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On 13th October in Perth (Boorloo), Western Australia, a fifteen year old Aboriginal boy, Cassius Turvey was walking home from school, wearing his school uniform, with friends when a car full of white adults pulled up and brutally beat him with a metal pole and a machete. Cassius later suffered seizures and strokes and was put in an induced coma. He died 8 days later. The 21-year-old white male Jack Brearley wrongly blamed the children for smashing his car windows. The WA police commissioner callously stated that Cassius was “in the wrong place at the wrong time” and dismissed it as a “case of mistaken identity”, as though that justifies it. This would not have happened to a white child. It is a hate crime. Vigils are being held across the country and the Blak community are hurting.
Cassius was much loved in his community. He had a pay-what-you-can lawn mowing business. He liked to dance and was strong in his Noongar Yamatji culture.
You can donate to his mother’s Gofundme here. They’re raising funds for the fight for #JusticeForCassius . Please boost this post.
#justice for Cassius#justiceforcassius#black lives matter#blm#signal boost#blak australia#indigenous#aboriginal#death tw#violence#hate crime#human rights#racism#racist#colonialism#cassius turvey#Noongar#Yamatji#Boorloo#auspol#gofundme#vigil#please reblog#blak lives matter#assault#police#justice#activism#protest#perth
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Rainbow Bee-eaters (Merops ornatus)
Known to the Noongar people as "birranga", the bee-eater's Aboriginal Dreaming story tells how the birds came into being when a rainbow shattered and its colourful shards fell to earth. They can often be seen perched on telephone lines, fences and bare branches, from which they dart forth to snap up passing insects such as honey bees, native bees, blowflies and dragonflies.
📍Darwin, New Territory, Australia
📸 @alec.brennan
#rainbow bee-eaters#bird#animal#wildlife#australia#wildlife photography#birds of australia#bird photography#birranga#noongar#aboriginal
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This is a 28.
Normally I'm all about entomology; here is some etymology. (Note I'm not an expert, just enthusiastic)
Names by language of origin:
28; French (probably) because it's call sounds like "vingt huit", 28 in French.
Toolnut; Noongar, also based on their sounds. (Noongar elder Vernice Gillies)
Dowarn, Doomolok; Noongar names. (Abbott, Ian, 2009)
Ringneck; English, a visual description.
Or, 28; English, because people say the call sounds like 28 in English... I don't think it does.
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Donnelly River Village
Canon R7
Canon EF 100-400 L IS USM
#28#ringneck parrot#28 parrot#australianbirds#australianwildlife#parrots#etymology#language#noongar#birdphotography#donnelly river village
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ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN RESOURCES
The Anthropological Masterlist is HERE.
The Aboriginal Australian people are the indigenous peoples of Australia and the Torres Strait Islands.
ADNYAMANTHA ─ “The Adnyamathanha people are an Aboriginal Australian people. They are native to the northern Flinders Ranges.”
─ Plants in Adnyamantha Culture
ARRERNTE ─ “The Arrernte, or Aranda, people are an Aboriginal Australian people. They are native to the Arrernte land in central Australia.”
─ Arrernte Information
─ Arrernte Language
BUNDJALUNG ─ “The Bundjalung, or Bunjalung, people are an Aboriginal Australian people. They are native to the northern coast of New South Wales.”
─ Bundjalung Migration
KAMILAROI ─ “The Kamilaroi, or Gamilaraay, are an Aboriginal Australian people. They are native to New South Wales and Queensland.”
─ Kamilaroi Culture
─ Kamilaroi Language & Traditions
─ Kamilaroi Astrology
NGARRINDJERI ─ “The Ngarrindjeri people are an Aboriginal Australian people. They are native to the lower Murray River in southern Australia.”
─ Ngarrindjeri Information
─ Ngarrindjeri Culture
NOONGAR ─ “The Noongar, or Nyunga, people are an Aboriginal Australian people. They are native to southwest Western Australia.”
─ Noongar Culture
─ Noongar Language
─ Western Australian Language
TIWI ─ “The Tiwi, or Tunuvivi, people are an Aboriginal Australian people. They are native to the Bathurst and Melville islands.”
─ Tiwi Information
─ Tiwi Language
─ Tiwi Music
YOLNGU ─ “The Yolngu, or Yolŋu, people are an Aboriginal Australian people. They are native to the northeastern Arnhem Land.”
─ Yolngu Culture
─ Yolngu Printmaking
#resources#aboriginal australian#adnyamantha#arrernte#bundjalung#kamilaroi#ngarrindjeri#noongar#tiwi#yolngu
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Koora-Yeye-Boordawan-Kalyakoorl, Rottnest, January 15 2022
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MEET INKABEE!
Meet INKABEE, the 10-year-old Noongar Wongi rapper who recently released the single 'Beat The Odds'! Want to read more of our interview with INKABEE? Grab the April 'It's-a Mario Issue', out now!
