	{"id":57448,"date":"2022-08-26T04:00:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T18:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/?p=57448"},"modified":"2022-08-24T09:08:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T23:08:32","slug":"warri-artwork-to-symbolise-partnership-between-barwon-coast-and-wadawurrung-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/warri-artwork-to-symbolise-partnership-between-barwon-coast-and-wadawurrung-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Warri artwork to symbolise partnership between Barwon Coast and Wadawurrung People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BELLARINE locals will soon be able to enjoy a newly created artwork titled \u2018Warri\u2019, which celebrates the partnership between the Barwon Coast body and the Wadawurrung People.<\/p>\n<p>The new stunning canvas artwork titled \u2018Warri\u2019, meaning saltwater in Wadawurrung language, is produced by Wadawurrung man Billy-jay O\u2019Toole and celebrates and better explains the significance of first nations culture on the Bellarine.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mr O\u2019Toole, the design celebrates the work Barwon Coast does towards celebrating culture on country, while connecting, protecting, and understanding the native environment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57453\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57453\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-57453\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/Square-Canvas_low-res.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Warri&#8217; is designed by Wadawurrung man Billy-jay O&#8217;Toole. Photo: SUPPLIED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Warri artwork includes sand dunes that hold thousands of years of history of Wadawurrung people, it also explores the waterways that Barwon Coast manage by representing the saltwater and coastal ocean with bottle nose dolphins, sharks and whales in order to symbolize some of the larger species that live in our region.<\/p>\n<p>The waterway also includes eels and other fish which connote the various food sources that were provided to Wadawurrung people for generations and generations.<\/p>\n<p>Barwon Coast\u2019s office is also symbolised in the piece, with the different coloured dots representing the various soils that underly the area, while footprints also accompany the artwork, showing the path that First Nations people have followed on country for thousands of years.<\/p>\n<p>Many hands are represented on the artwork to note that many hands go into protecting the natural environment, including those of Barwon Coast, the Wadawurrung people and the wider community.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57451\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57451\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-57451 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/ffdd_87033-1-640x320.jpeg?_t=1661148623\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57451\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wadawurrung man Billy-jay O&#8217;Toole on the beach during filming of the promotion video for the artwork. Photo: SUPPLIED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation (WTOAC) Healthy Country Project Officer, Sarah Eccles, said the relationship with Barwon Coast is guided by Paleert Tjaara Dja \u2013 Let\u2019s make Country good together 2020\u20132030 \u2013 Wadawurrung Country Plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want locals living in and people visiting Ocean Grove, Barwon Heads or Breamlea to understand they are on Wadawurrung Dja (Country),\u201d Ms Eccles said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo share our cultural values and connections and how we continue to Gobata Dja \u2013taking care of the coast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur work with Barwon Coast over the next few years will see this strengthened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barwon Coast Committee of Management Chair, Sandra Gatehouse, said Barwon Coast is committed to meaningfully involve Wadawurrung people and utilize the knowledge and advice they share.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur key strategic document, the Coastal and Marine Management Plan 2020-2025 very clearly states that we are committed to this partnership,\u201d Ms Gatehouse said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are now meeting regularly with the Wadawurrung People and have a number of current year projects guided by this relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Warri\u2019 is currently on display in the Barwon Coast Office at 7 Ewing Blyth Drive, Barwon Heads, and will eventually be displayed at the Barwon Estuary Heritage Centre on Jetty Road in Barwon Heads.<\/p>\n<p>Barwon Coast and Traditional Owners look forward to working alongside each other in caring for the coastal environment for many years to come.<\/p>\n<p>A powerful short video produced by Ocean Grove-based filmmaker Jarrod Boord of Streamline Media explains and showcases the artwork and the partnership.