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Reserve: Wirilla Part 2

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 In Wirilla Ep 2: Reserve we move from Dreaming and sky-knowledge to the ground-level realities of segregation, following the creation of reserves and camps while tracing the life of Matthew’s great grandfather Alexander Stanley.This podcast has been informed by the historical work of Aunty Noelene Briggs, and particularly her books Winanga-li and Burrul Wallaay. To find out more about Aunty Noelene's books click hereThis podcast was made with funding from Create NSW.Detailed Music Credits"Just Did" by All Stars, "Soundscape" by Mirko Sosai, "Omen" by Richard Johnson, "Guitarline" by Philip Okerstrom, "John as well" by Mirko Sosai, "Fred" by Fred, "Awkward Comedy" by Luca Francini, "Hurt Track 4" by Philip Okerstrom, Damian Mason and Symon Aytonn, "Tranquility Base" by Chill Factor, "Hurt Track 13" by Philip Okerstrom, Damian Mason and Symon Ayton, "Hurt Guitar Track 8" by Philip Okerstrom, Damian Mason and Symon Ayton, "Proud Return" by See More Music, Blusy G'Tar by Mirco Sosai, "Hurt Track 5 by Philip Okerstrom, Damian Mason and Symon Ayton.A podcast from Matthew Priestley supported by Third Space Ventures and Coequal.To contact Coequal and find out more, check out our Patreon page, click hereContent DescriptionThis episode contains references to segregation, forced child removal, discriminatory laws, and the hardships faced by Aboriginal families living on reserves and in camps.Wirilla – Episode 2: “Reserve” Duration: 23 minutesSetting: Moves between star stories, family history, and the lived memories of the Terry Hie Hie reserve and Moree’s early camps.Narrators/Voices:Matthew Priestley – Mehi Murri man (Terry Hie Hie clan, Gomeroi Nation)Dante – Gomeroi young person narrator and learnerKhalani – Gomeroi young person narrator and learnerKim – Long-time friend of Matthew, researcher and collaboratorPhil – Co-creator, occasional narrator🪶 STRUCTURE AND CONTENT BREAKDOWN Opening: The Lyrebird — Sound and the Birth of LanguageMatthew opens by explaining that sound itself was created by the lyrebird, and that animals generated the first sounds — before wind had “sound.”He frames vibration as an original language, akin to mathematics — a structural, patterned intelligence that underpins how we communicate.🌀 Themes introduced:Sound as origin · Lyrebird as culture-keeper · Vibration as language · Science and story intertwined.Opening Story: The Emu in the Skyintroduces the Gomeroi sky story of the the Emu in the Sky, explaining how the dark spaces between stars form the celestial emu.The changing shape of the emu tracks the seasons — when it lies down, when it rises, and when the birds are nesting.teaches how the sky is a living calendar, a guide for movement, ceremony, and food gathering.🌀 Themes introduced:Celestial knowledge · Seasonal law · Country as teacher · Reading the sky.Terry Hie Hie: Bora and the Calm Before SegregationThe hosts discuss Terry Hie Hie as a major meeting and ceremonial site — one of the largest Bora grounds.They note the last recorded Bora at Terry Hie Hie in 1883, and how the cultural practices continued even as colonisation imposed new pressures.🌿 Themes:Ceremonial life · Continuity amid disruption · Record vs lived practice.After Myall Creek: Disease, Poison, and Disrupted SonglinesTraces the cascading impacts of massacres: disease, poisoning, food source depletion, and broken pathways/songlines that undermined traditional life.Explains how these pressures foreshadowed more formal systems of segregation and control.🔥 Themes:Cultural disruption · Environmental impacts of colonisation · Fragmentation of communal life.Creation of the Terry Hie Hie Reserve (1895)The Aboriginal Protection Board set aside 102 acres for a reserve at Terry Hie Hie in 1895.Hosts discuss the split among white settlers — some professed “protection” motives, others openly expressed racist aims (preventing intermarriage, “protecting” the white race).The reserve is framed both as an imposed protection and as a tool for segregation.🏚️ Themes:Protection as paternalism · Segregation policy · Control of bodies and movement.Naming, Registration, and Identity TheftThe episode explains how births were registered by farmers or reserve managers, Aboriginal names were ignored, and white names or property names were imposed (example: “Dave Combadello”).This bureaucratic renaming severed cultural ties and created false official identities that complicated family histories.🪞 Themes:Bureaucratic erasure · Identity control · Loss of language through paperwork.Family Story: Alexander Stanley (Matthew’s Great-Grandfather)The life of Alexander Stanley is traced: born 1896, worked on cattle stations, later enlisted in WWI using a falsified identity (a common tactic by Aboriginal enlistees).His experience illustrates the contradictions of Aboriginal service: fighting for a nation that denied rights at ...
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