Awabakal Local Aboriginal Land Council (ALALC) has a long standing commitment to fostering the best interest/s of Aboriginal Culture & Heritage within its boundaries. The flag was first flown at Victoria Square in Adelaide on National Aborigines Day, 12 July 1971. The Awabakal, in pre-colonisation times, were noted as being strong and determined defenders of their territory, the means by which the defence occurred need to be explored to deepen understanding of the culture. Awaba is now the name of a small town in the region. Waanytjawaanytja parray ngiruwampa? % There are several key art stencils scattered around the figure's body below the arms, with only two art stencils located above the arms in the top corner of the cave. Man was given the knowledge to read the land and for every rock, tree and creek he found an explanation for existence. (Awabakal LALC is the only Aboriginal organisation in Newcastle who has a statutory role to protect and conserve Aboriginal Culture & Heritage). For their language, see, Last edited on 26 February 2023, at 02:10, Arwarbukarl Cultural Resource Association, Aboriginal sacred sites across Australia still at risk as traditional owners 'locked out' of reforms, "Home Awabakal Environmental Education Centre", "Newcastle's first street to be illuminated", "Awabakal and Guringai native title claim from Maitland to Hornsby put on ice", The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, "Callaghan, The University of Newcastle: Whose Traditional Land? The Wonnarua were part of the land. ), In 2021, the Wonnarua Elders Council asked Sharon Edgar-Jones to run an intensive 12-month long language program with Wonnarua Elders and community. Throughout Koori Australia, a complicated system of spiritual descent governed day-to-day life in the tribes. The Morrison Collection, artifacts of the Wonnarua people and Kooris of the Hunter, is currently housed at the Australian Museum. Fax and/or scanned and emailed applications are not accepted. Once the map is finalised it will be available on this website. It focuses on nurturing the history and culture of the Wonnarua Nation, improving the health and education of its members and managing investments to sustain the Corporations work. Any use of the language materials, and historical records, should be done in consultation with the WNAC. But essentially the figure in the cave here is . Easy. The copyright license for the manufacture and marketing of the Aboriginal flag has been awarded by Mr Thomas to Carroll and Richardson Flags. The reason being is because he was believed to be protector of the area and protector of the people in the district. Verbs have three tenses: present, past and future. Completed claim form and original receipts mail to: PO Box 889 The Junction NSW 2291 The Wonnarua people's traditional lands are located in the Hunter Valley area of New South Wales. The Wonnarua Nation Aboriginal Corporation was established in 1999 and represents the Wonnarua people. The teacher was Biraban, also known as John McGill, and the student was the Rev. And everyone revered [him]. '[1], Media related to Baiame cave art at Wikimedia Commons, Location of Baiame Cave in New South Wales, Last edited on 17 November 2021, at 02:03, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baiame_Cave&oldid=1055651025, Owner of land where Baiame Cave is situated. What are the disadvantages of shielding a thermometer? This collection is of interest to the Wonnarua people whose families lived at the St. Clair mission where many of the objects were made. Wow! / Oh no! Ala piyarr! [7] Fishing, particularly for shellfish, was a significant part of the Awabakal people's diet and culture pre-colonisation. An Introduction to Wonnarua/Wanaruah/Wanarruwa Language course was developed to provide a range of speaking, reading, writing and listening skills, to encourage the use of the language in the home and to support the revival and maintenance of the language for current and future generations. Their wisdom and understanding is highly respected by all members of our Nation. 2023 Awabakal LALC. TelephoneT 02 6578 7290 The ALRA is established to provide land rights for Aboriginal people, provide for representative Aboriginal Land Councils, to vest land in those Councils, provide for the acquisition of land, and the management of land and other assets and investments and to provide for the provision of community benefit schemes. Hopefully similar programs will be available to others in the near future, for more information, email sharon.edgarjones@muurrbay.org.au. [2], For the past 40 years, the private landowners have managed the site through regular inspections, and deterring livestock and inappropriate access. Before contact with settlers, their people extended from Port Stephens in the south to Forster / Tuncurry in the north and as far west as Gloucester. Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this website may contain images and voices of people who have passed away. Like they do today they had their own religion and the Aboriginal religion had the deity figure, Goign or in the other people's language, Baiame is the figure. In the Awabakal language, awaba was the word for Lake Macquarie, meaning flat or plain surface, and by extension referred to the people native to that area. Monday to Friday Very easy. We acknowledge the Wanaruah, Wonnarua People as the traditional owners and custodians of the land within the Singleton local government area. Baiame Cave is the only known and recorded rock shelter with larger-than-life, pigment art depicting the ancestral creator Baiame. Wonnarua is a contemplative moving image installation work that aims to provoke discussion around themes of Indigenous ways of living in juxtaposition with western settler-state system's unsustainable, damaging ways of using stolen lands. If you'd like to interpret that, that would be the same as same as God as the creator to the English people. The first is, the Gringai are mentioned as occupying the headwaters of the Allyn, Paterson, Williams and Chichester rivers, as well as, according to Scott, the lower reaches of the Hunter and Karuah rivers. He also has an Honorary Degree in Social Anthropology from Adelaide University. . >gB !Kq\"1VER1B+UIrc7n,p*.G6U/C,u!%v3HRR)jE,V`#\'.Rv'gJRa;'eK#Q )5K b;0JelL|K]HX. The collection includes two canoes which are more than 200 years old and need to be housed in strict climate controlled conditions, boomerangs, spears, axe heads and handles and the original arch which was located in George Street, Singleton. General Enquiries:PO Box 3066, Singleton Delivery Centre, NSW 2330 254 John Street, Singleton, NSW, 2330, Health and Education Enquiries: Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awabakal. The cave shows evidence of infestation by swallows, which have built nests in the roof. As of late 2021, women must seek permission to cross the owned land, despite the site being a protected site under the Federal Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection (ATSIHP) Act and was recognised as a New South Wales 'Aboriginal Place' in 2013. General Enquiries:PO Box 3066, Singleton Delivery Centre, NSW 2330 254 John Street, Singleton, NSW, 2330, Health and Education Enquiries: Difficult. Cultural Sensitivity Warning . The Awabakal people /wbl/, are those Aboriginal Australians who identify with or are descended from the Awabakal tribe and its clans, Indigenous to the coastal area of what is now known as the Hunter Region of New South Wales. The Tlingit tribe, the Haida tribe, the Bella Coola tribe, the Kwakiutl tribe, the Tsimshian tribe, and the West Coast tribe. The dates for National Reconciliation Week remain the same each year; 27 May to 3 June. :nB.ON'q:JFo:6-"ST#qySBem4/~hn&Rn %7a!Z]`]/|Uu[HOJ,EcJ~IpqQ77)axjYh}JVx.7N-:Drq6Ln19zF.fG[fQrH9guj(i2i]L,j|r2la4a'ynx=E'UGRxyZ:+jF$S548MS]q0Px6ZWlbLqqNlF.1x5e*qd The Awabakal people played a significant part in shaping the environment of their region. pTO~/9^`^zEt^D oJ; -ET%d{`tp}0=`~v3zO02='8dxZ\peq2h26 ]={Y\>Tl8~ *K(?%M\ ~4M-,=ZefnfS"Ru:B1:r"]Q/rh|- The stairway and mesh viewing platform are in good condition, although future maintenance of the stairway will be needed to maintain safety. (This may well have been the case in Objects from Alexander Morrisons collection are also held by the National Museum of Australia. What are the disadvantages of shielding a thermometer? Linguist and Wonnarua/Guringay woman Sharon Edgar-Jones saw the need for a user-friendly guide to the language and with Muurrbays support has completed the Wanarruwa Beginners Guide (Edgar-Jones & Burgman, 2019). They practised fire-stick farming extensively, which helped them to hunt and to navigate through dense prickly scrub along the coast. Throughout Koori Australia, a complicated system of spiritual descent governed day-to-day life in the tribes. Awabakal Local Aboriginal Land Council (Awabakal LALC) is an Aboriginal organisation regulated under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983. Fax and/or scanned and emailed applications are not accepted. The hands on the wall are symbols of the people who perhaps looked after the area, or in this case may have looked after the cave and the actual painting on the wall. [2], Baiame Cave is a unique and excellent example of Aboriginal rock art and is highly respected by the local Wonnarua people, numerous Aboriginal nations throughout south-east Australia and the wider community of the Hunter Valley. Material on this site has different rights, uses, and permissions associated with it. sections and totems connected the human being to his or her spiritual ancestry. Recently settled Aboriginal people in this region partake in community support organisations like 'The Awabakal Newcastle Aboriginal Cooperative Limited', which is a not-for-profit community controlled organisation operating in the Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and Hunter Region. the Awabakal Disability Service which provides "short to medium term support to young people living with a disability"; culturally appropriate care for older people; This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 02:10. Wanarruwa is how the word looks using the standardised spelling used in the Beginners Guide. 2,633 Following. Moderate. [6] Newcastle's main city thoroughfare, Watt Street was built over an Awabakal path from the shore to the top of a hill. The Wonnarua Language & Culture Archive is owned and managed by the Wonnarua Nation Aboriginal Corporation (WNAC), and it has been created for educational purposes. 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