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Dec 17, 2019
Skipton Common Traditional Owner burn
This work was coordinated by Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority (CMA) thanks to funding from the Federal Government. The aim was to support and provide knowledge about Indigenous burning in Western Victoria. This project was one of many that supported natural resource management by working with traditional owners to protect threatened ecological species.
Jul 10, 2019
Tour a unique learning experience
Traditional knowledge holders of the Eastern Maar have taken volunteers and staff from Districts 6 and 7 on a guided tour through the Volcanic Plains near Colac and Camperdown, sharing dreaming stories, local history and cultural fire and land management practices.
Nov 13, 2017
Smoking ceremony at Bamawm Extension Fire Station to protect firefighters
A Smoking Ceremony is one of the most significant ancient ceremonies performed by Aboriginal people. The ceremony involves the smouldering of various native plants to produce smoke, which is believed to have cleansing properties and the ability to ward off bad spirits and to open up to good spirits, or ‘Biiami’.
Lake Tyers cultural day, 2015. Photograph by Akiko Nakagawa