Dreamy

Jul 01 2024 9 ep. 13 mins 172
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A collection of mindful audio stories from the First Storytellers – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. These stories bring an age-old practice of oral storytelling into the digital space, helping people slow down and connect to Country.

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Journey to the Centre

Sep 02 2021 13 mins  
Aurora Liddle-Christie provides a thoughtful space for breathing in, aheye-angkeme, and breathing out, in this journey to their homeland in the red centre of semi-arid desert Country with eucalyptus trees, ghost gums, hills of bouldering rocks and scrubby grasslands. Focusing on breathing and letting go of tension, this Dreamy story will help you feel refreshed and rejuvenated. Aur

Living Echoes

Sep 02 2021 15 mins  
Dakota Feirer shares a journey of the living echoes of Saltwater Country. From swells and ripples of saltwater to warm kisses of winds and subtle breezes singing through gum leaf canopies. Living Echoes is a gentle, meditative story that connects water and Country. Dakota is a Bundjalung and Gumbaynggirr descendent based in Lenapehoking (New York City). His work consists of poems,

Star Dust and Tagai

Sep 02 2021 18 mins  
Ghenoa Gela shares the story of Tagai – a star warrior in her Torres Strait Islander culture who uses the Milky Way as a canoe, and the Southern Cross as a fishing spear. Connection to sky is equally as important as connection to land and sea, with the sun, moon and stardust taking you to rest, sleep and dreams, in this gentle dreamy journey. Ghenoa is an award-winning, multi-dim

Moon Holds Water

Sep 02 2021 17 mins  
Dr Romaine Moreton tells a story of fishing, cooking and eating yugeri from the beach shores of Fingal Heads, Bundjalung Country, a place of cherished childhood memories with family. In eating yugeri, Romaine reflects on the representation it has in the significance of knowledge from ancient lands, Countries and Old People.Dr Romaine Moreton is the CEO of Binung Boorigan Pty Ltd, a

Bilabang

Sep 02 2021 13 mins  
Jazz Money takes you on a reflective journey between bilabang which means pool of water in Wiradjuri, ancient skies full of ancient knowledges, connecting and caring for Country and its eternal heartbeat, and gathering seeds with baskets weaved. Jazz Money is a Wiradjuri poet and artist producing works that encompass installation, digital, performance, film and print. Their writing

Zagu

Jul 01 2024 8 mins  
Yessie Mosby tells a story from the Torres Strait about Zagu and the fireflies. The story is as old as the oldest star in the sky and Zagu is a young boy of the sea who loves to play, dance, sing and be free like a dolphin.Yessie Mosby is from Masig (Yorke Island) and belongs to the Kulkalgal people in Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait Islands and surrounding seas). Yessie is one of the #T

Buungbaa-ma-ndhu

Jul 01 2024 8 mins  
Kirli Saunders centres Gundungurra language in this story of rising like the sun, with singing, dancing, dreaming, hunting and speaking in mother tongue, before the sun sets at dawn. Kirili shares gratitude for the teachings of Aunty Velma Mulcahy and Aunty Sharyn Halls. This story was originally commissioned by Fremantle Biennale and Ngununggula, and has been extended through the

Margaret

Jul 01 2024 12 mins  
Scott Wilson shares Gooniyandi thangarndi (language) in a story inspired by Gooniyandi Riwi (Country) and his grandmother Margaret, named after the Margaret River that runs through Gooniyandi Country. She spent most of her life by the ocean and fishing in the sea. It shares a journey of someone living away from Country, but knowing that Country lives within us. Scott Wilson is a pr

Land, the Sky, the Fire and I

Jul 01 2024 9 mins  
Nayuka Gorrie shares a reflective story from interactions between the sun and moon, to stars Ancestors have seen and descendants will see; to sensory observations from the warmth of a fire built by their family, to the sounds of birds chirping, frogs croaking and insects humming.Nayuka Gorrie is a Gunai/Kurnai, Gunditjmara, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta freelance and comedy television