Track changes: Acknowledgement of Country
[Image: Layered mixed media amalgam exploring Track Changes and the iterative ever-evolving nature of my Acknowledgement of Country] [Audio: Rees
Continue readingMemoryscoping the Bunurong Coast: A project-based PhD speculating on the intimate and complex histories of a personally significant place
[Image: Layered mixed media amalgam exploring Track Changes and the iterative ever-evolving nature of my Acknowledgement of Country] [Audio: Rees
Continue readingI have vivid memories of the Bunurong/Boonwurrung midden sites at Wreck Beach from when I was a kid in (the mid-1980s). At that time, two different walking paths ran from the carpark through the scrub down to the beach.
Continue readingA speculative image/prose speculation of navigating cultural disjunctures on the Bunurong Coast.
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.