11 Stories from the River Dyarubbin

11 Stories from the River Dyarubbin

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11 Stories from the River Dyarubbin episodes

  • YARRAMUNDI AUDIO WALK : 11 Stories from the River Dyarubbin

    Listen: to stories of Dyarubbin / The Hawkesbury River at Yarramundi and original music and song they have inspired as you walk along the rivers at Yarramundi North Reserve, NSW, Australia ...or from the comfort of wherever you are.

    Still holding its original name, Yarramundi is at the confluence of Dyarubbin and the Grose river, a significant meeting place, ceremonial ground, river crossing and tool making workshop in the heart of Dharug Country. Guided by Yarramundi descendant Jasmine Seymour in this audio walk we hear stories of deep time geology, fish traps, rock engravings and songlines, of a landscape on the move, as floods reshape and shift the ground, of frontier conflict and war and of Yarramundi or Yellomundee, the leader and Garadyi / Clever Man, for whom this place is named; of the Badung Platypus, the Magura Australian Bass and Barra Eel, of the ecology of the river, of water quality, water mills, sand and gravel mining, farming, fishing and the bush regenerators, Waterkeeper and Custodians who seek to restore balance to this wild and beautiful place.

    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that the audio walk contains stories of historical violence and Aboriginal People now resting in the dreaming.

    DIRECTIONS:
    The walk begins at the North Yarramundi Reserve carpark, Springwood Rd, Yarramundi. We’ll walk down the path to the Grose River, then along the Grose to its confluence with Dyarubbin, head right up the Nepean and before you reach the bridge walk back around the lagoon to the viewing platform and then return to the carpark.

    Headphones recommended.


    GUESTS:

    Leanne Mulgo Watson, Dharug artist

    Erin Wilkins, Dharug educator
    Gil Jones, Geologist and author of "Wasteland, Wilderness, Wonderland"
    Mark Anderson, local bush regenerator
    Fred Wood, local bush regenerator
    Grace Karskens, Emeritus Professor of History at University of NSW and author of “People of the River"
    Bessie Clemson, Yarramundi local (from an archival interview recorded in 1984 for the On the Record Project, Courtesy of Hawkesbury Voices, Hawkesbury Library Service OTR.)
    Dr Ian Wright, Associate Professor Water Science, Western Sydney University
    Alan Izzard, Sydney Bass Fishing Club
    Emily Ada Dunk, (OTR.)
    Jen Dollin, Head of Sustainability Education, Western Sydney University
    Children form Hawkesbury Independent School, years 3,4,5 & 6, 2019
    Dr Michelle Ryan, Lecturer Ecology and Environmental Science, Western Sydney University and Hawkesbury Nepean Waterkeeper

    Students from Windsor High School, years 7, 8 & 9, 2019


    MUSIC:

    11 Stories from the River Dyraubbin' © Oonagh Sherrard, with Dharug songs © Jasmine Seymour and © Stacy-Jane Etal and musicians: Dimitri Vouros, Gary Daley, Jess Ciampa and Oonagh Sherrard


    ABOUT:

    11 Stories From the River Dyarubbin is 11 audio walks along Dyarubbin - stories of the rivers history, ecology, geology & people at the places they happened with original music.

    A collaborative public art work led by composer/ producer Oonagh Sherrard with Hawkesbury Regional Museum, Dharug Custodian Aboriginal Corporation, WSU Sustainable Futures and Hawkesbury Historical Society.
    Created with support from the NSW Government through Create NSW, Museums and Galleries NSW and assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its Arts funding and advisory body.
    FURTHER INFORMATION:
    https://www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au/museum/historical-walks/11-stories-from-the-river-dyarubbin


    WATCH EPISODE ON YOU TUBE:

    https://youtu.be/i84tgNxhmeY




    1 hr 3 min
  • NORTH RICHMOND AUDIO WALK : 11 Stories from the River Dyarubbin

    Listen: to stories of Dyarubbin / The Hawkesbury River at North Richmond and original music and song they have inspired as you walk along the river at Hanna and Hawkesbury Parks, Beaumont Ave, North Richmond, NSW, Australia ...or from the comfort of wherever you are.

