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    This document discusses the connection of Aboriginal people to the mountains of Australia. It describes how the mountains have provided for Aboriginal people physically, spiritually, and culturally for generations. The mountains give the Aboriginal people identity and connect different clans and language groups. However, European colonization disrupted traditional Aboriginal ways of life, separating people from their lands and threatening their culture and languages. Now, Aboriginal people seek to work with authorities to manage parks and maintain the mountains' spiritual, natural, and cultural values for future generations.

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    This document discusses the connection of Aboriginal people to the mountains of Australia. It describes how the mountains have provided for Aboriginal people physically, spiritually, and culturally for generations. The mountains give the Aboriginal people identity and connect different clans and language groups. However, European colonization disrupted traditional Aboriginal ways of life, separating people from their lands and threatening their culture and languages. Now, Aboriginal people seek to work with authorities to manage parks and maintain the mountains' spiritual, natural, and cultural values for future generations.

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    This document discusses the connection of Aboriginal people to the mountains of Australia. It describes how the mountains have provided for Aboriginal people physically, spiritually, and culturally for generations. The mountains give the Aboriginal people identity and connect different clans and language groups. However, European colonization disrupted traditional Aboriginal ways of life, separating people from their lands and threatening their culture and languages. Now, Aboriginal people seek to work with authorities to manage parks and maintain the mountains' spiritual, natural, and cultural values for future generations.

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    Yerribie/Dhirrayn

    OurMotherbindsustoourlaws/lores.ThiscountryisourMother.WetheAboriginal3Peopleofthe
    Mountainsbelongtothiscountry.Sheisourbeginning,givingusouridentityandculture.Shebrings
    ustogether,andtakesusaway.
    TheMountainsareveryoldandanongoinglifeforcethatstrengthenstheancestrallinkofourpeople.
    Wehavealiving,spiritualconnectionwiththemountains.Weretainfamilystoriesandmemoriesof
    themountains,whichmakesthemspirituallyandculturallysignificanttous.Ourtraditionalknowledge
    andculturalpracticesstillexistandneedtobemaintained.
    WerecognisethediversityofAboriginalclansandPeopleoftheMountainsWiradjuri,Wolgalu,
    Ngunnawal,MonaroNgarigo.WerecognisethatWiradjuri,WolgaluandNgunnawalareknownby
    theirtotem,andacknowledgethematrilineal(mothers)bloodlineoftheMonaroNgarigopeople.We
    alsoacknowledgethatmanyotherclanshaveassociationswiththemountains.Themountains
    recognisethelanguagenamesgivenbyourpeopleandnamingofplacesstrengthensourlivingculture.
    Ourpeopletravelledfrommanydirectionsoverlongdistancestogatherpeacefullyonthemountains
    fortrade,ceremony,marriages,socialeventsandtosettledifferences.
    Thecycleoflifeandmanyseasonsinfluencethemovementofourpeoplethroughthemountainstothe
    seaandthedesert.Thestars,clouds,sunandthemoonguidedpeopletoandfromplacesof
    importance.Thesetravelroutescontinuetobeusedandspokenabouttoday.
    Livingbynaturalcycles,thelandprovidesourpeoplewithlife,ceremony,familylore/law,and
    resources,suchastools,plantmedicine,plantfood,waters,fish,animalsandinsectse.g.theBogong
    moth,whilethemeltingofthesnowgiveslifetothemanycreeksandriversthatflowoutofthe
    mountains.Thereareplacesofspiritualandphysicalsignificancetoourpeople,andwearecommitted
    toworkinginpartnershipwithotherstoprotect,maintainandmanagetheseplaces.
    Forcedseparationfromourlandhadaprofoundimpactonourfamilylife.Europeangovernance
    disruptedanddestroyedourtraditionalways.Weweremovedawayfromourcountry,andmany
    peoplewereherdedontomissions.Aboriginalfamilylivesweretornapartwiththeremovalof
    children,andpeoplewerethreatenedwithdeathinsomeinstancesiftheytriedtopracticetheir
    traditionalways,especiallylore,languageandculture.
    Letusnotforgetthepastwhilewelookforwardtothefuture.Pastandpresentpracticesmakeus
    strongandwearecommittedtomakingthisabettercountryforall.
    ItisourvisionforthefuturetocooperativelyandcollaborativelyworkwiththeNationalParksand
    WildlifeServicetomanagetheparkandmaintainitsspiritual,naturalandculturalvalues.Thiswill
    buildastrongculturalandeconomicbaseforfuturegenerationsofourpeople.Thedevelopmentand
    provisionofemployment,trainingandeconomicopportunitieswilldeliverbenefitstoourpeopleand
    communities.Ourculturewillbestrengthenedbyaccesstoourtraditionallandsandthedevelopment
    andparticipationofourpeopleinculturalcampsandculturalmaintenanceprograms.Bypassingon
    knowledgetofuturegenerationsofAboriginalchildren,ourculturewillstayaliveandstrong.
    WrittenbymembersoftheKosciuszkoAboriginalWorkingGrouponbehalfofAboriginalpeople
    associatedwiththemountains.KosciuszkoAboriginalWorkingGroupMonaroNgarigoSharon
    Anderson,JohnDixon,PaulMcLeod,PhillipMcLeod,CarlMundy,DorisPaton,MatthewStewart,
    IrisWhite,PatDavison(CommunityForumrepresentative)Wiradjuri&WolgaluRamsayFreeman,
    PhyllisFreeman,AliceWilliams,MaryWilliamsNgunnawalCarlBrown,DorothyDickson,Tina
    WilliamsNgyimpaRichardKennedy(forMungabareenaAboriginalCorporation,Albury)Eldersand
    othersMonaroNgarigoAuntyDeannaDavison,AuntyMargaretDixon,AuntyRachelMullet,Aunty
    RaeSolomonStewart,AuntyValmaiTungai,ColleenDixon,StanMundyWiradjuri&WolgaluAunty
    MargaretBerg,UncleVinceBulgerNgunnawalLouiseBrown1Yerribiemeansgoing,movinginthe

    Ngarigolanguage.2DhirraynmeansmountainintheWiradjurilanguage.3Aboriginalisdefinedin
    thisstatementasAboriginalpeoplewhoaredescendantsofthetraditionalownersofthiscountry.

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