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This Place: RedbanksA grandfather and daughter in South Australia's Riverland are on a journey to revive culture, connection to country and Ngarrindjeri language for the next generation.Duration: 3 minutes 59 seconds3m 59sThis Place: Boonoo MoodlaBoonoo Moodla, Billy Lights Point, has been a place of gathering and fishing for the Barngarla people for thousands of years. Duration: 5 minutes 2 seconds5m This Place: Koala Brother, YarriabiniUncle Micklo Jarrett is a Gumbaynggirr man, sharing a dreamtime story about how Yarriabini mountain, on the mid north coast of New South Wales, got its name.  Duration: 4 minutes 39 seconds4m 39sThis Place: The story of the Birrarung, the Yarra River Yalukit Willam man of the Boonwurrung — Jaeden Williams-Briggs —tells the story of the Birrarung, known as the Yarra River. Duration: 3 minutes 20 seconds3m 20sDarkinyung, An ancient shell midden is helping this grandmother and grandson revitalise their cultureA grandmother and grandson on the New South Wales Central Coast are on a journey to revitalise their Darkinyung language and place names. Duration: 3 minutes 16 seconds3m 16sThis Place: Cultural burns on the Biyan Biyan PlainIn recent years, ecologists have been working to revive numbers of a rare flower, and bush tucker, endemic to the Biyan Biyan Plain in the New South Wales Barrington Tops.Duration: 4 minutes 50 seconds4m 50sThis Place: Stories of Gurlbin-wulaThis is Gurlbin-wula, part of Man-galagun — where the red dirt meets the turquoise waters on the edge of Broome. A place of spirit birds, storytelling, and deep connection to land.Duration: 4 minutes 25 seconds4m 25sThis Place: ParlapuniAn ethereal looking rocky mountain looms over the remote mining town of Pannawonica in Western Australia's Pilbara. Some know it simply as the 'Panna hill', but Robe River Kuruma people know it as 'Parlapuni'.Duration: 2 minutes 18 seconds2m 18sThis Place: Mindil BeachDarwin's Mindil beach was once a burial ground for Larrakia and Tiwi people.Duration: 4 minutes 36 seconds4m 36sThis Place: Heaven on earth, where the Biliar people go to speak with their creator and ancestors Phillip Ugle is a proud Wilman Noongar man who has fought for decades to ensure the sustainability of his people's culture.Duration: 1 minute 51 seconds1m 51sThis Place: Djimubarn, sacred rock art shelterIn Western Arnhem Land the Markani estate of the Madjawarr clan is full of stories.Duration: 4 minutes 19 seconds4m 19sThis Place: Walking in the footsteps of the Ancestors at Turikina TruwalaTheresa Sainty is a Pakana woman with a strong connection to Kunyani/Mt Wellington. Here she talks about Turikina Truwala at the foothills of the mountain and explains what this palawa kani word is translated to and what this place means to her.Duration: 2 minutes 48 seconds2m 48sThis PlaceA digibook to complement the series.  Across Australia, places are known for their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander names. But what do they mean? Indigenous communities share the stories behind place names of their country.This Place: GununaJohnny Williams and Karen Chong are traditional owners from Gununa, Mornington Island. The community on the island respect the land and its history and in turn the land and sea provide for them.Duration: 4 minutes 20 seconds4m 20sThis Place: Marrambidya BilaMark Saddler of Wiradjuri Country speaks of traditional walkways and how the Murrumbidgee River is central to Wagga Wagga.Duration: 2 minutes 48 seconds2m 48sThis Place: Little Wave RockLittle Wave Rock is a gathering place that harbours the history and many secrets of Gamilaraay ancestors.Duration: 2 minutes 46 seconds2m 46sLoad moreBack to topFooter