    North Richmond takes it's name from Richmond Hill, sitting just above the river, a significant place for the Burubiranggal / Dharug people, who cultivated yams, made fishing line and rope from the nearby Kurrajong and cloaks from Possum skin in the area. Dharug traditional owner Dom Wilkins is our guide as we hear stories of how the Dharug first welcomed the colonisers, before the impact of farming along the river led to frontier violence on the Marrang Ngurra / Richmond floodplain. We hear of the endurance of Dharug culture, changes to the landscape through flooding, the 80-100 year flood cycle, bridges and river crossings, riverbank erosion and bush regeneration, farming, the
    ecology of the river and its catchment, the North Richmond off-river water supply, the Kurrajong railway line, boat building, swimming and sand mining.
    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised this audio walk contains stories of historical violence, Aboriginal people now resting in the Dreaming and the voice of a recently departed Dharug community elder.
    DIRECTIONS:
    The walk begins at the Hanna Park carpark, Beaumont Ave, North Richmond. We'll walk down the path to the jetty, then head south under the bridge, following the path as it becomes a track to the end of Hawkesbury park
    near Keda Circuit, then return under the bridge to Hanna Park and walk along the river bank beyond where we started to the end of the park before returning to the starting point.

    Headphones recommended.
    GUSETS: (in order of appearance)
    Erin Wilkins, Dharug educator
    Grace Karskens, Emeritus Professor of History at UNSW and author of “People of the River"
    Jan Barkley-Jack, Historian and author of "Hawkesbury Settlement Revealed”
    Martin Gauci, Community Bushcare Officer, Hawkesbury City Council
    Jeff Cottrell & Fred Wood, Bush regenerators
    Tom Hubble, Associate Professor of Geology, University of Sydney
    Tom Covell, Ecologist, Hooked on Nature
    Lachlan Joyner, Manager North Richmond Water Filtration Plant, Sydney Water
    Bob Power, North Richmond Orange farmer (from an archival interview recorded in 1984 for the On the Record Project, Courtesy of Hawkesbury Voices, Hawkesbury Library Service.OTR)
    Jasmine Seymour, Dharug artist, writer and educator
    Aunty Edna Watson, and the late Uncle Allan Watson, Dharug elders
    Lawrie Duffy, Grose Vale local (OTR.)
    Kevin Burns, Riverstone local (OTR)
    Ted Books, Hawkesbury local, former Hawkesbury Councillor
    Ian Wright, Associate Professor Water Science, Western Sydney University
    Children form Hawkesbury Independent School, years 3,4,5 & 6, 2019
    Narrated by Dom Wilkins, Dharug Traditional Owner,
    additional narrative, Oonagh Sherrard
    MUSIC:
    11 Stories from the River Dyraubbin' © Oonagh Sherrard, with Dharug songs © Jasmine Seymour and © Stacy-Jane Etal and musicians: Dimitri Vouros, Gary Daley, Jess Ciampa and Oonagh Sherrard


    ARTWORK:

    Marri Badu Muru (Big Water Path) © Leanne Mulgo Watson 2022

    ABOUT:
    11 Stories From the River Dyarubbin is 11 audio walks along Dyarubbin - stories of the rivers history, ecology, geology & people at the places they happened.
    A collaborative public art work led by composer/ producer Oonagh Sherrard with Hawkesbury Regional Museum, Dharug Custodian Aboriginal Corporation, WSU Sustainable Futures and Hawkesbury Historical Society.
    Created with support from the NSW Government through Create NSW, Museums and Galleries NSW and assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its Arts funding and advisory body.
    FURTHER INFORMATION:
    ⁠https://www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au/museum/historical-walks/11-stories-from-the-river-dyarubbin⁠


    WATCH EPISODE ON YOU TUBE:

    https://youtu.be/vT2pAdADWi8

    1 hr 4 min
  • PUGHS LAGOON AUDIO WALK : 11 Stories from the RIver Dyarubbin

    Listen to stories of Dyarubbin / The Hawkesbury River at Marrang Ngurra / Richmond and original music and song they have inspired as you walk along Pughs Lagoon, Old Kurrajong Rd, Richmond, NSW, Australia...or from the comfort of wherever you are.

