An Autumn evening from the balcony
Nahla’s brown fur is bathed in the soft light of late autumn. She surveys her domain, eyes alert for signs of movement.
Continue readingMemoryscoping the Bunurong Coast: A project-based PhD speculating on the intimate and complex histories of a personally significant place
Nahla’s brown fur is bathed in the soft light of late autumn. She surveys her domain, eyes alert for signs of movement.
Continue readingrun through the paddocks of Wreck Beach Farm, mobile phone in hand. Near on 132 acres of beautiful scrub on the Bunurong Coast. Need to pay attention, the ground is a little treacherous, pock-marked with hoof-prints, rabbit holes and wombat warrens.
Continue readingThis interactive story map documents a walk made by eight interested writers to retrace the lonely 1883 night walk made by Melbourne’s first elephant, Ranee, from the Port Melbourne police station to the Royal Melbourne Zoo in Parkville.
Continue readingThis work was developed on the unceded lands and waterways of the Boon wurrung and Woi Wurrung language groups of the Kulin Nations. Much of the fieldwork, including visitation, writing and documentation, was undertaken on the lands of the Bunurong/Boonwurrung people.
The Bunurong/Boonwurrung people are the first storytellers of these lands. Their sovereignty was never ceded. This is, and always will be Aboriginal Land.
I respectfully acknowledge the Ancestors and Elders, past, present and emerging.
In terms of my position as a visitor on those lands, I state my lineage and purpose. I am Rees Quilford. I am a fourth-generation settler of Welsh-Irish descent. I am a writer, communications professional and a PhD candidate with RMIT University.
I was born and currently live on Bunurong/Boonwurrung land. I try to tread lightly, understand my place and listen to what it’s telling me.