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23.01.2022 Click on this link to read the latest news from Reconciliation Victoria https://mailchi.mp/reconciliationvic/august-2020-enews
21.01.2022 WARRIGUL AND THE MUNDURRA: THE OLD DINGO AND THE HUNTER: Warrigul, the old dingo, crept towards the black wallaby. Tired and hungry, he moved with great care, b...ecause he was much too old to run down the bunderra if it spotted him. He was almost within striking distance when the wallaby raised its head sharply, spun on its hind legs, and was gone. Warrigul wondered what had startled the bunderra, so he kept low and watched. He did not have long to wait. An old mundurra, a hunter, appeared out of the scrub. Warrigul growled angrily to himself, then sighed and decided to remain hidden till the old man had gone. The old man was just as angry, because he too had been tracking the bunderra. He too was wondering what had startled it, when out of the corner of his eye he noticed the crouching Warrigul. "You're not as good to eat as a bunderra," he muttered, "but I am so hungry that even a skinny warrigul will do." When Warrigul saw the old mundurra raise his tura - his spear - he sprang to his feet and trotted away. The mundurra gave chase but the pace was slow. Neither was swift because of their age. Both were weary from hunger. When Warrigul could run no further, he turned on the mundurra. "Why do you chase me, old brother?" he panted. The mundurra, who was also relieved to stop, stood over Warrigul with his spear still raised, though unsteadily. "I want to kill you and eat you," he replied. "And you are not my brother," he added scornfully. "Yet we are surely brothers of a sort," said Warrigul. "We are both lonely hunters, and our old age unites us more." The old mundurra scratched his beard as he considered this. Then he rested his tura on the ground and sat downto get his breath back. "Perhaps we are brothers, at least in spirit," he said. "That's my point," said Warrigul. "So, what shall we do? Brothers may not kill each other, yet we both must eat." "And neither of us eats well any more," grumbled the old mundurra, who was as thin and bony as the dingo. Warrigul nodded and sighed, watching the old man closely. The mundurra sighed too, then scratched his beard again as he thought about their problem. "If we are brothers," he said finally,"and perhaps we are, then we should hunt together, and share what we catch. We might both eat better together than separately." And so they did. The old man and the old dingo hunted together, shared food and campfires together, and became close friends. So did all their descendants - men and dogs - who can be seen together in any baanya, or camp....
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16.01.2022 Some exciting news. With the exception of our City of Greater Bendigo Council Meeting broadcasts we have not been able to do a live Outside Broadcast due to CO...VID19 since Australia Day way back in January. National NAIDOC week has been rescheduled to 8 - 15 November and some events are being run in Bendigo to celebrate Naidoc Week in Bendigo. Next Monday 9th November, Access Australia Group are running an Open Day at Peppergreen Farm and Phoenix FM will be broadcasting live from this event from 2.30 - 4.30pm Our Indigenous Broadcast Team will be there from Koori Shout-Out along with Peter Williams looking after the production side of things. Tune in if you possibly can to 106.7fm or listen on our web stream www.phoenixfm.org.au
16.01.2022 Hi everyone here's the virtual tour of the exhibition Sharing Process of Local Aboriginal Bendigo artists at the Living Art Space Visitors Centre Bendigo. The featured artists are Janet Bromley, Lorraine Brigdale, Robyn Davis, Samantha James, Troy Firebrace, Natasha Carter, Trina Dalton-Oogjes, Kerri Douglas and Dianne Turner.
16.01.2022 One part of my job I absolutely love, sharing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Cultural History in my teachings with our kids. To begin our jou...rney on Dja Dja Wurrung country we made Wattleseed Damper cooked in Banana Leaves with honey butter spread. Koorie Heritage Trust Inc kits See more
14.01.2022 Tackling racism and white privilege head-on within their community, meet the women of Waminda - South Coast Women's Health & Welfare Aboriginal Corp.
14.01.2022 Many Aussies are not aware of this man and why he is on our $2 coin. The man on the 2 dollar coins name is Gwoya Jungarai and he was one of the only survivors o...f one of the last recognised massacres of Aboriginal people, the 1928 Coniston Massacre in Central Australia. Almost every Australian has seen his face , Next time you hold a 2 dollar coin in your hand take a minute to reflect on Gwoya Jungarai. Gwoya Tjungurrayi is also spelt Gwoya Jungarai or Gwoya Djungarai he was a Walpiri-Anmatyerre man of the Northern Territory of Australia.
