An afternoon at Puti on Kaurna Yerta
As the Puti on Kaurna Yerta pilot program, designed to help Aboriginal remote visitors return to Country, comes to an end, CityMag spent a couple of hours getting to know the people the site has helped.
MoreAs the Puti on Kaurna Yerta pilot program, designed to help Aboriginal remote visitors return to Country, comes to an end, CityMag spent a couple of hours getting to know the people the site has helped.
MoreMembers of the City of Adelaide’s Reconciliation Committee chastised State Government representatives this week for a “distinct lack of consultation” regarding Riverbank rezoning, and cautioned development could be near or on top of burial grounds.
MoreAs community consultation for the State Government's proposed Riverbank rezoning nears its end, three experts warn of the irreversible threat the project poses to local wildlife, public amenity, and the Kaurna community's connection to the land.
MoreIn May, soil in the Parklands met with flames in the first approved cultural burn in Kaurna Yerta Adelaide since colonisation. CityMag reporter Angela Skujins camped with Kaurna elders, uncles and young men the night before the event to hear what this means to them and for country.
MoreSA's Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Kyam Maher promises his party will commission six statues dedicated to First Nations figures if Labor is elected next year.
More“For me personally, and for Aboriginals, it’s emotional,” Kaurna elder Jeffrey Newchurch tells CityMag, “but it’s a feeling of excitement because we get this opportunity to do a cultural practice in relation to maintaining country."
MoreTwo years after Kaurna’s landmark native title victory in the Federal Court, the custodians of Tarntanya Adelaide are hoping to move into their first official city home at the North Adelaide Railway Station.
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