Gija

Year 8 Science

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

The Eagle, the Crow and the Bat

Creating Country Map - Year 8 Science

Mt Tarrengower

Storytellers

Lalgambook— Mount Franklin

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?

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Welcome

Jaara Community 

Red Earth

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 are the geological words and terms used to describe the types of rock at Purnululu National Park? 2.  What is the significance of the banding, features and unique characteristics of the Bungle Bungles?

Bungle Bungles

Holistic Framework

Frog and Brolga

Wanyahyagem

Gija Community 

Storyteller

Geomorphic Formations

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. ' 

Mineral Resources

Yurlu the Kingfisher Man

Community Voices

Welcome to Adnyamathanha Country Listen to the Welcome to Country, read about the Storyteller and read Yurlu: The Kingfisher multi-touch book. Then follow the journey around Adnyamathanha Country.  On your journey reflect on these questions: 1. How  does Yurlu the Kingfisher’s Creation story connect with Leigh Creek Coal Mine today?  2. What occurred in the Creation Story and how does this relate to the landscape today? 3. Why is low-grade sub-bituminous black coal colloquially called ‘brown coal’?

Coal Formation

Adnyamathanha Community

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.

Looks like

Feels like

Mt Tarrengower  Use the Y chart to describe Mt Tarrengower according to the clips within the Discovery Map or Google Earth .

Sounds like

Bungle Bungles Visit the Purnululu National Park World Heritage Area site then return here. This externally hosted resource will open in a new window—close the window to return to this Discovery Map.

Geomorphic Formations: Bungle Bungles stripes How did the Bungle Bungles get ther stripes? This externally hosted resource will open in a new window—close the window to return to this Discovery Map.

Red Earth Watch a short pictorial presentation on the landcape of the Bungle Bungles. 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 recored the Geomorphic process that produced the distinctive features of the Purnululu (Bungle Bungles)

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.

Coal Formation - How do the Adnyamathanha peoples explain the prevalence of coal in this area? - How was it formed?- How does Western science explain the formation of coal deposits in the landscape?   - What type of coal forms at the Leigh Creek Mine? Represent this information within a VENN diagram.  What knowledge is similar or shared?

Mineral Resources The Leigh Creek coal mine was closed in 2015. Read about the remediation of the former mine on the Government of South Australia Energy and Mining site. This externally hosted resource will open in a new window—close the window to return to this Discovery Map.

Community Voices: Gladys & Mick Coulthard ‘Law stopped because the missionaries came and they told them to cut that out back in 1947, that was the last ceremony held here. They reckon Law was heathen apparently, doing those things was mocking the god on top. We always talk about it would be nice if we still had it going but nobody left, nobody at all, they all resting, they took all that knowledge with them. Like nowadays you’ll see thunder and lightening, they could stop that, they could do anything like that the old men, they had that power. If the law was probably going now we’d probably be still alright it keeps people in places, would be a better chance for that younger generation coming up today if they had Law.’ Question: How  does Yurlu the Kingfisher’s Creation story connect with Leigh Creek Coal Mine today?