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"The Hopetoun Community Resource Centre is a hive of activity this sunny
morning in mid-September. It is the height of the Ravensthorpe Wildflower Show,
an event that attracts thousands of visitors to small agricultural towns on
Western Australia’s south coast each year.
Hopetoun sits on the doorstep of the Fitzgerald River National Park, an
ecological wonder and one of 35 crucial Global Biodiversity Hotspots.
The park is also a region of great cultural significance to the traditional
custodians of the land, the south coast Noongar people.
This morning’s festival patrons are about to see a cultural presentation 20
years in the making. A songline that has been on a journey away from Country,
to the northern hemisphere and back, to be sung in public once again by its
people.
I’m a Noongar woman and a member of the Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories
organisation. The songlines criss-crossing Noongar Country connect us to our
ancestors and the powerful knowledges that make us who we are.
These cultural stories are impossible to adequately render in the written word
alone. The tones of human voices singing and the thrum and cadence of Country
are vital parts of a songline’s impact and perseverance.
Here today the Wirlomin community is sharing the text, song and location of a
story nearly lost to us."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
