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11 Stories from the River DyarubbinTRAILER : 11 Stories from the River Dyarubbin2024-09-0308 min
11 Stories from the River DyarubbinYARRAMUNDI AUDIO WALK : 11 Stories from the River DyarubbinListen: to stories of Dyarubbin / The Hawkesbury River at Yarramundi and original music and song they have inspired as you walk along the rivers at Yarramundi North Reserve, NSW, Australia ...or from the comfort of wherever you are.
Still holding its original name, Yarramundi is at the confluence of Dyarubbin and the Grose river, a significant meeting place, ceremonial ground, river crossing and tool making workshop in the heart of Dharug Country. Guided by Yarramundi descendant Jasmine Seymour in this audio walk we hear stories of deep time geology, fish traps, rock engravings and songlines, of a landscape on...2024-09-031h 02
11 Stories from the River DyarubbinNORTH RICHMOND AUDIO WALK : 11 Stories from the River DyarubbinListen: to stories of Dyarubbin / The Hawkesbury River at North Richmond and original music and song they have inspired as you walk along the river at Hanna and Hawkesbury Parks, Beaumont Ave, North Richmond, NSW, Australia ...or from the comfort of wherever you are.
North Richmond takes it's name from Richmond Hill, sitting just above the river, a significant place for the Burubiranggal / Dharug people, who cultivated yams, made fishing line and rope from the nearby Kurrajong and cloaks from Possum skin in the area. Dharug traditional owner Dom Wilkins is our guide as we hear stories of how...2024-09-021h 03
11 Stories from the River DyarubbinPUGHS LAGOON AUDIO WALK : 11 Stories from the RIver DyarubbinListen to stories of Dyarubbin / The Hawkesbury River at Marrang Ngurra / Richmond and original music and song they have inspired as you walk along Pughs Lagoon, Old Kurrajong Rd, Richmond, NSW, Australia...or from the comfort of wherever you are.
Dharug students Josh and Beau Quinn are our guides as we learn about Waradya / the lagoons and wetlands of Dyarubbin’s floodplains, their significance to the Dharug people, their importance to the ecosystem and how the river has moved across the ancient floodplain terrace of Marrang Ngurra / Richmond.
We look out for water birds, hear stories of Dharug medicine, ea...2024-09-011h 02
11 Stories from the River DyarubbinSTREETON LOOKOUT AUDIO WALK : 11 Stories from the River DyarubbinListen to stories of Dyarubbin / The Hawkesbury River at Streeton Lookout and original music & song they have inspired as you look out over the river at Freeman’s Reach, NSW, Australia...or from the comfort of wherever you are.
Dharug educator Rhiannon Wright is our guide as we take in the glorious view over Dyarubbin & her vast floodplain, contemplate Dyarubbin’s formation and how the river's dreaming, the rainbow serpent, Gurangady, reflects the rivers geology.
We learn how the Dharug cared for the resources of Waradya / Lagoons and the Richmond floodplain, about the impact of colonisation & land grants along the...2024-08-311h 04
11 Stories from the River DyarubbinHOWE AND DEERUBBIN PARKS AUDIO WALK : 11 Stories from the River DyarubbinListen to stories of Dyarubbin / The Hawkesbury River at Balga-Ngurrang / Windsor and original music and song they have inspired, as you walk along the river through Howe and Deerubbin Parks, Windsor, NSW, Australia or from
the comfort of wherever you are...
Dharug educator Rhiannon Wright is our guide as we hear of the enduring Dharug relationship with the river, the cultivation of Yams, the dreaming of Gurangady and engravings along the river. Windsor was a port town & we hear stories of the river as a road, wharves, boat building & river crossings. We learn about colonist Andrew Thompson & frontier violence...2024-08-301h 05
11 Stories from the River DyarubbinMACQUARIE PARK AUDIO WALK : 11 Stories from the River DyarubbinListen to stories of Dyarubbin / The Hawkesbury River and original music and song they have inspired as you walk along the river at Macquarie Park in Freeman's Reach, NSW, Australia or from the comfort of wherever you are...
