The Bonmarart Leewik (Strong Ancestors) project is a Your Community Heritage project funded by the Department of the Environment. It has been put together with a team of academic staff from Victoria University (Carolyn Woodley, Stewart Taylor and Megan Chudleigh) with assistance from multimedia students Nick Singh, Kyle Privitera, Ed Spurrier and Mazzy Star. The submission was developed in consultation with Karen Jackson and Mat Jakobi from Moondani Balluk at Victoria University.
We thank the following people and organisations for their time support, advice and resources:
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Wurundjeri Tribe Land & Compensation Cultural Heritage Council Incorporated
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Larry Walsh for a generous overview of important people, families, workplaces and for giving us too many themes and ideas than we could achieve here.
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Kevin Russell for supporting the project but also for highlighting the role of his Nan, Sally Russell Cooper.
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Steve Atkinson for telling us about and showing us Cummeragunga.
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Kerryn O’Keeffe, Maribyrnong City Council for timely advice.
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Kerrie Poliness, Living Museum of the West
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Peter Haffenden, Living Museum of the West
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Maribyrnong Council
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Living Museum of the West
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Footscray Community Arts Centre
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Sunshine College
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Sunshine and District Historical Society
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Footscray Historical Society
The project’s Woi-wurrung name Bonmarart Leewik means Strong Ancestors and was provided by the Wurundjeri Tribe Land & Compensation Cultural Heritage Council Incorporated.
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The Bonmarart Leewik project focuses on notable Aboriginal people and places in Melbourne’s Western suburbs and has drawn on earlier studies and projects including
As well as numerous websites, the project also refers to books such as
Cultural Warning
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that these pages may contain the names, images and voices of people who have passed away.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that these pages may contain the names, images and voices of people who have passed away.
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