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Farewelling our Matriarch DJAARA would like to share that there will be two events next week to honour the life of Dja Dja Wurrung and Yorta Yorta Elder Aunty Fay Carter, fondly known by many as Guka (grandmother).   Celebrating the life of Aunty Fay Carter Memorial Service 11am, Tuesday,…
07/06/2024
MEMBER NEWSNEWS

The passing of our self-determination Matriarch It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of our Dja Dja Wurrung and Yorta Yorta Elder, Aunty Fay Carter, fondly known by many as Guka (meaning grandmother). Aunty Fay, a descendant of Dja Dja Wurrung Ancestor Henry Harmony…
31/05/2024
DJAARA forged benefit-sharing agreement despite exclusionary system MEDIAMEMBER NEWSNEWSYARNS

DJAARA forged benefit-sharing agreement despite exclusionary system

Bakaru Wayaparrangu, the voluntary benefit-sharing agreement between DJAARA and Canadian miner Agnico Eagle, operator of the Fosterville Gold Mine, is a significant step towards self-determination of DJAARA Dja Dja Wurrung People. The multi-million-dollar agreement was settled following seven years of negotiations within a legislative system that favours developers. DJAARA General…
20/05/2024
Victorian first: mining agreement between DJAARA and Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd Bakaru Wayaparrangu – In the Middle, We All Meet NEWS

Victorian first: mining agreement between DJAARA and Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd Bakaru Wayaparrangu – In the Middle, We All Meet

Central Victoria is set to benefit from a historic agreement between DJAARA (the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation) and Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (Agnico Eagle) operator of the Fosterville Gold Mine (FGM), which has been signed today in a ceremony at Rocky Crossing, Goornong. The agreement, Bakaru Wayaparrangu, which…
13/05/2024
Celebrations highlight an extraordinary decade of progress MEDIAMEMBER NEWSNEWSYARNS

Celebrations highlight an extraordinary decade of progress

DJAARA, the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation, has highlighted an extraordinary decade of progress towards self-determination in its week-long YAPENYA held this month, to celebrate 10 years since the Corporation signed a Recognition and Settlement Agreement (RSA) with the State of Victoria.   Award winning journalist and Dja Dja…
30/11/2023
Deep past could hold clues for a sustainable future MEDIAMEMBER NEWSNEWSYARNS

Deep past could hold clues for a sustainable future

Understanding more about how Aboriginal People sustained life over many millennia could benefit us today in terms of food certainty and food security. But simplistic labelling of Aboriginal People as ‘hunter-gatherers’ or ‘agriculturalists’ hides the diversity of food systems developed by Indigenous Australians prior to European colonisation, according to a…
28/11/2023
MEDIAMEMBER NEWSNEWSYARNS

✨  Our Welcome Baby to Country event was a huge success today with a heartwarming ceremony for new babies aged 0-36 months born on Djandak. This annual event is a beautiful way to recognize the special connection that every infant shares with the land on which they are born. ✨  It…
14/11/2023
Agencies on board with Dja Dja Wurrung water vision MEDIAMEMBER NEWSNEWSYARNS

Agencies on board with Dja Dja Wurrung water vision

Water industry representatives joined Dja Dja Wurrung water knowledge holders, Elders, and Dja Dja Wurrung Group staff today to celebrate progress towards implementing the Djaara Gatjin (water) strategy, which was officially launched by the Campaspe River in Axedale. Since the Strategy, Dhelkunyangu Gatjin (‘Working together to heal water’) was released…
13/11/2023
2023 Referendum: Ensuring safety of our local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community MEDIAMEMBER NEWSNEWSYARNS

2023 Referendum: Ensuring safety of our local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community

Four local First Nations organisations are calling for respect towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in the lead up to the 2023 referendum on the Voice to Parliament. In recent weeks, members of our local community have been subject to verbal racist attacks. Disrespectful public commentary and abuse have…
20/07/2023
Dja Dja Wurrung Elder shares children’s stories in new book MEDIAMEMBER NEWSNEWSYARNS

Dja Dja Wurrung Elder shares children’s stories in new book

Dja Dja Wurrung Elder, grandmother and Barnados Mother of the Year 2012, Aunty RosKneebone-Dodson, launched her children’s book Mooie’s Stories in May 2023 at Castlemaine’s BudaHistoric Home & Garden. Aunty Ros, who goes by the kin name BurWhela, meaning Mother Possum, shares Dreamtimestories she learned from her own mother, “Mooie”,…
15/06/2023