Australian Ecosystems Foundation & Secret Creek Sanctuary in Lithgow, New South Wales | Non-profit organisation

Australian Ecosystems Foundation & Secret Creek Sanctuary

Locality: Lithgow, New South Wales

Phone: +61 408 695 958

Address: 35 Crane Road 2790 Lithgow, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.ausecosystems.org.au/

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24.01.2022 Today in our Indigenous mentoring program/ Walk Talk n Do, we started our collaborative artwork with elders Bob and Ceane. We’re all stoked to see it coming together and we will keep working on it

24.01.2022 Brush-tailed rock wallaby (Petrogale penicillata) #poser #endangeredspecies #wallaby #wildlifeconservation #native

23.01.2022 NAIDOC week Always was, always will be Aboriginal land Artwork in our office by local Indigenous elder Bob Sutor

22.01.2022 Nice to see regeneration in the bush a year on from the 2019 bushfires Billardiera scandens Photo Amber Jane Webb

21.01.2022 Our recent revegetation project in Hartley, thanks to the local Girl Guides group for coming along!

21.01.2022 Nice to hear the Gang gangs (Callocephalon fimbriatum) and Yellow- tailed Black cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus funereus) hanging around our reserve

20.01.2022 NSW's only population of Wangarru (Yellow-footed rock-wallabies) are bouncing back after being hit hard by years of drought. A recent survey of the population, ...found on and adjacent to Mutawintji National Park and Mutawintji Nature Reserve, has seen numbers rise from 63 to 75. The recent rainfall in the region is hoped to further increase numbers. The Wangarru is not just ecologically important as the most easterly population of the species, but is also culturally significant to the local Aboriginal community. #NSWParks DPIE/Peter Sherratt

12.01.2022 We are looking for a couple more local Aboriginal youth to come along to our Walk Talk n Do Indigenous Mentoring Program in Lithgow, Blue Mountains. Find attached flyer for more information. Email [email protected] and we will hold a place for you All artworks by Indigenous elder Bob Sutor

10.01.2022 Some of you may have noticed some activity along barton ave at wallerawang and been thinking what are they up to well to awnser this question we some local wira...djuri people have been busy performing culture in these trying times we have completed stage one of a scar tree ave nothing has been done in this form before each tree has been cut removing bark witch makes a coolamon used to carry things like a bowl they can be used for many things including carrying a new born baby with a possum skin or doing a smoking ceremony the scar tree is used to marker for things like boarders boundary's burials and scared places they can be used to display artwork also as in this case 2 have aboriginal symbols the 1st is meeting place the 2nd closer to the school represents 4 mountains around us and the song lines coming in or winds of different seasons each tree has been used as teaching tools as well by man who have never performed this type of culture before the youngest was 3 years old and the oldest was 79 Robert McCanns mum removing the coolamon can be done by men or women the scar is traditionally done by the men then the bark edge is sealed with mud to help the tree recover faster its just like a tattoo but on a tree instead of or skin and now is living art gallery this will last longer then most of us and can be used as school excursions or just a lovely walk along our beautiful lake but this is the very 1st of its kind as scar trees are normally hidden but lithgow council and the local wiradjuri people came together to make this happen during these very testing times this whole project was done for free mostly to use as a teaching tool See more

09.01.2022 Wollemi pine protection ensured into the future

08.01.2022 Indigenous mentoring program // Walk Talk n Do Calling all local Indigenous youth aged 15-24 to come along to Secret Creek Sanctuary this Saturday the 19th from 11-4 to learn about culture, wildlife and country. Lunch and all materials included, transport to and from the train station is also available! ... This week will be led by Bob Sutor and Ceane Towers from One Mob, we will be starting our collaborative artwork, learning more about the endangered species on site as well as stone tools and weapons. Limited places available for Wiradjuri, Gundungurra and Darug youth If you have any questions please get in touch with us - Trevor 0408 695 958 or [email protected]

05.01.2022 We communicate closely with Indigenous elders through all our conservation work and acknowledge the deep connection to Darug, Gundungurra and Wiradjuri land. Always was, always will be #aboriginalland

01.01.2022 Email [email protected] to secure your spot!