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Resource	StillImage: Photograph
Title	Birrarung Wilam (Common Ground)
Creator Contributors	Vicki Couzens, Creator Lee Darroch, Creator Treahna Hamm, Creator
Abstract/Description	'Birrarung Wilam' – meaning river camp – is an environmental art project made up of several interrelated elements that celebrate the physical and spiritual connections between Indigenous people and place. The philosophy underlying the work is gulpa ngawul, a Yorta Yorta word that most closely translates as ‘deep listening’. Accordingly, this work by Indigenous artists Vicki Couzens (Kirrae Wurrong/Gunditjmara), Lee Darroch (Yorta Yorta, Mutti Mutti and Trawlwoolway) and Treahna Hamm (Yorta Yorta) honours the traditions of tribes throughout Victoria, particularly those of the Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung, on whose country the city and greater Melbourne is located. Birrarung Wilam listens to and commemorates cultural knowledge, stories and practices, revitalising them through the reinterpretation of tradition and the site.
Related Venues	Aboriginal Campsite (Birrarung Marr), Melbourne, VIC Birrarung Marr, Melbourne, VIC
Item URL	http://citycollection.melbourne.vic.gov.au/birrarung-wilam-common-ground/
Date Created	2006
Holding Institution	City of Melbourne
Language	English
Citation	Lee Darroch, Treahna Hamm, Vicki Couzens, Birrarung Wilam (Common Ground), City of Melbourne, 2006
Data Set	AusStage
Resource Identifier	65540