14.01.2022 Invitation Forum to discuss the development of an alliance to tackle racism Date: Thursday September 3rd at 10am Venue: Catholic Care Bendigo and also via Zoom ... The recent Black Lives Matter protests in the USA and here is Australia has raised serious questions about how racism and the impact of white privilege is being addressed within our community, our organisations and as a country. In particular these events raise some key questions including: Are non-Aboriginal people and organisations willing to be allies of Aboriginal people and take an active role in addressing racism within our social circles, our organisations and community? Are non-Aboriginal people and organisations willing to have the uncomfortable conversations about the impact of and issues surrounding racism. Have our mainstream organisations hidden behind Reconciliation Action Plans and avoided deep listening to the experiences of racism and impact of white privilege? Are non-Aboriginal people and organisations willing to go beyond just being non-racist to become active anti-racists which requires deep self-reflection, real action and fundamental change in our community and organisations. To help us move forward and face these questions this forum is being organised to discuss: The need to build an alliance of people and organisations committed to taking action to address racism within our community and organisations. To explore how we can work together to resource and plan actions that are clearly directed at addressing racism. How we can move beyond being passive non-racists to active anti-racists in our community. We are encouraging people and organisations to participate in this forum and to begin the journey of being an ally to Aboriginal people by addressing racism. For further information and details please contact John Bonnice via email: [email protected]
12.01.2022 # REMINDER NOTICE OF BDAC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING # Bendigo & District Aboriginal Co-Operative will hold its Annual General Meeting 12:00pm on Wednesday 11th Nov...ember 2020 via online virtual (electronically) Zoom platform. While we would prefer to bring community members together, the challenges of doing so in the current environment means that a virtual AGM meets regulations and is the most appropriate way to protect the health and wellbeing of all members. To join the meeting via computer/video, open a web browser and type in the following link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81793198785... Or To join the meeting via phone, dial 7018 2005. At prompt use Meeting ID: 817 9319 8785, Passcode: 316881. You will be registered as you join the meeting. Regards Lyn Warren BDAC Board of Directors Chairperson
11.01.2022 A new indigenous art exhibition is opening at Bendigo's Visitor centre. While the tourist destination can't open due to COVID, it's moved the artworks online for the enjoyment of all Central Victorians.
11.01.2022 Aboriginal digger Miller Mack equal in courage, but not in society Indigenous soldier Miller Mack. LIKE the many other Aboriginal men who enlisted for WWI, when... rules were changed and the army finally accepted them, Private Miller Mack found the equality he sought as a boy growing up in Point McLeay mission. But when the end came in 1919 it was to be in an unmarked grave at the West Tce cemetery, and he like his service to the nation, was dishonoured and almost forgotten. When news that Private Mack had been interred only in a hole in the ground reached the editor of The Register a year later, the paper appealed for some dignity and patients at the Bedford Park Sanatorium responded with donations for a memorial. In a letter to the editor they reflected that the Ngarrindjeri man had been of a kindly and manly nature, he endeared himself to us all, and when he ‘went west’ we felt we had lost a dinkum pal. Those of us who knew him in camp and abroad can testify to his sterling qualities as a soldier and a man. Lower Lakes and Coorong WWI history expert Julie Reece said the Private Mack experience showed how the equality indigenous soldiers enjoyed in the army was short lived. The Ngarrindjeri men who enlisted, 21 from the Point McLeay mission, either died or like Private Mack returned to the same racist conditions in South Australia. They had equality in the army, the same everything including the terrible conditions,’’ Ms Reece explained. When they returned they came back to the same living conditions and entitlements as before the war, and there are records of one Point McLeay widow who even had to beg the government for pension entitlements that other widows were automatically given.’’ Ms Reece is the manager of the Connecting Spirits project which takes SA schoolchildren from the district to WWI battlefields for life-changing experiences of what the veterans, sometimes their forebears, went through. Next, Year Five Ngarrindjeri children will be part of the trip to Europe. Private Mack’s war struggle didn’t end in France where he fought with the 50th Battalion as part of the Battle of Messines in early June 1917. Ms Reece said like his war service, his health after the war was an almost daily battle with illness, taken as he had been from the idilic conditions of the Coorong to the worst recorded winter in the history of continental Europe. Before he was shipped home, affected by poison gas, he had lost 20kg. Private Mack was discharged as medically unfit in May 1918 after being hospitalised at Torrens Park and then Nunyara Sanatorium at Belair. He died of tuberculosis at Bedford Park Sanatorium for returned soldiers on September 3, 1919, having only briefly returned to country the year prior.
