Where is Kulin country?
south central Victoria, Australia
The Kulin nation is an alliance of five Indigenous Australian nations in south central Victoria, Australia. Their collective territory extends around Port Phillip and Western Port, up into the Great Dividing Range and the Loddon and Goulburn River valleys.
What makes up the Kulin Nation?
About the Kulin Nations The Kulin Nation consists of the five language groups who are the traditional owners and lived in what is known as the Port Phillip region: Boonwurrung (Boon-wur-rung) Dja Dja Wurrung (Jar-Jar-Wur-rung) Taungurung (Tung-ger-rung)
What is the meaning of Kulin Nation?
The Kulin nations are the five language groups that traditionally lived in the Port Phillip region. These language groups were connected through shared moieties – the Bunjil (wedge tailed eagle) and Waa (crow). Within each language group, members of the community identified with one or the other of these moieties.
Which Australian city is on Kulin land?
The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land, the Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation and pays respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.
What Aboriginal land is Melbourne on?
The traditional Aboriginal name of Melbourne is Naarm and Naarm is the traditional lands of the Kulin Nation.
Does the Kulin nation still exist?
Today Kulin people continue to live, practice and strengthen their culture in urban Melbourne and central Victoria.
Who make up the Kulin nation?
The Kulin nation is made up of five different language groups. These groups were the custodians, or caretakers, of a large part of central and southern Victoria, including cities and towns such as Geelong, Bendigo, Melbourne, Healesville and Moe.
Who are the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation?
The Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation are the Traditional Owners of the land that is now known as the City of Yarra. Their relationship with the land extends back tens of thousands of years to when their creator spirit ‘Bunjil’ formed their people, the land and all living things.