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Experience a Connection to Country

This Welcome to Dja Dja Wurrung Country smoking ceremony is performed by Rodney Carter, who explains the meaning of the native plants he uses.

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Learn about how Victoria’s Traditional Owners connect with Country. 

Living, working and caring for Country

Learn about Tammy Gilson, a Wadawurrung ba-gurrk woman, and her passion for living, working and caring for Country.

Australian forest walk with Kalkani

Explore Royal Botanical Gardens Victoria with an Aboriginal guide, Kalkani Choolburra, and discover indigenous plant uses.

Staying connected with nature

Jackson Chatfield is a Gunditjmara man who explains the power and value of being on Country.

Managing Country together with Traditional Owners

MCT builds partnerships between Parks Victoria & Traditional Owners so we can manage healthy cultural landscapes together.

Budj Bim Tour

Explore the extraordinary World Heritage-listed Budj Bim landscape. Join Budj Bim tours to discover how Traditional Owners used lava to trap eels in this ancient aquaculture system.

Connecting to Country

Hear stories from respected Barapa Barapa Elder Aunty Esther who shares her deep spiritual connection to Country against the backdrop of the iconic Gunbower Forest.

Discovering Wadawurrung with Ranger Ebonee

The Kids join Ranger Ebonee, a proud Wadawurrung woman, as she discusses the cultural significance of You Yangs.

Learn about Indigenous plants at Long Island

Uncover the Indigenous plants growing at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria's Long Island with Aboriginal guide, Jakobi.

Strong partnerships to manage Country

Watch this recording of a Q&A with Traditional Owners about managing Country together.

Explore Dja Dja Wurrung Country

Giants, a rainbow serpent and a flying emu have taken over Kalimna Park Castlemaine. What are these strange creatures?

Walking Together- Balak Kalik Manya

Walking Together- Balak Kalik Manya is a project being led by Djandak (Dja Dja Wurrung Enterprises) in Central Victoria.

Kurtonitj cultural burn

See the Gunditjmara Traditional Owners’ cultural burn on the Kurtonitj IPA in Budj Bim National Park. Burns pass on traditional skills and deliver cultural and environmental outcomes.

Reviewed 30 March 2021

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