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09.01.2022 Looky what I got. The very talented Bendigo based Aboriginal artist Georgina Riseley is making these and will soon be selling them. They have 3 layers, a filter... and wire for ya nose. I believe she is taking orders.... Her page is here: https://www.facebook.com/Macooloma-Arts-By-Georgina-Riseley-111506859552114/ See more
08.01.2022 Happy Naidoc Week everyone. Our Bendigo Program has just been updated - read on:
07.01.2022 Naidoc Week 2020 is almost here - it runs from 8th - 15th November. Some great activities in Bendigo
07.01.2022 We've developed a draft Reconciliation Plan 2021-2025 and would love your feedback. The draft plan was developed following an extensive community engagement pr...ocess with Traditional Owners, the broader Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and City staff to provide a clear direction for the City to continue to advance reconciliation and support local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. To view the draft plan and have your say, visit: https://www.bendigo.vic.gov.au/Your-Say Comments close August 18, 2020.
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07.01.2022 MEDIA RELEASE THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 CITY ADOPTS NEW RECONCILIATION PLAN... The Greater Bendigo City Council has adopted a new Reconciliation Plan 2021-2025 for the next four years which will be formally launched during NAIDOC Week which will take place this year from November 8 to 15, 2020. City of Greater Bendigo Mayor Cr Margaret O’Rourke said the Reconciliation Plan was developed following an extensive community engagement process with Traditional Owners, the broader Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, City staff and the general public. Council is strongly committed to reconciliation and the new plan provides a clear direction for the City to continue to advance reconciliation and support local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities for the next four years, Cr O’Rourke said. The plan articulates how the City and other partner organisations will engage in reconciliation and includes the City’s responsibilities under the Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung Recognition and Settlement Agreements. It builds on the progress of the City’s first Reconciliation Plan 2016-2019 and sets out actions and strategies to further advance reconciliation both internally and externally with key partnerships. New themes and actions featured in the Reconciliation Plan include: Improving Aboriginal employment and economic outcomes by setting Aboriginal procurement and employment targets for the City to achieve over the next four years. Increasing the visibility of Aboriginal culture, history and landscapes across Greater Bendigo through public art, interpretative signage, public performances, open space works and initiatives. Working with Traditional Owners to promote Aboriginal place naming and the use of Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung language in public spaces across the municipality. Working with Bendigo and District Aboriginal Co-operative to improve organisational cultural safety and to ensure the City’s direct service provision is culturally responsive. Actions that focus on youth leadership, employment and training pathways related to Aboriginal young people. Improving the City’s delivery of the Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung Recognition and Settlement Agreements under the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010 and improving engagement with the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation and the Taungurung Land and Waters Council. Seeking opportunities to celebrate the role and contribution of local Elders and older Aboriginal people to the Greater Bendigo community. Providing further support to First Nations artists, performers and productions. Media Contact: Ros Manning 0408 654 773
04.01.2022 The Bendigo Naidoc Executive and General Committees met earlier on today via zoom. Whilst we are not celebrating Naidoc Week and the grand way that we usually do there are still some events happening in Bendigo. If your Community Organisation plans to run an event during Naidoc Week 2020 (now 8th - 15 November) and you would like to apply for some financial support to run it, we may be able to help you. To include your event in our electronic program and or apply for fundin...g (we are not doing it in hard copy this year) you will need to fill out an Event Sheet. To obtain an Event Sheet please email [email protected] Time is short so if you would like your event to be on the program or wish to apply for funding please act quickly. In this post have also included the revised 2020 National Naidoc Poster. Artwork is by Tyrown Waigana See more
02.01.2022 Dear BRC members, Hope you are all going ok in these challenging times.... Just following up about next week’s BRC meeting. The meeting will be via Zoom. Please see the details below for linking in via Zoom. The meeting is set for Thursday July 16th from 12.30pm 2.00pm To join the Zoom Meeting click on the link below https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89152623830 If needed the Zoom Meeting ID: 891 5262 3830 and password: 698004 Look forward to catching up next week. Cheers John Bonnice Co-Chair, Bendigo Reconciliation Committee Ph: 0419 330 799
02.01.2022 *** Vic NAIDOC Concert 2020 - Saturday Night *** Watch it online here from 6:30pm, for one night only!!! See deadly performances from Uncle Archie Roach, Uncle Kutcha Edwards, Alice Skye and many more....includes dancers and messages from Elders.
02.01.2022 Your mental health matters ... our BDAC team is here to listen and provide support. Reach out ... 5442 4947. # Thanks Gordon for the important reminder...
