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Bebejan was a Ngurungaeta of the Wurundjeri people and was present at John Batman's "treaty" signing in 1835. [19] Joy Murphy Wandin, a Wurundjeri elder, explains the importance of preserving Wurundjeri culture: In the recent past, Wurundjeri culture was undermined by people being forbidden to "talk culture" and language.
A numbering system was used when Wurundjeri clans sent out messengers to advise neighbouring clans of upcoming events, such as a ceremony, corroboree, a challenge to fight or Marn grook ball game. Messengers carried a message stick with markings to indicate the number and type of people involved and a prop to indicate the type of event, such as ...
Other Woiwurrung clans include the Marin-Bulluk, Kurung-Jang-Bulluk, Wurundjeri-Balluk, Balluk-willam. Wurundjeri is now the common term for descendants of all the Woiwurrung clans. Bunurong (Bun-wurrung): spoken by six clans along the coast from the Werribee River, across the Mornington Peninsula, Western Port Bay to Wilsons Promontory.
Wurundjeri is a common recent name for people who have lived in the Woiwurrung area for up to 40,000 years, according to Gary Presland. [a] They lived by fishing, hunting and gathering, and made a good living from the rich food sources of Port Phillip both before and after its flooding about 7,000–10,000 years ago, and the surrounding ...
Murnong is a Woiwurrung word for the plant, used by the Wurundjeri people and possibly other clans of the Kulin nation. It has many other names in other Aboriginal Australian languages. [1] Below is a list of the Indigenous names, language groups and locations where the name was recorded. dharaban. Ngunnawal (ACT, NSW) ngampa. Kaurna (Adelaide ...
Before British colonisation, the tribes spoke five related languages.These languages are spoken by two groups: the eastern Kulin group of Woiwurrung–Taungurung, Boonwurrung and Ngurai-illam-wurrung; and the western language group of just Wadawurrung.
Joy Murphy Wandin AO is an Indigenous Australian, Senior Wurundjeri elder of the Kulin alliance in Victoria, Australia.She has given the traditional welcome to country greeting at many Melbourne events and to many distinguished visitors where she says in the Woiwurrung language "Wominjeka Wurundjeri Balluk yearmenn koondee bik" ("Welcome to the land of the Wurundjeri people").
to raise awareness of Wurundjeri culture and history within the wider community. actively managing archaeological sites and sites of cultural significance; benefiting the lives of present-day Wurundjeri people and families. Welcome to Country ceremonies that can include speaking in language, traditional dancing, gum leaf and smoking rituals.