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.
S2 E3 Transition Towns
S2 E2 Compost, dog poo and recycling
S2 E1 Drawdown and Fire Safety
S1 E4 Plastic Free July Part 2
S1 E1 Plastic Free July Part 1
S1 E8 Chewton Primary School
S1 E7 Castlemaine Repair Cafe
S1 E6 Gung Hoe Growers
S1 E5 Mount Alexander Fruit Garden
S1 E3 Boomerang Bags Castlemaine
S1 E2 Plastic Bag Free Castlemaine with Lucy Young
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