    Dharug students Josh and Beau Quinn are our guides as we learn about Waradya / the lagoons and wetlands of Dyarubbin’s floodplains, their significance to the Dharug people, their importance to the ecosystem and how the river has moved across the ancient floodplain terrace of Marrang Ngurra / Richmond.
    We look out for water birds, hear stories of Dharug medicine, early settlers, Gudugulung / fresh water turtles, flooding and two ways of farming. We hear of Dharug matriarch Maria Locke who was born here during the time of early colonisation and frontier violence, the survival of Dharug culture and the revival of Dharug language.
    We hear about the river and lagoons as providers of water and repository of waste and the effect of the pollutant PFAS, fire fighting foam in wastewater and across the floodplain.
    Headphones recommended for the best listening experience.
    DIRECTIONS: Starting at the sign beside the Pughs Lagoon Reserve Carpark on Old Kurrajong Rd, Richmond, we walk south along the western lagoon to the end of the reserve, then head back along the eastern lagoon, crossing the road and walking right through to the far end of Smith Park
    then crossing Francis St and returning along the lagoon opposite.
    GUSETS: (in order of appearance)
    Grace Karskens, Emeritus Professor of History at UNSW and author of “People of the River"
    Leanne Mulgo Watson, Dharug artist
    Mark Fuller, Bird Watcher, Avianation, Cumberland Bird Observers
    Kirstie Fryirs, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
    Dr Michelle Ryan, Lecturer Ecology and Environmental Science, Western Sydney University and Hawkesbury Nepean Waterkeeper
    Jasmine Seymour, Dharug artist, writer and educator
    Jan Barkley-Jack, Historian and author of "Hawkesbury Settlement Revealed”
    Erin Wilkins, Dharug educator
    Arthur Parkes, Richmond Lowlands Farmer, from an archival interview recorded by historian Sue Rosen, author of “Losing Ground: An environmental history of the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment” in 1992
    Dr Jason Reynolds, Senior Lecturer in the School of Science, Western Sydney University
    Hon. Kevin Rozzoli, Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 1973-2003, representing the Hawkesbury
    Rhiannon Wright, Dharug educator with Aboriginal children from Windsor South Public School
    ARTWORK:
    Marri Badu Muru {Big Water Path) © Leanne Mulgo Watson 2022
    MUSIC:

    “11 Stories from the River Dyarubbin” © Oonagh Sherrard, with Dharug songs © Jasmine Seymour and © Stacy Jane Etal.

    Musicians: Dimitri Vouros: Clarinet, Gary Daley: piano accordion, Jess Ciampa: percussion, Jasmine Seymour and Stacy Jane Etal: vocals, Oonagh Sherrard : guitar/cello/piano/programming

    ABOUT:

    11 Stories From the River Dyarubbin is 11 audio walks along Dyarubbin - stories of the rivers history, ecology, geology & people at the places they happened.
    A collaborative public art work led by composer/ producer Oonagh Sherrard with Hawkesbury Regional Museum, Darug Custodian Aboriginal Corporation, WSU Sustainable Futures and Hawkesbury Historical Society.
    Created with support from the NSW Government through Create NSW, Museums and Galleries NSW and assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its Arts funding and advisory body.
    FURTHER INFORMATION:
    ⁠https://www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au/museum/historical-walks/11-stories-from-the-river-dyarubbin⁠


    WATCH EPISODE ON YOU TUBE:

    https://youtu.be/SRKSfl6kId8

    1 hr 3 min
  • STREETON LOOKOUT AUDIO WALK : 11 Stories from the River Dyarubbin

    Listen to stories of Dyarubbin / The Hawkesbury River at Streeton Lookout and original music & song they have inspired as you look out over the river at Freeman’s Reach, NSW, Australia...or from the comfort of wherever you are.

