Tag: Awabakal peoples

Cultural Mapping Project

December 9, 2024

  Background This project was funded by the NSW State Government via the former Greater Cities Commission. The goal of the project was to map places and stories that hold cultural and historical significance for Aboriginal people in the Newcastle region – that is Muloobinba and surrounds, on Awabakal and Worimi Country. It was also … More Cultural Mapping Project

Aerial view of Kurri Kurri, NSW, [n.d.] Courtesy of the Coalfields Heritage Group, based at the Sir Edgeworth David Memorial Museum at Kurri Kurri.

Is Kurri Kurri (NSW) the original Garden of Eden?

July 18, 2023

Aerial view of Kurri Kurri. (Coalfields Heritage Group) Source: livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/33065 This work is conducted in memory and respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land.   Kurri Kurri, the most important word and place According the this recently unearthed 1933 article below, Kurri Kurri, a township in Newcastle, South Wales is … More Is Kurri Kurri (NSW) the original Garden of Eden?