Mount Panorama in the New South Wales town of Bathurst. Web What is a Sacred/Dreaming Site? Under Brisbane, land settlement laws were changed leading to a flood of land grants across the Blue Mountains. Elder and WTOCWAC co-director Uncle Brian Grant said a more suitable location should be identified. For Wiradyuri people, the connection to Wahluu spans much further, with a creation story of a young warrior killed by his brother, which has been passed down for generations. [3] That the Wiradjuri said wirraay, as opposed to some other word for "no", was seen as a distinctive feature of their speech, and several other tribes in New South Wales, to the west of the Great Dividing Range, are similarly named after their own words for "no". Map NK 5928. [9], In early 1824, on the river flats opposite of the town of Bathurst, a farmer in a friendly gesture offered a group of passing Wiradjuri people some potatoes. Mudgee Historical Society Inc. | Copyright 2023. WebBook online or email or call Milan Dhiiyaan on 0400 409 102. At the outset of martial law, Windradyne's people had been informed that military operations against them would continue until their leaders were given up. WebThe Wiradjuri diet included yabbies and fish such as Murray cod from the rivers. [28] Andy Kissane's poem, "The Station Owner's Daughter, Narrandera" tells a story about the aftermath of that same massacre,[29] and was the inspiration for Alex Ryan's short film, Ngurrumbang. Cambridge: Univ. Ceremonies End. [49] In 1908 there was a snake plague at Gundagai with several crawling around the main street and one entering the barber's shop. [58], Gundagai has recorded several ghost and will-o'-the-wisp sightings. They once occupied a vast area in central New South Wales, on the plains running north and south to the west of the Blue Mountains. They appear to be very inoffensive and cleanly in their persons."[6]. They say all wild animals are theirs - the tame or cultivated ones are ours. [26], Noel Beddoe's novel The Yalda Crossing[27] also explores Wiradjuri history from an early settler perspective, bringing to life a little-known massacre that occurred in the 1830s. [20] Two horses were struck by lightning in 1904 and one horse died. The highway cuts through the rugged terrain ofthe New South Wales'Blue Mountainseucalypt forests and providesa major freight route from Sydney to western NSW. [4], After passage through the Blue Mountains had been secured, assistant surveyor George Evans and his party had been instructed to further explore the country. [65] More recently a Gundagai resident saw a ghost at the old Gundagai Gaol and wrote a song about her.[66]. Click on the link below to order your copy. Major Great Western Highway upgrade could destroy historic Aboriginal places, There is an emergency bushfire warning in place for Maintongoonin Victoria. Wiradjuri man Adrian Williams was involved in archaeological digs in the Hartley Valley. access to external funding grants for conservation and protection works; potential interpretation signage to help inform the public of the values of the site; social, economic and environmental benefits including employment, tourism and. The Wiradjuri people (Wiradjuri northern dialect pronunciation[wirajduraj]; Wiradjuri southern dialect pronunciation[wirajuraj]) are a group of Aboriginal Australian people from central New South Wales, united by common descent through kinship and shared traditions. In response, the Wiradjuri resistance was born. [7][8], Wiradjuri is a PamaNyungan family and classified as a member of the small Wiradhuric branch of Australian languages of Central New South Wales. They roamed throughout the OConnell, Bathurst and Macquarie Plains and along the Wambool (Macquarie) River and one estimate, recorded in 1824, numbered 600 to 700 people. Morisset, Commandant at Bathurst, thanking him for effecting 'the purpose of the proclamationby the judicious measures taken by you and the other magistrates at Bathurst, the aboriginal natives have learned to respect our power.' ); Booandik (Vic. 139142, 161167, Macarthur, J. "The site will have minimal noise impacts and it complements Mount Panoramas racing history and future. [7] So great can be some rainfall downpours at Gundagai that old mining dams have been known to fill and burst. Book now. Declaring an area an Aboriginal Place is a way of formally recognising the cultural attachment Aboriginal people have to land, to Country. Aunty Helen Riley is an Elder on the board of the Mingaan Wiradjari Aboriginal Corporation. There are, however, numerous traces of their extensive occupation of the land. Tuesday, August 30, 1", "Severe Storm at Gundagai. [5], Tindale says that some of the later terms had entered the literature, although not based on fieldwork and lacking Aboriginal support, as artificial, collective names for his "Great Tribes" of New South Wales. Four still stand near Molong at the Grave of Yuranigh. Friday", "26 Oct 1904 Horses Struck by Lightning. [citation needed] By early 1824, war had broken out in which the Wiradjuri adopted a guerrilla-style approach. In turn, as a direct result of colonialism by England from the 1800s onward, the current culturally diverse Celtic and Anglo-Saxon origin dominant in numbers population evolved at Gundagai at high cost to the original inhabitants. [5], Macquarie wrote: .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}, "We found here also three male natives and four boys of this newly discovered tract of country, who showed great surprise, mixed with no small degree of fear, at seeing so many strangers, horses and carriages but to whom they soon appeared to be reconciled on being kindly spoken to. 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Special thank you to the Dubbo Aboriginal Working Party that provided initial letters of support to the tourism centre project, nominated members to the Advisory Panel and remain engaged in ensuring the project delivers outcomes for community. Image caption: Architect's impression of the Wiradjuri Tourism Centre The Mudgee district holds many sacred Aboriginal sites and cave painting, some sites with Wiradyuri community members have expressed their concerns over a plan to construct a new go-kart track on an area of Wahluu (Mount Panorama) that Traditional Owners say is a sacred women's site. They consulted in an undertone, and departed as sullenly and noiselessly as they came. [15], The Battle of Bathurst began on 10 September when a Wiradjuri war party attacked a station on the Cudgegong River, they drove off the cattle before being pursued by the station hands. There are three ways to record Aboriginal This force, which was manned with soldiers not civilians, initially consisted of two detachments, one stationed in Bathurst