    Dharug educator Rhiannon Wright is our guide as we take in the glorious view over Dyarubbin & her vast floodplain, contemplate Dyarubbin’s formation and how the river's dreaming, the rainbow serpent, Gurangady, reflects the rivers geology.
    We learn how the Dharug cared for the resources of Waradya / Lagoons and the Richmond floodplain, about the impact of colonisation & land grants along the river here on Freemans Reach.
    We listen to Arthur Streeton’s inspiration for his famous painting, “Purple Noon’s Transparent Might”, after which the Lookout takes its name: & what it tells us about the river.
    We hear about the effects of damming, the sustainability of Sydney’s water supply, groundwater, irrigation and the lack of management of the whole catchment. The 30-50 year flood cycle, the proposal to raise the Warragamba Dam wall & contamination from PFAS through Bakers Lagoon across the Richmond lowlands.
    We consider how we might care for and celebrate this beautiful and important river, and how earth laws might help recognise and protect the river as a living being.
    DIRECTIONS:
    Starting beside the Carpark off Cliff Rd, we follow the path to the cliff edge, we then walk east along the grass to the end of the reserve (towards Windsor), then head back along the path to the other end of the park (towards Nth Richmond), pausing at the sign depicting Streeton’s
    painting. We then continue along to the western end of the park before returning.
    GUESTS: (in order of appearance)
    Tom Hubble, Associate Professor of Geology, University of Sydney
    Grace Karskens, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of NSW and author of “People of the River"
    Leanne Mulgo Watson, Dharug artist,
    Erin Wilkins, Dharug educator,
    Jasmine Seymour, Dharug artist, writer and educator
    Jan Barkley-Jack, Historian and author of "Hawkesbury Settlement Revealed”
    Greg Hansell, local artist, involved in the establishment of the Hawkesbury Artists Trail.
    Professor Basant Maheshwari, School of Science, Western Sydney University
    Ian Wright, Associate Professor Water Science, Western Sydney University
    Sue Rosen, Historian and author of “Losing Ground: An Environmental History of the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment” in 1992
    Arthur Parkes, Richmond Lowlands Farmer, from an archival interview recorded by historian Sue Rosen, in 1992
    Dr Jason Reynolds, Senior Lecturer in the School of Science, Western Sydney University
    Sue Martin, Environmental educator, Head of Cattai Hills Environment Network, Hawkesbury Waterkeepers Alliance
    Dr Michelle Maloney, Co-Founder and National Convenor, Australian Earth Laws Alliance
    ARTWORK:
    Marri Badu Muru (Big Water Path) © Leanne Mulgo Watson 2022
    MUSIC:
    “11 Stories from the River Dyarubbin” © Oonagh Sherrard, with Dharug songs © Jasmine Seymour and © Stacy Jane Etal.
    Musicians: Dimitri Vouros: Clarinet, Gary Daley: piano accordion, Jess Ciampa: percussion, Jasmine Seymour and Stacy Jane Etal: vocals, Oonagh Sherrard : guitar/cello/piano/programming

    ABOUT:

    11 Stories From the River Dyarubbin is 11 audio walks along Dyarubbin - stories of the rivers history, ecology, geology & people at the places they happened.
    A collaborative public art work led by composer/ producer Oonagh Sherrard with Hawkesbury Regional Museum, Dharug Custodian Aboriginal Corporation, WSU Sustainable Futures and Hawkesbury Historical Society.
    Created with support from the NSW Government through Create NSW, Museums and Galleries NSW and assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its Arts funding and advisory body.
    FURTHER INFORMATION:
    ⁠https://www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au/museum/historical-walks/11-stories-from-the-river-dyarubbin⁠


    WATCH EPISODE ON YOU TUBE:

    https://youtu.be/uEO61O7heJA

    1 hr 5 min
  • HOWE AND DEERUBBIN PARKS AUDIO WALK : 11 Stories from the River Dyarubbin

    Listen to stories of Dyarubbin / The Hawkesbury River at Balga-Ngurrang / Windsor and original music and song they have inspired, as you walk along the river through Howe and Deerubbin Parks, Windsor, NSW, Australia or from

    the comfort of wherever you are...
    Dharug educator Rhiannon Wright is our guide as we hear of the enduring Dharug relationship with the river, the cultivation of Yams, the dreaming of Gurangady and engravings along the river. Windsor was a port town & we hear stories of the river as a road, wharves, boat building & river crossings. We learn about colonist Andrew Thompson & frontier violence, stolen Aboriginal children, Mioram & John Howe, Windsor’s first Bridge & the long running community protest to save it. With local students, we explore the number 11 & the beautiful mathematics of rivers.

    Headphones are recommended.

