Wurundjeri

Bulimba creek comprises of 122 km2 and is located in the eastern and south-eastern areas of Brisbane. The catchment area extends from “southern suburbs of Kuraby and Runcorn to Hemmant and Murarrie in the north” (Bulimba creek catchment, 2015). It contains seven freshwater swamplands and ten significant riparian remnants. Bulimba creek generally flows northwards into the Brisbane River (refer to the map) and is an example of a riparian zone, which by definition is “the interface between land and a river or creek” (Dictionary.com, 2015). Freshwater creeks such as Bulimba creek are an optimum habitat where fish, invertebrates, plants and birds thrive in it. They provide “feeding, spawning and/or nursery areas for many species of freshwater fish” and support a diversity of plant communities including “trees, rushes, or floating and submerged aquatic plants” (Fishing and agriculture, 2015). Different organisms live in different habitats where the abiotic (non-living) factors vary dramatically. These factors or conditions may include “temperature, humidity, and pH, availability of light, water and nutrients” (Huxely, 2005). Therefore, the ability of an organism to adapt or “the process of change by which an organism or species become better suited to its environment” (Dictionary.com, 2015) is vital. Some of the adaptations exhibited by water plants may include an “extensive root system” where it enables the roots to take up ground water or the leaves may be “coated with fine hairs…

The acknowledged traditional land owners of my area are the Gurung-Willam-Balluk people of the Wurundjeri tribe of the Kulin nation. History tells us that the Indigenous people roamed our lands long before Captain Cook declared Australia to be ‘terra nullius’ and claimed the land for the British Crown in 1770. It has been documented that prior to the first fleets arrival in 1788 there were 260 Indigenous communities and over 500 different dialects. But with the arrival of the European…

I have shown effective anti-racist pedagogy, by facilitating an increased understanding of the local Indigenous (Wurundjeri) culture to my students in Melbourne. I have also asked my students to step away from their cultural understandings, and see the advantages of the Six Seasonal Calendar of the Wurundjeri community, in comparison to the western four seasonal calendar. This is conductive with my wish to promote reconciliation, as my students may increase their understanding, respect and…

Watch the video 'Bunjil the Eagle' and reflect on what it reveals to us about Aboriginal religion. Make at least three points in your paragraph. In the video, Joy Murphy Wandin stated, “It is our place and that place comes from knowing that it's been created by a very special spiritual being that we know as Bunjil the Eagle.” She further mentioned that Aboriginal communities have totems or moieties. For the Wurundjeri people, it is Bunjil the Eagle. This implies that the Aboriginal religion is…

The Camberwell Shopping precinct, which is centred on Burke, Camberwell and Riversdale roads in Camberwell, has offered stylish street shopping to customers for over 160 years (Boroondara, 2015). There are now over 400 businesses ranging from shopping and retail, to food and dining, as well as entertainment, professional services, fresh food markets, antique stores, major chain stores, an even elegant art deco Rivoli Cinema (Boroondara, 2015). The Boroondarah area was originally part of the…

It enables visitors to develop an understanding of the relationship and connection Indigenous people have with the land and with the country. At our school, giving acknowledgment is something new, we have incorporated into our weekly parade, we have always had signs that recognise the traditional owners, but up until last year this was not something recited. Before starting this unit, I feel I had limited knowledge of why it was so important and significant to give acknowledgment to the…