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Changing Landscapes
2015 Ngunawal walks and talks series
2015 series
The Molonglo Catchment Group in partnership with Buru
Ngunawal Aboriginal Corporation and Thunderstone Aboriginal
Cultural & Land Management Services invites you to join us for
our 2015 program of Ngunawal walks and talks.
Talk with:
Mr Wally Bell and Mr Tyronne Bell - leaders of the Buru and Thunderstone
Ngunawal Aboriginal Corporations
Dr Fiona Dyer – Freshwater Scientist
Dr Karen Williams – Author, Scholar and Artist – landscape interpretation
Dr Ken McQueen – Earth Sciences and Landscape Evolution
Our 2015 program explores the ways traditional Ngunawal land
management practice can inform natural resource management
and sustainability principles as a basis for improved heritage, land
management and statutory planning decision-making.
RSVP and further information:
Karen@molonglocatchment.org.au
The program:
FEBRUARY
THE CANBERRA LANDSCAPE: reading the water and the land
Boat cruise and talk on Lake Burley Griffin followed by informal discussion on
shore. The focus will be the role played by water and geology in shaping our
experience and perception of the Canberra landscape; and gaining a different
perspective of managing natural resources that have many layers of cultural
significance.
This event is designed for environment/heritage and planning post-graduates
and informed amateurs. Bookings essential. (limit 30 passengers)
When: Wednesday 4 February 2015 at 2:30-4:30pm.
Where: Lake Burley Griffin. Boat departs from Parkes Place, Parkes. (Straight
down from Questacon, where the International flags are. From the National
Library end of jetty).
Cost: $20 (bring with you on the day).
APRIL
NGUNAWAL TRADITIONAL ENGAGEMENTS AND WORLD WAR
Set in the rich symbolic landscape that includes the National War Memorial
This project is supported with funding made available by the ACT Government under the ACT Heritage Grants Program.
and Anzac Avenue at the base of Mt Ainslie, Ngunawal men Wally and
Tyronne Bell talk of historical tribal conflict and their family’s involvement in
two world wars. Their story introduces a broader discussion, with Dr Fiona
Dyer, Dr Ken McQueen and Dr Karen Williams, about social relationships with
country, territory, fighting and, ultimately, dying overseas.
When: Saturday 11 April 2015 10am-12 noon.
Where: The base of Mt Ainslie. Access off Treloar Crescent Campbell. Meet
in the carpark on Treloar Crescent, directly behind the Australian War
Memorial.
Cost: Gold Coin Donation.
JUNE
MANAGING ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
Join us on a bus ride across Canberra as we visit an old Canberra suburb, one
of Canberra’s lakes and a new broadacre development to discuss:
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The ‘old Canberra’ suburb: the Griffin’s response to the pre-Canberra
landscape
Management of urban water in the context of Canberra’s lakes, rivers
and creeks; ancient and present-day ecological processes; density;
stormwater and aquifers.
Planning and management of rivers and creeks, biodiversity grasslands and forest/woodlands, endangered and threatened
species, and fire mitigation.
This event is designed for environment/heritage and planning professionals,
and post-graduates.
When: POSTPONED - revised date TBA.
Where: (Meeting place to be confirmed)
Cost: $70
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER 2015 NGUNAWAL WALKS & TALKS
Molonglo Catchment Group: www.molonglocatchment.org.au
Southern ACT Catchment Group: www.sactcg.org.au
Ginninderra Catchment Group: www.ginninderralandcare.org.au
Thunderstone: www.thunderstone.net.au
Buru Ngunawal Aboriginal Corporation: www.ngunawal.com.au
Friends of Black Mountain: friendsofblackmountain@gmail.com
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WATER AND EARTH SCIENCES
Institute for Applied Ecology: www.appliedecology.edu.au
National Rock Garden: www.nationalrockgarden.org.au
This project is supported with funding made available by the ACT Government under the ACT Heritage Grants Program.