    DIRECTIONS:
    Starting behind Hawkesbury Regional Museum on the Balga, the hill on Thompson Square, the walk will take you down to the wharf via the viewing platform, then back along the riverside path through Howe Park, across Rickaby’s Creek into Deerubbin Park then return to Hawkesbury Regional Museum.
    GUESTS: (in order of appearance)
    Erin Wilkins, Dharug educator
    Leanne Mulgo Watson, Dharug artist 
    Jasmine Seymour, Dharug artist, writer and educator
    Children form Windsor Public School, years 5 & 6 2019
    Ted Books, Hawkesbury local, former Hawkesbury Councillor and descendant of John Grono
    Kate Mackaness, Community Action For Windsor Bridge
    Grace Karskens, Emeritus Professor of History at UNSW and author of “People of the River"
    Martin Gauci, Community Bushcare Officer, Hawkesbury City Council
    Tom Hubble, Associate Professor of Geology, University of Sydney
    Jen Dollin, Head of Sustainability Education, Western Sydney University
    Sharon Lamb, Hawkesbury local and descendant of Henry Kable
    Sue Cusbert, Technical Officer, Western Sydney University
    The late Ron Males, Hawkesbury local
    Jan Barkley-Jack, Historian and author of "Hawkesbury Settlement Revealed”
    Children from Windsor South Public School’s Dharug language class 2021
    Bruce Gardiner, Cornwallis farmer (from an archival interview recorded in 1984 for the On the Record Project, Courtesy of Hawkesbury Voices, Hawkesbury Library Service.)
    Kirstie Fryirs, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
    READINGS from:
    The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser Jun16 1864
    Sydney Gazette 6 Aug 1809
    Sydney Gazette 1802
    Illustrated Sydney News 16 Jul 1867
    ARTWORK:
    Marri Badu Muru © Leanne Mulgo Watson 2022
    MUSIC:
    '11 Stories from the River Dyraubbin' © Oonagh Sherrard, with Dharug songs © Jasmine Seymour and © Stacy-Jane Etal and musicians: Dimitri Vouros, Gary Daley, Jess Ciampa and Oonagh Sherrard.
    ABOUT:
    11 Stories From the River Dyarubbin is 11 audio walks along Dyarubbin - stories of the river's history, ecology, geology & people at the places they happened with original music.
    A collaborative public art work led by composer/ producer Oonagh Sherrard with Hawkesbury Regional Museum, Dharug Custodian Aboriginal
    Corporation, WSU Sustainable Futures and Hawkesbury Historical Society.
    Created with support from the NSW Government through Create NSW, Museums and Galleries NSW and assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its Arts funding and advisory body.
    FURTHER INFORMATION:
    ⁠https://www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au/museum/historical-walks/11-stories-from-the-river-dyarubbin⁠


    WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOU TUBE:

    ⁠https://youtu.be/1oBlgiRo1lc⁠

    1 hr 6 min
  • MACQUARIE PARK AUDIO WALK : 11 Stories from the River Dyarubbin

    Listen to stories of Dyarubbin / The Hawkesbury River and original music and song they have inspired as you walk along the river at Macquarie Park in Freeman's Reach, NSW, Australia or from the comfort of wherever you are...

    Dharug students Lyra, Jayden & Indiana & Dharug educator Rhiannon Wright are our guides as we hear about the Dharug relationship with the river and Aunty Edna Watson's engraving here. We learn about colonisation & frontier war, it's ongoing impact on Dharug people and culture, and Governor Macquarie. We listen to stories of farming, flooding and riverbank erosion; Windsor Beach and the safety of swimming here; eels and fishing; regattas, rowing and boating. We hear about sand dredging, the river’s health, riverbank ecology, vegetation, micro-plastics and the Hawkesbury-Nepean Water-keeper Alliance. We learn about the meandering nature of rivers and the path of Gurangady the Great Eel / Creator Being.

    Students from Windsor High share the inspiration the river gives them and some of their work.

    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Listeners are advised this audio walk contains stories of historical violence, Aboriginal people now resting in the dreaming & the voice of a recently departed Dharug community elder.

    DIRECTIONS:
    Starting near the second car park, just beyond the children’s
    playground, we walk down to the big Jacaranda tree, then downstream (left) into the stand of Casuarinas to Aunty Edna’s engraving. We then head up the bank towards the concrete path outside the park’s entrance that takes us to the viewing platform over the river. We follow the path under the new bridge then head back into the park returning to the Jacaranda tree. From there we walk upstream towards the steps that take us down to the jetty. We walk either along the beach or at the top of the river bank before returning to where we started.
    GUESTS: (in order of appearance:)
    Leanne Mulgo Watson, Dharug artist
    Grace Karskens, Emeritus Professor of History UNSW
    Aunty Edna Watson, Dharug elder & the late Uncle Allan Watson
    Tony Thoms, local resident and grandson of 1950s Boat hire proprietor Bruce Thoms
    Hon. Kevin Rozzoli, Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 1973-2003, representing the Hawkesbury
    Dr Ian Wright, Associate Professor in Water Science, Western Sydney University
    Jen Dollin, Head of Sustainability Education, Western Sydney University
    Michael Kemp, Hawkesbury local, rower and descendant of Regatta Champion Peter Kemp
    Erin Wilkins, Dharug educator
    Gil Jones, Geologist and author “Wasteland Wilderness Wonderland”
    The late Ron Males, Hawkesbury local
    Darron Blanch, Hawkesbury local
    Arthur Parkes, Richmond Lowlands Farmer, from archival interview recorded 1992 by historian Sue Rosen, author “Losing Ground: An environmental history of the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment”
    Dr Michelle Ryan, Lecturer Ecology and Environmental Science, Western Sydney University and Hawkesbury Nepean Water keeper
    Art and Music students from Windsor High School years 8-10, 2019
    ARTWORK:
    Marri Badu Muru © Leanne Mulgo Watson 2022
    MUSIC:

