Uncle Eric thanked us for healing the Land here at Djanbung Gardens and thanked the Nimbin community for it’s work and commitment to preserving and conserving the local rainforests at Terania Creek and the Nightcap Range. Beyond the purely physical and material manifestation of life and the natural world, we also endeavour to acknowledge and work with the spirit of place and explore cultural expressions to heal the disconnect through a deeper connection with life in all its forms.We thank the Bundjalung Elders, past, present and future, and the Aboriginal people from other areas who have visited Djanbung Gardens over the years, and extend our welcome for future visits, training and cultural exchange to cooperate in the great healing of ourselves, each other and the Land. Welcome to Planet Corroboree

This was not unusual as Bundjalung Country was thickly forested with large freshwater lakes and swamps near the coast, and successive mountain ranges bordering the west and running to the sea coast of Wollumbin stands as a majestic mountain in a bowl – shaped valley surrounded by a ring of mountain ranges, the Mt Warning Caldera.Sign up to get the latest on sales, new releases and more… Gilbert painted this mural to honour the memory of his grandfather, Uncle Eric Walker, who gave us the Djanbung name.Gilbert’s artworks are exhibited and for sale at the The mural remains the work and copyright of the artist, Gilbert Laurie. We also make a regular rent donation to the local Cultural CentreLocal Bundjalung artist belonging to the Yaegl and Widjabul tribes and based in Nimbin, offered to paint a Djanbung Dreaming mural on several panels of the external office wall of our training centre. Bronwyn Bancroft is a Djanbun clan member of the Bundjalung Nation. Uncle Eric passed away in 2007 at the age of 95 years.At the heart of so many of the problems we face as a society, as a culture, and on this beautiful planet we call home, lies a great disconnection. Our mission at Djanbung Gardens is to support and mentor each other on the journey back to the reconnection with ourselves, each other, with all beings and the Land — the nature to which we belong and that sustains us. We offer special scholarship places in our courses for indigenous participants living in the Bundjalung Nation as a mark of our respect to give back to the community and ‘pay the rent’ for our use of this Land. In a career spanning over three decades, Bronwyn has participated in hundreds of exhibitions, both solo and group, within Australia and overseas. Djanbung Gardens and PCA have the permission of the artist to use images of the mural. For all visitors to Djanbung Gardens, the platypus is a conspicuous element in the art here, from small sculptures and garden mosaics to the impressive murals by local Aboriginal artists, ‘Djanbung’ is one of the Bundjalung names for the platypus. It is so wonderful that we have access to Bundjalung language and that we can keep it going by using it in our everyday lives with the names of local animals, plants, places, body parts etc.

The name was given to this permaculture education centre by Uncle Eric Walker, Bundjalung Elder and lore-keeper, in 1994 via Burri Jerome, together with a story of the platypus, also called Mara-maroo.

We also pay respect to the Elders, past and present, of the Bundjalung nation. ‘Djanbung’ is one of the Bundjalung names for the platypus. It extends from Grafton on the Clarence River in the South to the Logan River in the North and inland as far as the Great Dividing Range at Tenterfield and Warwick.At the time of first European contact in the  1800’s there were up to 20 dialects in the Bundjalung Nation, including; Wahlubal, Yugambeh, Birrihn, Bandjalang, Wudjebal, Wiyabal, Wuhyabal, Minyangbal, Ngaraakwal, Ngarrahngbal, Nyangbal, Barryugil, Gidhabal, Galibal and Githabul.These ancient languages and dreamtime stories of the Bundjalung people have only just mananged to survive and much has been lost. I undertake this responsibility in deep respect for the ancient legacy of caring for country by past generations of the Wyabul people of the Bundjalung nation.The Djanbung Story is about how the platypus, the most ancient and wise of all beings, in a time of great strife restored harmony by reminding all the animals of their true names, Djoolbeel (totems) and rightful relationships with each other and the Land.


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