S3 E5 Caring for Country

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.