Wurundjeri Acknowledgement Project 2015
Brimbank Council have approved a 'Community Strengthening Grant for this project which will cover the costs of materials and consultation and involvement of Wurundjeri Elders with the project.
This project will be an artwork made onto the concrete cylinder that is down by the Kororoit Creek nearest to the rock area where many flints and artefacts of the Wurundjeri People have been found.
for more info about this cylinder then click on the link below. It is either cylinder 1, 2 or no.5. (number 5 is the favourite at the moment.)
http://communityandplacepublicartworks.blogspot.com.au/p/albion-concrete.html
Debbie will be organising this project in liason with Brimbank Council departments of Community Planning and Engagement and Sustainability and Environment.
We are also aiming for the local primary schools to be involved in making the ceramic pieces for this artwork.
Timeline:
Jan Feb - consultation with Wurundjeri Tribal Heritage and land compensation Council, about the design and process of making the artwork.
term 1 and 2 - workshops with local schools to make ceramic work for the project and to learn about the Wurundjeri history that the project acknowledges.
term 2 or 3 installation of the artwork with local schools and community.
Celebration!
If you have any questions or would like to be involved please phone Debbie on 0424 479 475 or email debbie at debbieqadri(at)hotmail.com
Above: This cylinder is favoured at the moment because it will be very accessible for community members to help work on the project.
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About the stone tools found in the area
This information is in a very informative Regional Rail report which gives great detail about the Aboriginal sites in the area of the rail line between north melbourne and Deer Park.
There is much information on this report and I have not posted much as there is a warning that the report may contain sensitive information. Please go and have a look for yourselves.
http://www.regionalraillink.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/31630/RRL-EES-05-Aboriginal_Heritage.pdfhttp://www.regionalraillink.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/31630/RRL-EES-05-Aboriginal_Heritage.pdf
below I have posted an excerpt taken from the report about the stone artefacts which are prevalent in the area where we intend to make the acknowledgement art project. It is good to understand the background behind these stone artefacts. It is also important that if you find one, that you leave it in the place where it was found. This is very important because they are the artefacts of the history of the indigenous people of the area.
'Stone Artefact Scatters
Flaked stone tools were made by hitting a piece of stone, called a core, with a ‘hammerstone’,
often a pebble. This would remove a sharp fragment of stone called a flake. Both cores and
flakes could be used as stone tools. New flakes were very sharp, but quickly became blunt
during use and had to be sharpened again by further flaking, a process called ‘retouch’. A tool
that was retouched has a row of small flake scars along one or more edges. Retouch was also
used to shape a tool.
Not all types of stone could be used for making tools. The best types of stone are rich in silica,
hard and brittle. These include quartzite, chert, flint, silcrete and quartz. Aboriginal people
quarried such stone from outcrops of bedrock, or collected it as pebbles from stream beds and
beaches. Many flaked stone artefacts found on Aboriginal sites are made from stone types that
do not occur naturally in the area. This means they must have been carried long distances.
Stone tools are the most common evidence of past Aboriginal activities in Australia. They
occur in many places and are often found with other remains from Aboriginal occupation,
such as shell middens and cooking hearths. They are most common near rivers and creeks. It
is easier to find them where there is not much vegetation or where the ground surface has been
disturbed, for example by erosion.
Artefact scatters are the material remains of past Aboriginal people’s activities. Scatter sites
usually contain stone artefacts, but other material such as charcoal, animal bone, shell and
ochre may also be present. No two scatters are exactly the same.
Artefact scatters can be found wherever Aboriginal occupation has occurred in the past.
Aboriginal campsites were most frequently located near a reliable source of fresh water, so
surface scatters are often found near rivers or streams where erosion or disturbance has
exposed an older land surface.
Artefact scatters are the most common site type in the surrounding region, therefore it is
considered likely that artefact scatters may occur within the activity area, particularly close to
creeks and rivers. '
taken from http://www.regionalraillink.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/31630/RRL-EES-05-Aboriginal_Heritage.pdf
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