GSA O-Week: Indigenous Cultural Walk

When

July 31 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Where

1888 Building University of Melbourne

Price

Free
Register

Led by Murrup Barack staff, join us for a guided walking tour to learn about the Indigenous history of our campus.

***Please note – this is a ticketed event and registration is compulsory***

As one of the clans of the Kulin Nation, the Wurundjeri people of the Woiwurrung language group walked the grounds upon which the University now stands for more than 40,000 years.

Please join us for this special event as our colleagues from Murrup Barak take you on Billibellary’s Walk, named after the ngurungaeta (clan head) of the Wurundjeri people at the time of Melbourne’s settlement. It is designed to help participants hear the whispers and songs of the Wurundjeri people that lie within the University of Melbourne’s built environment.

Billibellary’s Walk is a cultural interpretation of the Parkville campus landscape that provides an experience of connection to country which Wurundjeri people continue to have both physically and spiritually. It will enable you to reflect on the University of Melbourne as an Aboriginal space and part of Wurundjeri country.

 

LOCATION

PLEASE NOTE: this is an outdoor activity that involves walking around campus so please be prepared for the weather and wear comfortable shoes.

Meet in front of the 1888 Building (the heritage building behind Stop 1).

View the exact location here: https://go.unimelb.edu.au/g7n8

 

* THERE ARE LIMITED SPACES FOR THIS ACTIVITY – PLEASE ONLY BOOK IF YOU CAN ATTEND*

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PLEASE NOTE: this event is only for postgraduate students of University of Melbourne. When you login to Eventbrite to register, please use your UoM student email. Orders made that do not include a UoM student email and ID will be cancelled.

Accessibility: this is a walking tour of the campus that will take up to 90 minutes and may involve uneven surfaces (eg. walking across lawns, under trees, etc)

If you would like further information please email events@gsa.unimelb.edu.au