Yes and no.
If you attend to the MSM, yeah, you'd think.
I've just fallen back into Canberra after 11wks circum-navigating Australia.
This is purely on an anecdotal level, but having spoken with several hundred people from Awabakal to Walyalup, from Tarntanya to Garramilla: I have a new optimism.
If you attend to the MSM, yeah, you'd think.
I've just fallen back into Canberra after 11wks circum-navigating Australia.
This is purely on an anecdotal level, but having spoken with several hundred people from Awabakal to Walyalup, from Tarntanya to Garramilla: I have a new optimism.
September 17, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Yes and no.
If you attend to the MSM, yeah, you'd think.
I've just fallen back into Canberra after 11wks circum-navigating Australia.
This is purely on an anecdotal level, but having spoken with several hundred people from Awabakal to Walyalup, from Tarntanya to Garramilla: I have a new optimism.
If you attend to the MSM, yeah, you'd think.
I've just fallen back into Canberra after 11wks circum-navigating Australia.
This is purely on an anecdotal level, but having spoken with several hundred people from Awabakal to Walyalup, from Tarntanya to Garramilla: I have a new optimism.
my #blueskyartshow #undulating contribution. A windy day at Nine Mile Beach near Lake Awaba. #beach #sea #wind #environment #awabakal #waves #sandy
September 13, 2026 at 1:30 AM
my #blueskyartshow #undulating contribution. A windy day at Nine Mile Beach near Lake Awaba. #beach #sea #wind #environment #awabakal #waves #sandy
It is suppose to mean People of the Plain. It is something that I have always wondered about since learning what Awabakal meant since it is surrounded by hills & mountains.
My grandmother was forbidden to speak her Language or say she was Aboriginal otherwise the white fella will take her kids.
My grandmother was forbidden to speak her Language or say she was Aboriginal otherwise the white fella will take her kids.
August 25, 2026 at 3:16 PM
It is suppose to mean People of the Plain. It is something that I have always wondered about since learning what Awabakal meant since it is surrounded by hills & mountains.
My grandmother was forbidden to speak her Language or say she was Aboriginal otherwise the white fella will take her kids.
My grandmother was forbidden to speak her Language or say she was Aboriginal otherwise the white fella will take her kids.
Thanks for that appreciated as I like the names the original people gave their bodies of water that the name the Europeans gave them.
Like I prefer the name Awaba for the lake the British invaders gave the name Lake Macquarie.
My own tribes name was derived from it Awabakal/ Awabaghal.
Like I prefer the name Awaba for the lake the British invaders gave the name Lake Macquarie.
My own tribes name was derived from it Awabakal/ Awabaghal.
August 25, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Thanks for that appreciated as I like the names the original people gave their bodies of water that the name the Europeans gave them.
Like I prefer the name Awaba for the lake the British invaders gave the name Lake Macquarie.
My own tribes name was derived from it Awabakal/ Awabaghal.
Like I prefer the name Awaba for the lake the British invaders gave the name Lake Macquarie.
My own tribes name was derived from it Awabakal/ Awabaghal.
Now arriving: Awabakal Country
August 23, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Now arriving: Awabakal Country
process gif for an animation, Jan-Feb earlier this year, "eater[-1]"
orf.place/eater-1
I was thinking about the creeping normalcy of extinction coming back to haunt our digital misrememberings... the background is a forest on Awabakal country that only remains in lossy satellites scans.
orf.place/eater-1
I was thinking about the creeping normalcy of extinction coming back to haunt our digital misrememberings... the background is a forest on Awabakal country that only remains in lossy satellites scans.
August 20, 2026 at 7:19 AM
process gif for an animation, Jan-Feb earlier this year, "eater[-1]"
orf.place/eater-1
I was thinking about the creeping normalcy of extinction coming back to haunt our digital misrememberings... the background is a forest on Awabakal country that only remains in lossy satellites scans.
orf.place/eater-1
I was thinking about the creeping normalcy of extinction coming back to haunt our digital misrememberings... the background is a forest on Awabakal country that only remains in lossy satellites scans.
Now arriving : Awabakal Country.
Always will be
Always will be
August 11, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Now arriving : Awabakal Country.
Always will be
Always will be
August 10, 2026 at 9:59 PM
I do loves me a #collage, I do.
If I'm only staying somewhere one night (or not much more), my thing is to only unpack what I really need.
Meh. If there's a tableau to be created...
#Awabakal #Newcastle #blues #bluesmusic #flamingos 🦩🦩🦩 #live #love #laugh #sing
If I'm only staying somewhere one night (or not much more), my thing is to only unpack what I really need.
Meh. If there's a tableau to be created...
#Awabakal #Newcastle #blues #bluesmusic #flamingos 🦩🦩🦩 #live #love #laugh #sing
August 7, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I do loves me a #collage, I do.
If I'm only staying somewhere one night (or not much more), my thing is to only unpack what I really need.
Meh. If there's a tableau to be created...
#Awabakal #Newcastle #blues #bluesmusic #flamingos 🦩🦩🦩 #live #love #laugh #sing
If I'm only staying somewhere one night (or not much more), my thing is to only unpack what I really need.
Meh. If there's a tableau to be created...
#Awabakal #Newcastle #blues #bluesmusic #flamingos 🦩🦩🦩 #live #love #laugh #sing
Ngurambang though it means country but not in the same way as the Europeans & others understand the meaning country. It comes from the Wiradjuri language it is the area of land they live on as its custodians & Stewards of the land.
