#bundjalung

[matriarchy-au]

Karla Dickens is an Australian artist who repurposes materials in unexpected ways, often using weaving and embroidery. Her work often addresses issues of race, sexuality, and gender.

[ningirida]

ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN RESOURCES

The Anthropological Masterlist is HERE.

The Aboriginal Australian people are the indigenous peoples of Australia and the Torres Strait Islands. 

ADNYAMANTHA ─ “The Adnyamathanha people are an Aboriginal Australian people. They are native to the northern Flinders Ranges.” ─ Plants in Adnyamantha Culture

ARRERNTE ─ “The Arrernte, or Aranda, people are an Aboriginal Australian people. They are native to the Arrernte land in central Australia.” ─ Arrernte Information ─ Arrernte Language

BUNDJALUNG ─ “The Bundjalung, or Bunjalung, people are an Aboriginal Australian people. They are native to the northern coast of New South Wales.” ─ Bundjalung Migration

KAMILAROI ─ “The Kamilaroi, or Gamilaraay, are an Aboriginal Australian people. They are native to New South Wales and Queensland.” ─ Kamilaroi Culture ─ Kamilaroi Language & Traditions ─ Kamilaroi Astrology

NGARRINDJERI ─ “The Ngarrindjeri people are an Aboriginal Australian people. They are native to the lower Murray River in southern Australia.” ─ Ngarrindjeri Information ─ Ngarrindjeri Culture

NOONGAR ─ “The Noongar, or Nyunga, people are an Aboriginal Australian people. They are native to southwest Western Australia.” ─ Noongar Culture ─ Noongar Language ─ Western Australian Language

TIWI ─ “The Tiwi, or Tunuvivi, people are an Aboriginal Australian people. They are native to the Bathurst and Melville islands.” ─ Tiwi Information ─ Tiwi Language ─ Tiwi Music

YOLNGU ─ “The Yolngu, or Yolŋu, people are an Aboriginal Australian people. They are native to the northeastern Arnhem Land.” ─ Yolngu Culture ─ Yolngu Printmaking

[infiniteearth88]

[deanpower]

By late winter I can’t prevent myself by once again becoming enamoured with #Wattle. Each season like it or not I find myself drawing, painting, photographing, filming and generally thinking about Wattle. Last season I began drawing together a number of works I call #TheWattleDiaries Wattle is such a benevolent family of species. They are the party starters, bringing life, light and energy to the landscape. Acting as a pioneer species in ecological terms. Bring nutrients, colour, activity and energy to the country on which it stands. As I drive around #Bundjalung country in the #ByronBay region. Wattle is flowering and once again I find myself in gratitude for this amazing family of trees. . .. ... .... #australianlandscapepainting #nature #spring #watercolour #watercolor #abstractlandscape #abstractpainting #landscapepainting #australianartist #art (at Mullumbimby)

[forestrambler]

Learning Bundjalung on Tharawal

~ By Evelyn Araluen

Above his desk it is written:

‘I wish I knew the names of all the birds.’

I know this room through tessellation of leaf and branch,

wurahŋ-bil and jaran-gir,

in the shade of a kulsetsi —

(Cherokee) ‘honey locust’ [a flowering tree].

I am relearning these hills and saltwaters

and all the places wrapped around this room

We both have dagahral here,

lovers/fathers/friends/conquerors/

ghosts.

But here, in this new and ancient place,

I ask him to name the song that swoops through this mosaic:

Sometimes it is wattlebird sometimes it is currawong —

when we drive, he tells me king parrot, fairy wren, black cockatoo

and I know jalwahn and bilin bilin and ngarehr

but the rest are just nunganybil,

the rest are just: ‘bird’

It is hard to unlearn a language:

to unspeak the empire,

to teach my voice to rise and fall like landscape,

a topographic intonation.

So in this place the shape of my place

I am trying to sing like hill and saltwater,

to use old words from an old country that I have never walked on:

bundjalung jagum ngai, nganduwal nyuyaya,

and god, I don’t even know

if I’m saying it right.

But I watch the bark twist:

grey and slate and vanilla and vermillion

he tells me this is ribbon gum —

so I find five words for this bark

and I promise I will learn them all

Because to hold him is to hold the tree

that holds these birds I cannot name,

and a word spoken here

might almost sound like home.

We are relearning this place through poetry:

I open my book and say, wayan,

here is a word which means road, but also root

and in it I am rooted, earthed,

singing between two lands

I learn that balun is both river and milky way,

and that he is baray-gir, the youngest child

and the top of the tree,

where the gahr will come to rest —

to call its own name

across the canopy,

long after his word for it

is gone.

[othersociologist]

Indigenous Sociology for Social Impact

Associate Professor Kathleen Butler, sociologist and Aboriginal woman belonging to the Bundjalung and Worimi peoples of coastal New South Wales, led the "Indigenous Sociology for Social Impact" workshop. The two-day event explored how sociology can draw on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership and knowledge to decolonise theory, methods and practice. She invited academic and applied sociologists of Indigenous and non-Indigenous backgrounds to discuss the issues, ethics and evidence-base to better better draw on Indigenous perspectives. Here she talks about the aims and lessons of the workshop, as well as the Indigenous methodology she used ("talking circle") to elicit free-flowing ideas.

Learn more: Other Sociologist.

[Video: Prof Butler sits at a table speaking; she is filmed front-on, from the waist up. She smiles often when she speaks. At the beginning of the video, there is a notation that reads: In October 2016, Professor Butler led a workshop exploring how sociology can draw on Indigenous leadership & knowledge to decolonise theory, methods & practice. Later, when she discusses the “talking circle,” another annotation reads: Talking circle (or "yarning circle") is an Indigeous methodology that brings participants together to discuss issues in a safe, open-ended dialogue without set questions. The end credit reads Other Sociolgist.]

[matriarchy-au]

Aboriginal Australian women, photographed 1876-1893

[childsphotos]

Magic autumn day for Surf for Sanity single fin competition in Bundjalung country! A day to have fun with ya mates and enjoy a few waves and a few laughs! But always remember to check in on your friends when things don’t seem right! A big thanks to all the sponsors to make this event happen! •••📷 @childsphotos #surfforsanity @caba_boardriders2488 #childsphotos @jvgsound @citycoasttiling @loanmarketexcel @steelconstructaustralia @australmasonary @mhsurfboards @daughtersofindia @cabasportsclub @circl_group @lsproperties @ RPF Building, @JVGSound, @CityCoastTiling, @loanmarketexcel @SteelConstructAustralia @cabasportsclub @AustralMasonary, @MHSurfboards @daughtersofindia @cabasportsclub @circl_group @lsproperties #northernrivers #Bundjalung country #bundjalungpeople #sacredcountry #tweedcoastrealestate (at Cabarita Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbRgYKjvxKR/?utm_medium=tumblr