From mushrooms shooting through the soil to healthy tussocks swaying in the wind, academics and volunteers are noticing change in Tuthangga Park following the cultural burn in May. City of Adelaide officials say the pilot will be repeated in the city's green belt.
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In 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.
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SA'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.
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“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."
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Before constructing a “high return” minigolf course in the Parklands, the City of Adelaide administration needs feedback from Native Title holders. One Kaurna elder says although he won’t stop development, he wants his community to be given "equal footing" from the council.
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Two 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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