Gija

Year 8 HASS

Interact with communities to explore their stories.

Adnyamathanha

Protocols for welcoming visitors on Country have always been part of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and offer visitors safe passage and protection.  Respect this by experiencing each community’s Welcome to Country first.

Creating Country Discovery Maps

Jaara

Keeyora Mountain of Light

Jaara Community 

Holistic Framework

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The Eagle, the Crow and the Bat

Welcome to Jaara Country! Listen to the Welcome to Country and read The Eagle, The Crow and The Bat multi-touch book. Then follow the journey around Jaara Country. On your journey reflect on these questions: 1.  How can creation stories add value to     understanding how this landscape was created? 2.  What are the geomorphic process that occurred in the area to create these landforms? 3. What cultural significance do these mountains hold for the Jaara peoples and how does this strengthen their identity and language?

Identifying Value

Storytellers

Creating Country Map - Year 8 HASS

Rockwells

Locating Country

Welcome

Identifying Values

Welcome to Gija Country! Listen to the Welcome to Country and watch The Frog and Brolga animation. Then follow the journey around Gija Country. On your journey reflect on these questions: 1.  What life lessons can be learnt from this story?    2.  What are the cultural heritage and cultural values of this Country/Place and how are they being upheld? 3.  How do the Gija peoples maintain their connection to country, place and culture at Purnululu National Park?  How do they uphold these custodial responsibilities?

Bungle Bungles

Frog and Brolga

Gija Community 

Storyteller

Storyteller: Uncle Brien Nelson “I’m a Jaara Elder of the Nelson family group. Bunjil the Eagle was a great Creation Ancestor who brought into being all things for the Jaara people including the Eagle, the Crow and the Bat, who are part of this story I'm sharing with you now. For the Jaara people, the land is sacred and what the Dreaming Beings have created and left behind is very important to us.” Storyteller:  Uncle Rick Nelson Senior Jaara Cultural Custodian Uncle Rick Nelson continued to work on the project started by his father Uncle Brien Nelson after he passed away and has overseen and guided the multi-touch book production. Senior custodians, young people and community members have joined together to produce and share this unique insight into Jaara Country, culture and ‘teachings’.

Storyteller: Shirley Drill 'I grew up at Springvale Station and later I moved to our Country Gawarre in the Purnululu National Park. This is where I learnt the story of The Frog and the Brolga from my grandfather. Gawarre is the part of Gija Country. I speak for because it was my mother’s Country. My skin group is Nagarra, and this dictates how I relate to all other Gija people.  On our Country we were a long way from anywhere, so we moved to ​
Frog Hollow, where I lived with some of my nine children and ​
twelve grandchildren. ' 

Adnyamathanha Community

Yurlu the Kingfisher Man

Leigh Creek Mine

Welcome to Adnyamathanha Country Listen to the Welcome to Country, read about the Storyteller and read the Yulu: The Kingfisher multi-touch book. Then follow the journey around Adnyamathanha Country.  On your journey reflect on these questions:1.  How can we see this story within both the physical and spiritual landscape of the Adnyamathanha peoples country today? 2.  What are the cultural heritage and cultural values of this Country/Place and how are they being upheld? 3.  How do the Adnyamathanha peoples maintain their connection to country, place and culture at Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park? 

Mine revegetation

Damper

Eagle Crow Bat: Interactive story Visit the Eagle Crow Bat multi-touch book site and experience the story, then return here. The story will open in a new window—close the window to return to this Discovery Map.

Bungle Bungles What does the name Bungle Bungles mean? This externally hosted resource will open in a new window—close the window to return to this Discovery Map.

Locating Country Locate Gija Country on the Map of Indigenous Australia This externally hosted resource will open in a new window—close the window to return to this Discovery Map.

Time

Culture

Holistic Approach

This framework was developed by Ernie Grant, Djirrabal Elder, and published by the Innisfail and District Education Centre. 

Place

Relationships

Holistic Framework Use the Framework to identify the changes that have occurred to the landscape: 1. Since 350 million years ago during the Devonian period2. Pre-contact era prior to 1837 for the broader Kimberley region3. Since first contact by non-Aboriginal people in 19834. In more recent times since managed as a National Park since 1987

Land

Language

Storyteller: Uncle Noel Wilton “This story has been passed on to me by my grandfather, my father, my uncle and my elder brothers, and I’m going to pass it on to my younger generation. It’s come down through the male line because it’s an important story for men. It’s about initiation, and men are really the ones involved in initiation. So men care for the story and hold the story, and men pass the story on.” Storyteller:  Uncle Cliff Coulthard "My name is Cliff Coulthard I am an Aboriginal cultural teacher at Iga Warta in the Northern Flinders Ranges. I’m a senior Aboriginal man who has worked with Aboriginal Cultural Heritage for the SA Government protecting Aboriginal sites for Adnymathanha people. I was given the knowledge in the 70 and 80’s by senior people, tribal initiated men and women. I still continue that work, promoting Aboriginal history, culture and language. I like to teach and work with younger people so they can keep that tradition going and take care of the sites and the stories and language, to be able to carry it on after my time.".

Yurlu—The Kingfisher Man: Interactive story Visit the Yurlu multi-touch book site and experience the story, then return here. The story will open in a new window—close the window to return to this Discovery Map.

Locating Country Locate the Ikara-Flinders Ranges using Google Earth. Develop a word bank or paragraphs to describe the landscape and its distinctive landform features. This externally hosted resource will open in a new window—close the window to return to this Discovery Map.

Mine Revegetation Read about how Traditional Owners want the site of the Leigh Creek coal mine revegetated. This externally hosted resource will open in a new window—close the window to return to this Discovery Map.

Holistic Framework Use the Framework to identify the changes that have occurred to the landscape: 1. Pre-contact—as depicted in Yurlu the Kingfisher Man Creation Story2. Contact—When Flinders sighted the peaks in 1802 and were later named by Governor Gawler in 18393. Post Contact—Nepabunna mission and Alinta Coal Mine4. Contemporary times—Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park management  

Identifying Value Using a Venn diagram, identify the spiritual, aesthetic and cultural value of the Purnululu landscape and its landforms for people, and in particular the Gija peoples.   What values does this landscape hold?How can they be protected or managed sustainably for future generations?

Locating Country Locate Jaara Country on Google Earth. Develop a word bank to identify surrounding areas/landscapes. This externally hosted resource will open in a new window—close the window to return to this Discovery Map.

Identifying Value Using a Venn diagram,  identify the spiritual, aesthetic and cultural value of the landscape and its’ landforms for people, and in particular the Jaara peoples. What values does this landscape hold and how can they be protected or managed sustainably for future generations? What are the main uses of this country today?

Holistic Framework Use the Framework to repesent a historical timeline of Mount Tarrengower and Lalgambook over a 5000 year period