Just as the Awabakal ngurambang was my peoples land to care for.
Just as the Awabakal ngurambang was my peoples land to care for.
July 17, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Ngurambang though it means country but not in the same way as the Europeans & others understand the meaning country. It comes from the Wiradjuri language it is the area of land they live on as its custodians & Stewards of the land.
Just as the Awabakal ngurambang was my peoples land to care for.
Just as the Awabakal ngurambang was my peoples land to care for.
Pelican caught in an early morning sunlight shaft on Lake Awaba, Belmont. #birds #birdoftheday #openbeaks #awabakal #pelicans
July 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Pelican caught in an early morning sunlight shaft on Lake Awaba, Belmont. #birds #birdoftheday #openbeaks #awabakal #pelicans
So pleased to hear that. It was Newie communists who introduced me to the Awabakal people; they were a model of respectful relations. I never heard a word out of place.
July 12, 2026 at 3:13 AM
So pleased to hear that. It was Newie communists who introduced me to the Awabakal people; they were a model of respectful relations. I never heard a word out of place.
The Academy is proud to announce the recipients of the 2026 Rechnitz Fund Grants, Dr Samara Hand, Worimi/Biripi woman, born on Awabakal Country and raised on Bidjigal Country in South Sydney & Dr Shani Crumpen from the Torres Strait Islands.
Read more: socialsciences.org.au/news/rechnit...
#NAIDOC
Read more: socialsciences.org.au/news/rechnit...
#NAIDOC
Rechnitz Fund Grant recipients set to further First Nations knowledge in the social sciences | Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
Two First Nations researchers have received grants from the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia with support from the Wilhelm, Martha, and Otto Rech ...
socialsciences.org.au
July 6, 2026 at 11:06 PM
The Academy is proud to announce the recipients of the 2026 Rechnitz Fund Grants, Dr Samara Hand, Worimi/Biripi woman, born on Awabakal Country and raised on Bidjigal Country in South Sydney & Dr Shani Crumpen from the Torres Strait Islands.
Read more: socialsciences.org.au/news/rechnit...
#NAIDOC
Read more: socialsciences.org.au/news/rechnit...
#NAIDOC
Did you look up and see any Koalas (Kewalas in Awabakal language)? www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/...
The secret lives of Sugarloaf koalas
www.newcastle.edu.au
July 5, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Did you look up and see any Koalas (Kewalas in Awabakal language)? www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/...
Greens Bushwalking Club took on Mount Sugarloaf on Awabakal country this morning. A delightful 5km and a bit circuit through mix of angophoras, Gymea lilly's (called Minmi in Awabakal) and wattle. Walking and talking nature and peace, great start to any Sunday.
July 5, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Greens Bushwalking Club took on Mount Sugarloaf on Awabakal country this morning. A delightful 5km and a bit circuit through mix of angophoras, Gymea lilly's (called Minmi in Awabakal) and wattle. Walking and talking nature and peace, great start to any Sunday.
The letters have been described as a "significant coup". https://bit.ly/4wh3xfS
Historic letters from Awabakal advocate found after almost 170 years
The letters have been described as a "significant coup".
www.newcastleherald.com.au
July 2, 2026 at 8:08 AM
The letters have been described as a "significant coup". https://bit.ly/4wh3xfS
Awabakal land remains bountiful, beautiful, and worth caring for - for all the heartbreaking damage we have caused.
A week ago I sat on a headland and watched whales and dolphins, salmon and schools of bait fish. I met an echidna on my way home and there were so many birds.
A week ago I sat on a headland and watched whales and dolphins, salmon and schools of bait fish. I met an echidna on my way home and there were so many birds.
June 29, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Awabakal land remains bountiful, beautiful, and worth caring for - for all the heartbreaking damage we have caused.
A week ago I sat on a headland and watched whales and dolphins, salmon and schools of bait fish. I met an echidna on my way home and there were so many birds.
A week ago I sat on a headland and watched whales and dolphins, salmon and schools of bait fish. I met an echidna on my way home and there were so many birds.
Meanwhile I'm a cup of tea with a couple dashes of milk.
Me 4X great grandma was sent 2 Botany bay age about 11yrs for stealing to survive in London but at the same time
me 4X Great Awabakal grandma was living like a princess in a bountiful land learning our lore/law & caring of Ngurambang.
Me 4X great grandma was sent 2 Botany bay age about 11yrs for stealing to survive in London but at the same time
me 4X Great Awabakal grandma was living like a princess in a bountiful land learning our lore/law & caring of Ngurambang.
June 29, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Meanwhile I'm a cup of tea with a couple dashes of milk.
Me 4X great grandma was sent 2 Botany bay age about 11yrs for stealing to survive in London but at the same time
me 4X Great Awabakal grandma was living like a princess in a bountiful land learning our lore/law & caring of Ngurambang.
Me 4X great grandma was sent 2 Botany bay age about 11yrs for stealing to survive in London but at the same time
me 4X Great Awabakal grandma was living like a princess in a bountiful land learning our lore/law & caring of Ngurambang.
Proud Moon Island. Love living on LakeMac unceded Awabakal Land
June 28, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Proud Moon Island. Love living on LakeMac unceded Awabakal Land
