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 From the beginning of time to now, Matthew Priestley tells the story of his Country, his family, his mob for the sake of the generations to come.

This podcast was made with funding from Create NSW.Copyright Coequal Sciences sociales
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    • Reserve

      Reserve
      Nov 30 2025
      In 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 hereDetailed 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.This podcast was made with funding from Create NSW.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 home.Alexander’s post-war life — work,...
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      23 min
    • Gomeroi Country

      Gomeroi Country
      Oct 5 2025
      In Part 1 Gomeroi Country we start at the beginning and then encounter invasion, massacre and colonisation.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 hereDetailed Music Credits"Track 4 (Hurt)" by Philip Okerstrom, Damian Mason and Symon Ayton, "Didgee Beat Box Mix" by Philip Okerstrom, "Didgy" by Philip Okerstrom "Quirky Play" by Marco Pesci, "Green Garden" by Score Wizards, "Track 10 (Hurt)" by Philip Okerstrom, Damian Mason and Symon Ayton, "Talismanist’s Art" by Tera Mangala, "Omen" by Richard Johnson, "Didgeridoo Long Loop" by Tera Mangala, "Track 3 (Hurt)" by Philip Okerstrom, Damian Mason and Symon Ayton, "Charmaine" by Philip Okerstrom.This podcast was made with funding from Create NSW.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 discussions of colonial violence, including detailed references to massacres and systemic dispossession of Aboriginal people Wirilla – Episode 1: “Gomeroi Country” Duration: ~22 minutesSetting: Recorded on Gomeroi and Dharawal Country, moving between ancient storytelling space and historical narration.Narrators/Voices:Matthew Priestley – Mehi Murri man (Terry Hie Hie clan, Gomeroi Nation)Dante – Young Gomeroi man, co-narrator and learnerKim – Anglo-Saxon background, long-time friend of Matthew, teacher from MoreePhil – Co-creator, occasional narrator🪶 STRUCTURE AND CONTENT BREAKDOWN Opening Invocation: The WindSpeaker: Matthew PriestleyMatthew opens the episode with a poetic reflection about the wind as the source of life and communication.He describes the wind as magic—essential, invisible, and often unacknowledged.Key idea: Breath and speech come from the wind, positioning “air” as the first teacher.Sets a meditative, spiritual tone—listeners are drawn into Country as a living force.🌀 Themes introduced:Connection to Country · Breath as life · Gratitude to unseen forces · Story as wind. Welcome and SettingSpeaker: Dante (intro narration)Dante welcomes listeners to Wirilla, acknowledging Gomeroi, Dharawal, Elouera, and Wadi Wadi lands.Introduces Matthew and the location — the ridge called Wirilla.Kim describes standing on the ridge: red gums with “red bellies,” tall and narrow.Matthew teaches that these are Yarran trees, sacred and central to story.🌿 Theme: Naming and language as a way of seeing; reclaiming Aboriginal place-names and meanings. Creation Story of Baime and the Yarran TreeNarrator: DanteA Dreaming story unfolds:Baime creates the first humans from red earth on the ridges.After a drought, one man refuses to eat a kangaroo rat, walks away, dies beside a red gum.A Yowie appears, places him inside the hollow tree, which then rises into the sky amid thunder.Two cockatoos follow it upward — their flight creates the Southern Cross.The story marks the origin of death in the world.🌌 Themes:Cosmic transformation · Origins of mortality · Sky stories as moral lessons · Animal kinship. Yarran Do and the Hidden StarSpeaker: MatthewMatthew expands on the story:The lifted tree becomes Yarran Do.Hidden within is Gameeri, “the smallest star in the universe,” invisible to the naked eye.Knowing the story helps you never get lost on Country — signs are everywhere.Ends with cockatoos shrieking (“See you later”), blending story and lived moment.✨ Themes:Knowledge as orientation · Invisible truths · Story as navigation · Spiritual continuity. Introductions and Reflections on IdentitySpeakers: Dante, Kim, MatthewDante introduces himself as Gomeroi, living on Dharawal land, learning about his ancestry through this project.Kim introduces herself as Anglo-Saxon, long-time collaborator and teacher from Moree.Raises the question: “Australians like to think everyone gets a fair go — but is that actually true?”This line bridges from ancient story to modern social reflection.🪞 Themes:Belonging · Cultural reclamation · The myth of equality in Australia · Intercultural friendship. Matthew on Pre-colonial Knowledge and BalanceSpeaker: MatthewDescribes Aboriginal people as living in “subconscious mode” — deeply attuned to Country.Speaks of thousands of years of balance: people knowing 30–40 languages by age 11, every star, plant, and animal by kinship.Presents a vision of knowledge as living ecology — not ownership but relationship.🌏 Themes:Ancient intelligence · Linguistic richness · Embodied learning · Ecology and spirituality united. The Land Before ColonisationNarrators: Dante and Kim (quoting settlers’ accounts)Introduces historical documentation:Quotes from Paul Mann (Australian Geographic, 2010) and Peter Cunningham (1827).Descriptions of Moree and the Liverpool Plains — fertile, lush black soil, ...
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      23 min
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