies
S2 E28 Dja Dja Wurrung Radio - colonisation and its aftermath
S2 E27 Dja Dja Wurrung Radio - Ulumbarra
S2 E26 Dja Dja Wurrung Radio - Meeting Place
S2 E25 Dja Dja Wurring Radio Uncle Rick
S2 E24 Regenerative Agriculture
S2 E23 Conscious Clothing
S2 E22 Neighbourhood Houses and Climate
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