RESETTLEMENT | Wiradyuri Gawaymbanha-gu Mamalanha which means Wiradyuri Welcome to Visitors, is a podcast all about Wagga Wagga’s First Nations community.
Be drawn into the lives and experiences of Aboriginal people from Wagga Wagga, the meeting place, on The Marrambidya, or Murrumbidgee River. Join Luke Wighton, a Wiradyuri man from Condoblin and now Wagga Wagga as he talks to Elders who share their histories, memories and hard won reflections on living black.
These recordings were made in 2024, 50 years after the launch of the Aboriginal Family Resettlement Scheme, where families were urged to move from smaller, scattered and remote communities to larger rural centres like Wagga Wagga to be closer to essential health and education services.
The Scheme changed the lives of those who moved and those already here and changed the fabric of Wagga Wagga itself. Services and equal treatment were not a given and had to be fought for.
Each episode relates a different perspective but a shared and remarkable journey.
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RESETTLEMENT | Wiradyuri Gawaymbanha-gu Mamalanha which means Wiradyuri Welcome to Visitors, is a podcast all about Wagga Wagga’s First Nations community.
Be drawn into the lives and experiences of Aboriginal people from Wagga Wagga, the meeting place, on The Marrambidya, or Murrumbidgee River. Join Luke Wighton, a Wiradyuri man from Condoblin and now Wagga Wagga as he talks to Elders who share their histories, memories and hard won reflections on living black.
These recordings were made in 2024, 50 years after the launch of the Aboriginal Family Resettlement Scheme, where families were urged to move from smaller, scattered and remote communities to larger rural centres like Wagga Wagga to be closer to essential health and education services.
The Scheme changed the lives of those who moved and those already here and changed the fabric of Wagga Wagga itself. Services and equal treatment were not a given and had to be fought for.
Each episode relates a different perspective but a shared and remarkable journey.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Uncle James Ingram chats with Luke Wighton and relates a life of changing circumstances and cultural revival, working as an employment facilitator, organiser and ambassador in Wagga Wagga and the surrounding area. He talks of the fight for services, the need for more, and the effects of Colonisation; how language is lost and reclaimed, better understandings of Marrambidya, important sites and boundary markers. He encounters racism and friendship, enjoys Roger Knox and has hope for the future.
Complete episode transcripts can be found at https://museumriverina.com.au/explore/podcasts/resettlement
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.