Ilaria Vanni Shannon Foster, University of Technology Sydney; Alexandra Crosby, University of Technology Sydney, and Ilaria Vanni, University of Technology Sydney Sydney’s Green Square is one of Australia’s biggest urban renewal projects. But it’s much more than a construction site. First Nations people know it by another name: nadunga gurad, or sand dune Country. For […]

words by Shannon Foster, D’harawal eora Knowledge Keeper & registered Sydney Traditional Owner One of my earliest memories of learning culture from my D’harawal eora father, was about understanding plants and what you could and couldn’t eat. I was always amazed to realise that you could actually live off the gardens and earth around you? […]

I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and abroad, and their continuing connection to culture, community, land, sea and sky. I pay my respect to Elders past, present and future. This ‘reading’ is actually listening to an interview recorded as part of the ABC series ‘Conversations’ with Richard Fidler. ‘The Secret History of […]