Adelaide Festival Centre staff have contributed to the Yerta Project, a National Reconciliation Week initiative that asks participants to explore the First Nations history of their favourite places around Australia.
We invite Adelaide Festival Centre Trust Staff to continuously contribute to the Yerta Project by researching the Country of a significant location to you and it will be included below to share with your colleagues.
Place Name / English Place Name / Resource
- Adnyamathanha / Flinders Rangers / Link
- Arrente / Darwin / Link
- Banggarla / Ballina, Whyalla, Kimba, Hawker, Grafton / Link
- Bungandidj / Mount Gambier / Link
- Boon Wurrung / Melbourne, Port Phillip, Westernport / Link
- Bundjalung / Gold Coast / Link
- Darumbal / Yeppoon / Link
- Dyirbal / Mena Creek / Link
- Eora / Sydney / Link
- Gadigal / Enmore, NSW / Link
- Garramilla / Rapid Creek, Darwin / AFC Research
- Gubbi Gubbi/ Noosa, Sunshine Coast / Link
- Gumbaynggirr / Byron Bay Link
- Kaurna / Adelaide, Coorong / Link
- Latje Latje / Mildura/ Link
- Larrakia / Darwin, Alice Springs / Link
- Malak Malak / Daly River / Link
- Mamu / Mena Creek / Link
- Mbukarla / Kakadu / Link
- Meru / Murbko, Renmark, Morgan / Link
- Mikawomma / Open Plains between Port Adelaide and Adelaide / AFC Research
- Minyerri / Roper River, Darwin / AFC Research
- Naarm / Melbourne / Link
- Narangga / Yorke Peninsula, Yorketown, Coobowie, Port Victoria / Link
- Nawu / Coffin Bay / Link
- Ngadjuri / Nuriootpa, Barossa Valley, Clare, Lyndoch / AFC Research
- Ngarrindjeri / Goolwa, Middleton, Alice Springs, Robe, Kangaroo Island, Victor Harbor / Link
- Ngunawal / Canberra / Link
- Nukunu / Port Augusta, Port Pirie / Link
- Peramangk / Adelaide Hills, Aldgate, Woodside, Lyndoch / Link
- Tommeginne / Cradle Mountain, Tasmania / Link
- Turrbal-Yuggera / Brisbane / AFC Research
- Tyerrernotepanner / Launceston /Link
- Uluru / Uluru / Link
- Whadjuk / Perth / Link
- Wangkatha / Kalgoorlie / Link
- Wathaurong / Ballan / Link
- Wemba Wemba / Swan Hill / Link
- Woiworung / Melbourne / Link
- Wurundjeri / Melbourne / Link
- Yankunytjatjara / Uluru / Link
- Yidinjdji / Cairns / Link
- Yugambeh / Logan City, QLD / AFC Research
- Yuggera / Brisbane / Link
- Yuwi / Mackay / Link
Further Reading:
- Do you know what Aboriginal Land you're on Today?
- Uluru Statement from the Heart
- Educational Resources about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
- Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia, 1788-1930
- The Stolen Generations
- Missions, Stations and Reserves
- Records of Aboriginal Missions in South Australia (1850s - 1970s)
- Barani: Sydney's Aboriginal History