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In search of the Indigenous history Australian schools didn t teach Fiona McIntosh gets a fresh take on the past while on a trek through Tasmania with an Aboriginal guide 26 April 2021 • 11:59am Fiona and a friend relax at the visually striking ‘krakani lumi’ eco camp after a day’s trek in the Tasmanian bush Credit: Rob Burnett ‘Are these strictly necessary?” I ask our guide Hank as I hold up a pair of thick, black-nylon gaiters dripping with Velcro straps. “Well,” says Hank, wearily. “There are three kinds of snake in Tasmania and all of them are deadly.” So, I’ll be wearing the gaiters, then. ....
Skye says it feels fantastic to have these books in the local Aboriginal community. [It is great] because there’s a resource out there that the kids can actually read, and know that this is their home base, she said. I think that it’s really important so palawa kani doesn t become forgotten. yula kipli was written by Skye’s pakana-ripana youth group, while kipli mapali was both written and illustrated by a different TAC youth group, pakana kitina. yula kupli is based on a trip pakana ripana group members took to lungtalanana (Clarke Island) and truwana (Cape Barren Island) in December 2017. ....
Share on Twitter It s almost midday in north-east Tasmania, and Hank Horton is making instant coffee on top of a mountain, surrounded by a group of keen listeners. The mountain is called wukalina, which means women s breast in the Tasmanian Aboriginal language palawa kani. The mountain was named due to its shape. Wukalina means women s breast in the Tasmanian Aboriginal language. SBS News: Sarah Maunder Hank is an Aboriginal man and the lead guide for the wukalina walk; a four-day, three-night bushwalk and cultural experience in the north-east of Tasmania. When Hank stands on wukalina, he is standing on his own country. ....