11 Stories from the River Dyarubbin

11 Stories from the River Dyarubbin

By Oonagh SherrardHistory
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11 Stories from the River Dyarubbin episodes

  • SWALLOW ROCK REACH AUDIO WALK : 11 Stories from the River Dyarubbin

    Listen to stories of Dyarubbin / The Hawkesbury River and original music & song they have inspired as you walk along the river on Swallow Rock Reach Walking Trail & through the grounds of Ebenezer Church, NSW, Australia..or from the comfort of wherever you are.

    At the start of the trail, we are in one of the last remains of tall river flat forest which once covered Dyarubbin’s banks. Dharug educator Rhiannon Wright is our guide as we see how the river here is returning into a gorge and hear how this part of the river is a sacred zone to the Dharug. Nearby are significant places relating to the dreaming story of Gurangadj, the Great Eel.

    In 1799, Dharug warriors drove out the first colonisers to take land here, but in 1803 a second wave of colonisers came out together on the ship the Coromandel. At the beach we hear of their arrival, and the community that formed around them, building the Church & School here. We learn of funeral processions and travel along the river.

    We hear of the deterioration of the rivers ecology, water quality & water supply since settlement. We learn how the geology of the area affects flooding and the impact of flooding on river farms. At the old Ebenezer Wharf, we learn of the cargo, grocery and passenger boats which once plied the river.
    WALKING DIRECTIONS:
    From Swallow Rock Reach carpark, Coromandel Rd. Ebenezer, we follow the path down to the landing beach,
    & continue along the walking trail to the end of Ebenezer Wharf Rd (providing the trail is open and safe)
    We return along the trail and walk up the road stopping in at the Quarry site, then continue up the hill and across Coromandel Rd to the Old Tree. We walk through the grounds of Ebenezer Church and along the river,
    before returning to where we started
    GUESTS: (In order of appearance
    Grace Karskens, Emeritus Professor of History at the Univeristy of NSW & author “People of the River"
    Jan Barkley-Jack, Historian & author "Hawkesbury Settlement Revealed”,
    Gil Jones, Geologist & Author ‘Wasteland, Wilderness Wonderland’
    Leanne Mulgo Watson, Dharug artist
    Erin Wilkins, Dharug educator
    Jasmine Seymour, Dharug artist, writer & educator
    Ted Brill, former Principal, Ebenezer Public School, local historian & member of Ebenezer Church
    Robyn Peek, Educator, Brewongle Environmental Education Centre
    Michael Kemp, Hawkesbury local & descendant of Peter Kemp, Arndell & Stubbs
    Rebecca Turnbull, Curator Hawkesbury Regional Museum & descendant of John Turnbull
    Harold Hall, former Hawkesbury farmer & descendant George Hall, (Courtesy Historian Sue Rosen 1992)
    Wal Jones, former Captain of the Livingstone & Surprise II,
    (Courtesy of Hawkesbury Voices, Hawkesbury Library Service 1984.)
    Athol Kemp, former Hawkesbury farmer & descendant of Peter Kemp, (Courtesy Historian Sue Rosen 1992)
    Arndell & Stubbs, (Courtesy Historian Sue Rosen 1992)
    Dr Ian Wright, Associate Professor, Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
    Basant Maheswari, Professor, School of Science, Western Sydney University
    Tom Hubble, Associate Professor of Geology, University of Sydney
    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 11 audio walks along Dyarubbin - 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.
    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/AaDpZve6pwM⁠


    1 hr 14 min
  • SACKVILLE 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 through Kent Reach Reserve, Sackville, NSW, Australia...or from the comfort of wherever you are.

    Here we look over a hairpin bend in the river. Nearby is Durumbuluwa, this is sacred Country to Dharug people, We can see Wuwami watching over the river from towering cliffs. Dharug educator Rhiannon Wright is our guide as we hear how Dharug people drove settlers away from Sackville in the initial frontier wars between 1796-1803. We learn about Dharug language of the rivers places, how Sackville has been a stronghold for Aboriginal people and how Kent Reach reserve, was one of two Aboriginal Reserves declared in the area in 1889. We hear of life on the Reserves and about some of the local Aboriginal & settler families, Tizzana Winery, Regattas on Sackville Reach and the Sackville bathtub - how the geography of this area means water backs up here in major floods. We learn of the 30-50 year flood cycle, the impact of flooding & farming & waterskiing. We
    also hear of the children who rowed boats to school at Sackville North Public School, today Brewongle Environmental Education Centre.


    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that the audio walk & video contain stories/images of historical violence and Aboriginal People now resting in the dreaming.

    STORIES TOLD BY (in order of appearance)
    Jasmine Seymour, Dharug artist, writer & educator
    Erin Wilkins, Dharug educator
    Grace Karskens, Emeritus Professor of History at UNSW & author of “People of the River"
    Leanne Mulgo Watson, Dharug artist
    Rhiannon Wright, Dharug educator
    Tamara Maisema, Dharug descendant of Nina Alice Barber
    Phil Tuckerman, Hawkesbury local & descendant of Stephen Tuckerma of Sackville Reach
    Michael Kemp, Hawkesbury local & descendant of Peter Kemp, Thomas Arndell & William Stubbs
    Tom Hubble, Associate Professor of Geology, University of Sydney
    Chester Smith, late of Lower Portland, farmer and caravan park owner, from an archival interview 1992 recorded by historian Sue Rosen, author of “Losing Ground: An environmental history of the Hawkesbury-Nepean
    Catchment”
    Ron Males, late of Colo, local and horse breeder
    Aunty Joan Cooper, late Dharug elder, descendant of Ephraim Everingham
    Colin Mitchell, Hawkesbury local & descendant of John Cross
    Lola Hamilton, Hawkesbury local & descendant of Samuel Johnston
    Richie Bensen, Senior Field Officer, National Parks & Wildlife
    Service, Landcare Coordinator, Lower Portland
    Uncle Dean Kelly, Yuin and Wailwan elder, NPWS Community Liaison Officer
    DIRECTIONS:
    Approx 1.2km return
    Start at the Kent Reach reserve carpark off West Portland Rd, Sackville, walking to the fenced lookout. We then walk downstream (left) along the fire trail and continue along a walking track to to the left at the end of the trail, (providing the trail is open and safe).When you reach a cluster of large boulders, head back to where you started
    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 11 audio walks along Dyarubbin - 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.
    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/m7YchACGnrk⁠

    1 hr 8 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.