and the other at Maitland. Pennick, N., (1996), 'Celtic Sacred Landscapes', Thames and Hudson, Great Britain, p. 134. (From Our Own Corr", "20 Jun 1923 Ghosts at Gundagai. They were all clothed with Mantles made of the skins of o'possums which were neatly sewn together and the outside of the skins were carved in a remarkably neat manner. As Gundagai is a place of significant Irish, Scottish and English settlement post the arrival of the Europeans, Celtic and English landscape understanding or dindsenchas is also evident at Gundagai. The Wiradjuri inhabited an area bounded by the Blue Mountains in the east, the western slopes in the south, and the change of open forest to grassy plains in the north and west. Saturday is, without doubt, the most manly native we have ever beheld. [3], This was in fact the land of the Wiradjuri people, one of the largest language groups in Australia. Goethe was one of the key figures of Classicism in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. [41] Cursed is he who transgresseth the bounds or doles of his neighbour. & SA); Barkunjee (Barkindji) (NSW), Kurnai (Vic. 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[10] This reclamation work was originally propelled by elder Stan Grant and John Rudder who had previously studied Australian Aboriginal languages in Arnhem Land. Gundagai's rich history of song, verse, epic sagas and notable events beginning first with that of Australian Aboriginal cultural heritage then on to multiple other ontologies with the arrival of the Europeans; that are also remembered within placenames and recalled throughout landscape is evidence of the rich tapestry that is Gundagai today. Well aware that they had no chance against guns, they adopted a guerrilla-warfare approach, in which attacks were made against outlying and undefended stations. The image faces to the west and its head is near the Dog on the Tuckerbox area at Gundagai. There was no means of resistance so my father, then a lad of eighteen years, met them fearlessly at the door. from Gundagai NSW map Stock No. [25] John Bloomquist, who was camped in a hollow tree on the Gundagai Golf links, was horribly burned and died when the tree was struck by lightning in 1932. [30], The variety of spellings for the name Wiradjuri is extensive, with over 60 ways of transcribing the word registered.[31]. "Sites like this we use as libraries to teach the next generation of caretakers," Mr Williams said. Mr Williams said. [55] It is claimed that the Gundagai community developed a special affinity with the Wiradjuri people and that the flood and its aftermath was the birthplace of reconciliation. Sturt, C., Two expeditions into the interior of southern Australia during the years 1828,1829,1830,1831 Chapter Two, University of South Australia, ebooks, Available [online], Frazer, J.G. [2] As with all ancient sacred places, particularly within still continuing Australian Aboriginal culture, the sacredness of Gundagai's amazing Australian Aboriginal cultural landscape continues despite colonial and later intrusion. Today the great wealth that came to Stewart and his descendants continues to be seen in the form of Abercrombie House that was later built on the land grant. Sometimes one-half of him would appear to those he chose to favour with his presence, and at other times, the other half was seen. He writes that there was such a "literary need for major groupings that [Fraser] set out to provide them for New South Wales, coining entirely artificial terms for his 'Great tribes'. The corporation expressed its intent to make an application for a declaration of Wahluu as an Aboriginal Place under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (NSW). Following the successful Blaxland, Lawson, and Wentworth expedition to find a route through the "impenetrable" Blue Mountains in 1813, this allowed the colony to expand onto the vast fertile plains of the west. Settlement also restricted access to some Wiradjuri sacred sites. The government centre at Swallow Creek was soon abandoned in fear of attack. Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Sacred sites are particularly strong sources of this life force. [24] A bushfire that caused a lot of damage was started near Gundagai in February 1906 after lightning hit a tree. There is a large anthropomorphic figure in the landscape at Gundagai. The resulting roadworks would reduce travel time from about 40 to 29 minutes. The Wiradjuri leader, Windradyne, led attacks on white settlers, during which time approximately 20 settlers and 100 Aboriginal people were killed, and which culminated in the Battle of Bathurst on 18 September 1824, where several hundred Wiradjuri people were killed. 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Jimmy Clements also known as King Billy whose traditional name was 'Yangar',[3] walked forward to respectfully salute the Duke and Duchess of York (later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother), and after that the two elders were formally presented to the Royal couple as prominent citizens of Australia. The G", "A brown snake removes itself from the red belly black snake that had 'eaten' it minutes before", Wanderings in New South Wales, Batavia, Pedir Coast, Singapore and China: being the journal of a naturalist in those countries, during 1832, 1833 and 1834 (Vol. Ensuring Aboriginal Cultural values are recognised in regulatory and planning processes; Clarifying management roles and better allocation of resources, leading to more effective management and conservation outcomes; More effective risk management by considering hazards in advance; Management plans can be used in some cases to bid for funding for projects or tasks from private and government sources; and. [67] One tall and shadowy supernatural visitant that appeared from under a culvert in Gundagai in 1869, severely alarmed a horse and its rider, and exhibited a livid, phosphoric light such as a rotting fish might display. [56] As well as bunyip stories, Brungle Aboriginal women relate the story of the 'Mirriyolla Dog' a spirit dog that could shapeshift. (, Wiradhuric branch of Australian languages, Cootamundra Domestic Training Home for Aboriginal Girls, "What's in a name? My father's cheerful courage and friendly tone disarmed animosity. [11], Similar to other inland areas in Australia, the Gundagai area has often been visited by tornadoes, particularly in dry times. Sydney, Wednesday", "12 Nov 1929 Bitten by Snake. Wiradjuri author Tara June Winch has won the Miles Franklin Literary Award Australia's most prestigious writing prize, and one of its richest at $60,000 for her novel The Yield. To teach the next generation of caretakers, '' Mr Williams said Cursed he! 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