    “11 Stories from the River Dyarubbin” © Oonagh Sherrard, with Dharug songs © Jasmine Seymour and © Stacy Jane

    Etal.
    Musicians: Dimitri Vouros, Gary Daley, Jess Ciampa, Jasmine Seymour, Stacy Jane Etal, Oonagh Sherrard

    ABOUT:

    A collaborative public art work led by composer/ producer Oonagh Sherrard with Hawkesbury Regional Museum, Dharug Custodian Aboriginal Corporation, WSU Sustainable Futures and Hawkesbury Historical Society.
    Created with support from the NSW Government through Create NSW, Museums & Galleries NSW and assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its Arts funding and advisory body.
    FURTHER INFORMATION:
    ⁠https://www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au/museum/historical-walks/11-stories-from-the-river-dyarubbin⁠⁠


    WATCH EPISODE ON YOU TUBE:

    ⁠https://youtu.be/-blgOraUuNs⁠

    1 hr 9 min
  • GOVERNOR PHILLIP PARK AUDIO WALK : 11 Stories from the River Dyarubbin

    Listen to stories of Dyarubbin / The Hawkesbury River and original music and song they have inspired as you walk along the river in Governor Phillip Park, Balga Ngurrang / Windsor...or from the comfort of wherever you are.

    Dharug educator Erin Wilkins is our guide as we hear of the enduring relationship Dharug people have with the river and Wianamatta / South Creek, and why this part of Dyarubbin was likely a women’s area. We hear of Creator Beings & the rivers deep time formation.
    Close to here in 1791, Governor Phillip met Dharug leaders Gomberee and Yarramundi and James Ruse and the first ex-convict colonisers began farming in 1794. We hear of the relationships between those settlers, the frontier war that followed their arrival and the impact on Dyarubbin’s Aboriginal people including Nurragingy, the leader of the South Creek Tribe.
    We learn of land grants, repeated flooding events, riverbank erosion, boating and water-skiing. We listen in as students from Western Sydney University conduct water testing and talk of the effects of runoff and wastewater on Dyarubbin's water quality, and look over the turf farms to the observatory of John Tebbutt and the old South Creek tannery.


    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised this audio walk contains stories of historical violence & Aboriginal people now resting in the Dreaming.

    WALKING DIRECTIONS:

    Starting at the parks entrance, we walk along the path to the river & along the paved pathway at the top of the rivers bank till we reach the Power Boat Club House. We head around the clubhouse to the rock & brass monument beyond the building. We continue along the river to the mouth of Wianamatta / South Creek, before making our way down to the wharf beside the South Creek boat ramp. We then go up to the fence line that runs beside the turf farms and make our way back along this fence to where we started.

    GUESTS: (in order of appearance)
    Tom Hubble, Associate Professor of Geology, University of Sydney
    Jasmine Seymour, Dharug artist, writer and educator
    Michael Pattison, Land Management Officer, Hawkesbury City Council
    Steve Austin, Waterskier and Hawkesbury local
    Frank Laughton, Harold Hall, Chester Smith, and Athol Kemp Hawkesbury riverside farmers, from archival interviews recorded in 1992 by historian Sue Rosen, author of “Losing Ground: An environmental history of the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment”
    Richie Benson, Senior Field Officer, National Parks and Wildlife Service
    Jan Barkley-Jack, Historian and author of "Hawkesbury Settlement Revealed”
    Grace Karskens, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of NSW and author of “People of the River"
    Dr Ian Wright, Associate Professor in Water Science, Western Sydney University with Water Management Students from WSU testing water at South Creek, April 2019
    Scott Will, Hawkesbury local and owner of the South Creek Tannery Site
    Lisa Sullivan, Hawkesbury local and owner of Flood impacted Heritage House in the Windsor area
    ARTWORK:

    Marri Badu Muru © Leanne Mulgo Watson 2022

    MUSIC:

    “11 Stories from the River Dyarubbin” © Oonagh Sherrard, with Dharug songs © Jasmine Seymour and © Stacy Jane Etal. Musicians: Dimitri Vouros, Gary Daley, Jess Ciampa,

    Jasmine Seymour, Stacy Jane Etal, Oonagh Sherrard

    ABOUT:

    11 Stories From the River Dyarubbin is a collaborative public art work led by composer/ producer Oonagh Sherrard with Hawkesbury Regional Museum, Darug Custodian Aboriginal
    Corporation, WSU Sustainable Futures and Hawkesbury Historical Society.
    Created with support from the NSW Government through Create NSW, Museums & Galleries NSW and assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its Arts funding and advisory body.
    FURTHER INFORMATION:
    https://www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au/museum/historical-walks/11-stories-from-the-river-dyarubbin


    WATCH EPISODE ON YOU TUBE:

    https://youtu.be/J5HNx8y__pM


    1 hr 7 min
  • PITT TOWN LAGOON AUDIO WALK : 11 Stories from the RIver Dyarubbin

    Listen to stories of Dyarubbin / The Hawkesbury River and original music and song they have inspired as you walk through Pitt Town Nature Reserve, NSW, Australia...or from the comfort of wherever you are.

    Pitt Town Lagoon, just by the village of Pitt Town, was once one of many lagoons along Dyarubbin’s floodplain. Pitt Town Lagoon is now the heart of Pitt Town Nature Reserve, managed by National Parks, primarily for bird-watching.

    Dharug educator Rhiannon Wright and Dharug student Lyra

    are our guides as we learn of the formation of lagoons and their importance to Dharug people. Bardenarang Creek, connects the lagoon to the river and is one of the only waterways on Dyarubbin which retains its original name. It was here that the first meeting between Governor
    Phillip and Dharug leaders took place in 1789 and where colonisers moved in along the river, 4 years later, with this lagoon behind them. Some of the area’s early settlers included boat builder John Grono and Rev. John McGarvie, who in 1829 recorded a list of Aboriginal names along the
    river.

    We watch for water birds, hear of the Pitt Town Common,

    Kurringy - leader of the Caddie Creek Tribe, the Pitt Town /Wilberforce punt, floods, swimming, and water-skiing.


    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised this audio walk contains stories of historical violence & Aboriginal people now resting in the Dreaming.

    WALKING DIRECTIONS: (approx 700m return)
    Starting at Pitt Town Nature Reserve entrance at the end of Church St, we head back up the hill to the grassy edge of Church St & look out over the lagoon. We then head down through the Reserve entrance to the bridge over Bardenarang Creek, make our way into the bird
    hide to look out over the lagoon, then sit a while, before heading back to the Reserve entrance.
    GUESTS: (in order of appearance)
    Grace Karskens, Emeritus Professor of History at Univerity of NSW and author of “People of the River"
    Leanne Mulgo Watson, Dharug artist
    Dr Michelle Ryan, Lecturer Ecology and Environmental Science, Western Sydney University and Hawkesbury Nepean Water-keeper
    Kirstie Fryirs, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
    Jan Barkley-Jack, Historian and author of "Hawkesbury Settlement Revealed”
    Mark Fuller, Bird Watcher, Avianation, Cumberland Bird Observers
    Erin Wilkins, Dharug educator
    The late Ted Books OAM, former Hawkesbury City Councillor and descendant of Captain John Grono
    Ted Brill, former Principal, Ebenezer Public School,
    John Grono, descendant of Captain John Grono
    Jasmine Seymour, Dharug artist, writer and educator
    Jen Dollin, Head of Sustainability Education, Western Sydney University
    Tamara Maisema, descendant of Dharug orchardists at Pitt Town
    Fred Smith, Bushell’s Lagoon Farmer, from an archival interview recorded in 1992 by historian Sue Rosen, author of “Losing Ground: An environmental history of the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment”
    Darron Blanch, Hawkesbury local & water-skier
    ARTWORK:
    Marri Badu Muru © Leanne Mulgo Watson 2022
    MUSIC: “11 Stories from the River Dyarubbin”
    © Oonagh Sherrard, with Dharug songs © Jasmine Seymour and © Stacy Jane Etal.
    Musicians: Dimitri Vouros, Gary Daley, Jess
    Ciampa, Jasmine Seymour, Stacy Jane Etal, Oonagh
    Sherrard
    ABOUT:
    11 Stories From the River Dyarubbin is a collaborative public art work led by composer/ producer Oonagh Sherrard with Hawkesbury Regional Museum, Dharug Custodian Aboriginal Corporation, WSU Sustainable Futures and Hawkesbury Historical Society.
    Created with support from the NSW Government through Create NSW, Museums & Galleries NSW and assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its Arts funding and advisory body.
    FURTHER INFORMATION:
    ⁠https://www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au/museum/historical-walks/11-stories-from-the-river-dyarubbin⁠


    WATCH EPISODE ON YOU TUBE:

    ⁠https://youtu.be/q4s3WqWU0g0⁠

    1 hr 9 min
  • CATTAI AUDIO WALK : 11 Stories from the River Dyarubbin

    Listen to stories of Dyarubbin / The Hawkesbury River and original music and song they have inspired as you walk along the river & Cattai Creek in Cattai National Park..or from the comfort of wherever you are.

