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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
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
Dja Dja Wurrung re-establish Cultural burning to care for Country MEDIAMEMBER NEWSNEWSYARNS

Dja Dja Wurrung re-establish Cultural burning to care for Country

DJAARA, the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation is re-establishing the practice of Djandak Wi (Country Fire) on Dja Dja Wurrung Country, after receiving funding through the Victorian Government’sCultural Fire Grants program. Dja Dja Wurrung Group Chief Executive Officer Rodney Carter said Cultural fire is a key Cultural practice thatDja…
15/06/2023
Work to begin on visitor hub upgrade at Guyura (Kooyoora State Park) MEDIAMEMBER NEWSNEWSYARNS

Work to begin on visitor hub upgrade at Guyura (Kooyoora State Park)

Visitors to Guyura (Kooyoora State Park) will soon be able to enjoy improved facilities, with Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation (DJAARA) beginning upgrade works on the visitor hub from mid June in collaboration with Parks Victoria. This significant development aims to enhance the visitor experience while preserving the important…
15/06/2023