Red the online story here: https://www.kzone.com.au/article/meet-inkabee-591531
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Cassius Turvey: Artist Brandi Salmon paints powerful portrait of allegedly murdered Noongar Yamatji teen
Cassius Turvey: Artist Brandi Salmon paints powerful portrait of allegedly murdered Noongar Yamatji teen
When Brandi Salmon first heard the news of the alleged murder of Cassius Turvey in Western Australia, her heart sank.
The attack hit home for the Tasmania-based Wiradjuri and Tongan artist, who likes to call herself ‘Tongariginal’. Her first heartbreaking thought was the alleged brutal attack could have happened to one of her relatives.
The 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy was allegedly bashed…
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#allegedly#artist#Brandi#Cassius#murdered#Noongar#paints#portrait#powerful#Salmon#teen#Turvey#Yamatji
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Noongar Seasons
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Turns out that the people who've inhabited a land since mankind left the primordial cradle are like, heaps better at figuring out seasons than some white people who got here relatively 2 seconds ago (whoa, crazy). Here is a breakdown of the SIX seasons we have in Western Australia, specifically in the regions of the Noongar people.
BIRAK (December to January)
Season of the young
"It's a dry heat"
Fuck yeah, how good is summer?
BUNURU (February to March)
Season of the adolescence
HEAT. Humid. Disgusting. You consider making blood sacrifices for an afternoon sea breeze.
Getting pretty fucking sick and tired of this summer, actually.
DJERAN (April to May)
Season of adulthood
The sun calms its farm and it is safe to go outside again.
The trauma of Bunuru is healing and you might wanna get the doona out the cupboard.
MAKURU (June to July)
Season of fertility
GET READY TO GET WET
A moderate cold is made fucking freezing by architecture that was decidedly optimised to tackle heat.
DJILBA (August to September)
Season of conception
Statistically most likely to be declared "Melbourne weather" with a grab-bag of cold and warm and clear and raining days, but nights are always chilly.
"Oh my godddd flooweerrrrssss"
KAMBARANG (October to November)
Season of birth
The flowers are absolutely raging and times are sweet. But watch out for snakes.
Doona is out. Fans are in. The cold weather has made you weak and you complain about mild heat until your body acclimates for the upcoming Birak.
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I've given away a heap of tadpoles (to people living close by, to lessen the danger of showing frog chytrid fungus), and there are still so many. They're fascinating and a little unnerving to watch, with their constant movement and voracious nibbling.
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Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii naso)
Known to the Noongar people as ‘Karrak’ this subspecies is only found in the humid and subhumid zones in the south-west and have a significantly longer and wider bill compared to the other two subspecies found in Western Australia.
📍 Perth, Western Australia
📸 @jan_wegener_
#jan wegener#bird photography#birds of australia#bird#wildlife#wildlife photography#karrak#forest red-tailed black cockatoo#cockatoo#noongar people#perth#western australia#australia
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obsessed with my friend texting me to talk about aboriginal australian kinship traditions out of the blue (i am so seated)
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We're gonna have chickens when we move, and I'm so excited looking up native plants that are local to the area, particularly flowering plants that will hopefully attract heaps of birds and other pollinators!!! I'm trying to find out the Noongar names of as many of the plants and local areas as I can, and I can't wait to go to another local town nearby and do one of the tours with the Goreng Noongar guide!! The area where I'm living is called Wagyl Kaip.
#aside from some local Whadjuk Noongar people coming in on Naidoc day in primary school i got fuck all education about Noongar Boodja#and language so im making up for lost time#the last few years ive been doing my best to learn what i can and support local artists and creators#because this is such beautiful country that i live on and i want to do all i can to honour those that came before and whose land it is#always was always will be#we're so lucky that after all the disgusting and traumatising things colonists have done and continue to do#that the Noongar people are still willing to share and teach parts of their culture that they're comfortable sharing
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the indigenous australian weather cycle is so much more accurate for us than the typical 4 seasons taught in school. crazy to think it wasn't even taught in school
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languages r cool man
#watching a welcome to country and stuff#guys speaking noongar n stuff and it like sounds rlly cool to me#got a lot of retroflex/palatal/velar nasals#its also fun to hear ppl talk in v australian english accents#as someone who is bad at that#wait you can edit tags on desktop now?
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We were very proud last year to be invited by music producer Rush Wepiha to be part of the team that launched INKABEE’s career with his first single Beat the Odds dropping in December 2022.
Here is just some of the media coverage we generated:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-04/inkabee-wa-rapper-beat-the-odds-first-single/101721846
https://10play.com.au/theproject/news/2022/meet-little-rap-legend-inkabee/tpv221204cspmg
https://themusic.com.au/news/ten-year-old-noongar-wongi-rapper-releases-debut-single/NT8tKSgrKi0/25-11-22
https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/music/inkabee-kwinana-10-year-old-rapper-ethan-egginton-could-be-was-next-big-hip-hop-sensation--c-9049447
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=673832164240221
Follow INKABEE on instagram to keep up with his career - this talented kid has a very bright future!
https://www.instagram.com/ink_abee/
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