    Here at Cattai, the river leaves the floodplain and returns into sandstone country. Dharug artist Leanne Mulgo Watson is our guide as we hear how Cattai is the start of a sacred zone to the Dharug. We learn of the first recorded meetings between European exploratory parties and Dharug people at Little Cattai and Cattai Creeks in 1789 & 1791, the colonisation & frontier war that followed and how this place was granted to Surgeon Thomas Arndell.
    We learn the importance of the Cattai Creek / Dyarubbin confluence as a meeting place & ceremonial ground, hear of the ongoing Aboriginal presence in the area, of Kurringy the leader of the Caddie Creek Tribe and the destruction of an Eel engraving. We listen to stories of the Arndell family, the homestead, Hope Farm Mill, Ebenezer Church and the impact of continual flooding which saw this place become a National Parks in the 1980s. We learn of sand mining, water quality, waste water and weed management in the catchment. We learn of the once mighty Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Management Trust, the Hawkesbury Nepean Waterkeeper Alliance and a Platypus study on Cattai Creek.
    WALKING DIRECTIONS: (approx 1.6km loop):
    Starting by the road (Arndell’s Trail) just before the end of the picnic ground, ( near Picnic Shelter 7), we head towards the riverbank and walk upstream, to the left, until we reach Cattai Wharf, then continue our walk upstream, following the road until we reach the gate opposite the green building.
    We walk through the gate and towards the confluence of Cattai Creek and Dyarubbin, returning back through the gate, across the road and head up the hill to the Caddie homestead. We head down the grassy slope in front of the house and to our right back towards the picnic ground, walking along the lagoon, before returning to where we
    started.
    GUESTS: (in order of appearance)
    Gil Jones, Geologist and Author of ‘Wasteland, Wilderness Wonderland’
    Jasmine Seymour, Dharug artist, writer & educator
    Jan Barkley-Jack, Historian & author of "Hawkesbury Settlement Revealed”,
    Grace Karskens, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of NSW & author of “People of the River"
    Yvonne Arndell Tuckerman, Hawkesbury local & descendant of Thomas Arndell
    Ted Brill, former Principal, Ebenezer Public School, Hawkesbury Historical Society
    Michael Kemp, Hawkesbury local & descendant of Peter Kemp and Thomas Arndell
    Dr Ian Wright, Associate Professor, Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
    The late Ted Books OAM, former Hawkesbury City Councillor & descendant of Captain John Grono
    Sue Martin, Environmental educator, Cattai Hills Environment Network, Hawkesbury Waterkeeper Alliance
    Dr Michelle Ryan, Lecturer Ecology and Environmental Science, Western Sydney University and Hawkesbury Nepean Water-keeper
    Rhiannon Wright, Dharug educator
    Erin Wilkins, Dharug educator
    ARTWORK:
    Marri Badu Muru © Leanne Mulgo Watson 2022
    MUSIC:
    “11 Stories from the River Dyarubbin” © Oonagh Sherrard, with Dharug songs © Jasmine Seymour and © Stacy Jane Etal.

    Musicians: Dimitri Vouros, Gary Daley, Jess Ciampa, Jasmine Seymour, Stacy Jane Etal, Oonagh Sherrard

    ABOUT:
    11 Stories From the River Dyarubbin is a collaborative public art work led by composer/ producer Oonagh Sherrard
    with Hawkesbury Regional Museum, Dharug Custodian Aboriginal Corporation, WSU Sustainable Futures and Hawkesbury Historical Society.
    Created with support from the NSW Government through Create NSW, Museums & Galleries NSW and assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its Arts funding and advisory body.

    FURTHER INFORMATION:
    ⁠https://www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au/museum/historical-walks/11-stories-from-the-river-dyarubbin⁠


    WATCH EPISODE ON YOU TUBE:

    ⁠https://youtu.be/wx6tfVE7S0w⁠

    1 hr 9 min

About 11 Stories from the River Dyarubbin

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Listen to stories of the rivers' history, people, places, ecology & geology guided by First Nations narrators, as you walk along Dyarubbin /the Hawkesbury River at 11 places between Yarramundi and Sackville in NSW, Australia.