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Published on 27 July 2023
Wurundjeri Week (7 - 13 August) is a time to recognise, remember and celebrate the Traditional Owners of the land we live on: the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people.
Hume City Council recognises the rich Aboriginal heritage within the municipality and acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung, which includes the Gunung-Willam-Balluk clan, as the Traditional Custodians of this land. Council embraces Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander living cultures as a vital part of Australia’s identity and recognises, celebrates and pays respect to the existing family members of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and to Elders past, present and future.
Visit the website of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation – here you can learn the story of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people, including their Ancestors and Past, Recent Past and the Present and Significant Places.
There are a range of resources available to learn more about Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung history and culture.
Culture Clash: Barak Versus the Black Hats of Melbourne by Mick Woiwod. People of the Merri Merri: the Wurundjeri in Colonial Days by Isabel Ellender.
The Sunbury Rings Cultural Landscape is a culturally significant landscape near Jackson’s Creek, Mount Holden and Salesian College in Sunbury. The Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung own the freehold to the Sunbury Rings Cultural Landscape and the Wurundjeri’s Narrap land management team conduct their own conservation works including cultural burns to reduce weeds, and rabbit proof fencing to protect the rings. Hume Council has supported the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung’s Narrap team with land management work to protect ecology. There are five known Earth rings in Victoria. Three of these are located in Sunbury. The rings, also known as Bora rings, are believed to be over 1,000 years old and used for ceremonies, although cultural knowledge has been lost due to colonisation and it is unclear exactly what type of ceremonies were held at this particular site. For more information see Wurundjeri Properties – significant places.