“If you wanted to know anything (and) mother and father had no time to tell you… the Elders of our tribe used to have to tell you.”
Kayang Hazel Brown (keye-yahng hay-zull brown)
storyteller
IMAGE SOURCE: South West Aboriginal Land & Sea Council. ”Identity.” noongarculture.org. | TEXT SOURCE: South West Aboriginal Land & Sea Council. ”Connection to Country.” noongarculture.org
QUOTE CONTEXT: “For Noongar people there is a duty to pass on kaartdijin (knowledge) and the connection to country to the next generation.” Kayang Hazel Brown passed on her knowledge in the book, “Kayang and Me,” co-authored with her nephew, Kim Scott.
QUOTE QUESTION: Who are the elders who have helped you to know what you need to know?
IMAGE CONTEXT: “We mostly lived in bag camps – you know, like tents made of old hessian bags and canvas and that – and we slept on rushes or bushes for our beds. We ate the bush food of our people too”.
IMAGE QUESTION: What elder trees surround and protect you and your People?
MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote and photo are from publications by a Noongar organization seeking to support land claims and to strengthen Noongar culture.
MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: What organizations have been created by your People to share stories of your People’s continued endurance and resilience?
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