Consistent with our objectives, this endeavour is designed to enable Elder Gumbaynggirr women to guide their people to become strong in their cultural ways of living with, working with and taking care of the land and waters of their country. They will be able to create a ‘camp’ where they can do ‘women’s business’. It… Continue reading Project – Women, Caring for Women, Caring for Country
A little about ‘story’ …
As I have been learning, the most effective way to learn in a ‘whole’ way is through experience and story. By ‘whole’ I mean body, heart, spirit and mind and through relating to ‘all as one’, a phrase I hear often from a very dear Indigenous ‘sister’ of mine. Many years ago I had the… Continue reading A little about ‘story’ …
The Pacific
An experience of ‘being with’ the ocean occurred while I was in the Pacific Island Group that we know as the Solomon Islands. I had felt for some time a growing sense of the connection that the native Islanders seemed to have with this great expanse of water. Out in the open sea, while in… Continue reading The Pacific
The wisdom in learning from Custodial Elders
At different times in my life I have been awakened to the importance of the Pacific Ocean. One such time was when an Elder of the Gumbaynggirr people shared with me, a story about the relationship between her people and the ocean. This was a powerful moment because she affirmed for me what I had… Continue reading The wisdom in learning from Custodial Elders
Learning a different way of being in the world
As I am writing I realise that I would like to make clear what I understand about how changes, in the way I am and in the way I walk the land, have happened. This way that I have learnt to bewith the natural world has (as I see it) contributed to my being given… Continue reading Learning a different way of being in the world
Gumbaynggirr Country
It has been my privilege to learn with and from custodial peoples, about their way of seeing the world we all share. I experienced a conscious connection with Gumbaynggirr country as a young woman. I was overcome with the beauty and the feeling of this place when for no explicable reason, as I looked to… Continue reading Gumbaynggirr Country