Dharug students Lyra, Jayden & Indiana & Dharug educator Rhiannon Wright are our guides as we hear about the Dharug relationship with the river and Aunty Edna Watson's engraving here. We learn about colonisation & frontier war, it's ongoing impact on Dharug people and culture, and Governor Macquarie. We listen to stories of farming, flooding and riverbank erosion; Windsor Beach and the safety of...2024-08-291h 08
11 Stories from the River DyarubbinGOVERNOR PHILLIP PARK AUDIO WALK : 11 Stories from the River DyarubbinListen to stories of Dyarubbin / The Hawkesbury River and original music and song they have inspired as you walk along the river in Governor Phillip Park, Balga Ngurrang / Windsor...or from the comfort of wherever you are.
Dharug educator Erin Wilkins is our guide as we hear of the enduring relationship Dharug people have with the river and Wianamatta / South Creek, and why this part of Dyarubbin was likely a women’s area. We hear of Creator Beings & the rivers deep time formation.
Close to here in 1791, Governor Phillip met Dharug leaders Gomberee and Yarramundi and James Ruse and th...2024-08-281h 06
11 Stories from the River DyarubbinPITT TOWN LAGOON AUDIO WALK : 11 Stories from the RIver DyarubbinListen to stories of Dyarubbin / The Hawkesbury River and original music and song they have inspired as you walk through Pitt Town Nature Reserve, NSW, Australia...or from the comfort of wherever you are.
Pitt Town Lagoon, just by the village of Pitt Town, was once one of many lagoons along Dyarubbin’s floodplain. Pitt Town Lagoon is now the heart of Pitt Town Nature Reserve, managed by National Parks, primarily for bird-watching.
Dharug educator Rhiannon Wright and Dharug student Lyra
are our guides as we learn of the formation of lagoons and their importance to Dharug pe...2024-08-271h 08
11 Stories from the River DyarubbinCATTAI AUDIO WALK : 11 Stories from the River DyarubbinListen to stories of Dyarubbin / The Hawkesbury River and original music and song they have inspired as you walk along the river & Cattai Creek in Cattai National Park..or from the comfort of wherever you are.
Here at Cattai, the river leaves the floodplain and returns into sandstone country. Dharug artist Leanne Mulgo Watson is our guide as we hear how Cattai is the start of a sacred zone to the Dharug. We learn of the first recorded meetings between European exploratory parties and Dharug people at Little Cattai and Cattai Creeks in 1789 & 1791, the colonisation & frontier war that followed...2024-08-261h 08
11 Stories from the River DyarubbinSWALLOW ROCK REACH AUDIO WALK : 11 Stories from the River DyarubbinListen to stories of Dyarubbin / The Hawkesbury River and original music & song they have inspired as you walk along the river on Swallow Rock Reach Walking Trail & through the grounds of Ebenezer Church, NSW, Australia..or from the comfort of wherever you are.
At the start of the trail, we are in one of the last remains of tall river flat forest which once covered Dyarubbin’s banks. Dharug educator Rhiannon Wright is our guide as we see how the river here is returning into a gorge and hear how this part of the river is a sacred zone to...2024-08-251h 13
11 Stories from the River DyarubbinSACKVILLE AUDIO WALK : 11 Stories from the River DyarubbinListen to stories of Dyarubbin / The Hawkesbury River and original music and song they have inspired, as you walk along the river through Kent Reach Reserve, Sackville, NSW, Australia...or from the comfort of wherever you are.
Here we look over a hairpin bend in the river. Nearby is Durumbuluwa, this is sacred Country to Dharug people, We can see Wuwami watching over the river from towering cliffs. Dharug educator Rhiannon Wright is our guide as we hear how Dharug people drove settlers away from Sackville in the initial frontier wars between 1796-1803. We learn about Dharug language of...2024-08-241h 07