<\/p>\n<p>The video can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/SxOjz8-cd5A\"><strong>youtu.be\/SxOjz8-cd5A<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY NATHAN RIVALLANDBELLARINE locals will soon be able to enjoy a newly created artwork titled \u2018Warri\u2019, which celebrates the partnership between the Barwon Coast body and the Wadawurrung People.The new stunning canvas artwork titled \u2018Warri\u2019, meaning saltwater in Wadawurrung language, is produced by Wadawurrung man Billy-jay O\u2019Toole and celebrates and better explains the significance of first nations culture on the Bellarine.According to Mr O\u2019Toole, the design celebrates the work Barwon Coast does towards celebrating culture on country, while connecting, protecting, and understanding the native environment.The Warri artwork includes sand dunes that hold thousands of years of history of Wadawurrung people, it also explores the waterways that Barwon Coast manage by representing the saltwater and coastal ocean with bottle nose dolphins, sharks and whales in order to symbolize some of the larger species that live in our region.The waterway also includes eels and other fish which connote the various food sources that were provided to Wadawurrung people for generations and generations. Barwon Coast\u2019s office is also symbolised in the piece, with the different coloured dots representing the various soils that underly the area, while footprints also accompany the artwork, showing the path that First Nations people have followed on country for thousands of years.Many hands are represented on the artwork to note that many hands go into protecting the natural environment, including those of Barwon Coast, the Wadawurrung people and the wider community.Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation (WTOAC) Healthy Country Project Officer, Sarah Eccles, said the relationship with Barwon Coast is guided by Paleert Tjaara Dja \u2013 Let\u2019s make Country good together 2020\u20132030 \u2013 Wadawurrung Country Plan.\u201cWe want locals living in and people visiting Ocean Grove, Barwon Heads or Breamlea to understand they are on Wadawurrung Dja (Country),\u201d Ms Eccles said.\u201cTo share our cultural values and connections and how we continue to Gobata Dja \u2013taking care of the coast.\u201cOur work with Barwon Coast over the next few years will see this strengthened.\u201dBarwon Coast Committee of Management Chair, Sandra Gatehouse, said Barwon Coast is committed to meaningfully involve Wadawurrung people and utilize the knowledge and advice they share.\u201cOur key strategic document, the Coastal and Marine Management Plan 2020-2025 very clearly states that we are committed to this partnership,\u201d Ms Gatehouse said.\u201cWe are now meeting regularly with the Wadawurrung People and have a number of current year projects guided by this relationship.\u201d\u2018Warri\u2019 is currently on display in the Barwon Coast Office at 7 Ewing Blyth Drive, Barwon Heads, and will eventually be displayed at the Barwon Estuary Heritage Centre on Jetty Road in Barwon Heads.Barwon Coast and Traditional Owners look forward to working alongside each other in caring for the coastal environment for many years to come.A powerful short video produced by Ocean Grove-based filmmaker Jarrod Boord of Streamline Media explains and showcases the artwork and the partnership.The video can be found at youtu.be\/SxOjz8-cd5A  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/warri-artwork-to-symbolise-partnership-between-barwon-coast-and-wadawurrung-people\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":57454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-57448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Warri artwork to symbolise partnership between Barwon Coast and Wadawurrung People - Bellarine Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/warri-artwork-to-symbolise-partnership-between-barwon-coast-and-wadawurrung-people\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Warri artwork to symbolise partnership between Barwon Coast and Wadawurrung People - Bellarine Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BY NATHAN RIVALLANDBELLARINE locals will soon be able to enjoy a newly created artwork titled \u2018Warri\u2019, which celebrates the partnership between the Barwon Coast body and the Wadawurrung People.The new stunning canvas artwork titled \u2018Warri\u2019, meaning saltwater in Wadawurrung language, is produced by Wadawurrung man Billy-jay O\u2019Toole and celebrates and better explains the significance of first nations culture on the Bellarine.According to Mr O\u2019Toole, the design celebrates the work Barwon Coast does towards celebrating culture on country, while connecting, protecting, and understanding the native environment.The Warri artwork includes sand dunes that hold thousands of years of history of Wadawurrung people, it also explores the waterways that Barwon Coast manage by representing the saltwater and coastal ocean with bottle nose dolphins, sharks and whales in order to symbolize some of the larger species that live in our region.The waterway also includes eels and other fish which connote the various food sources that were provided to Wadawurrung people for generations and generations. Barwon Coast\u2019s office is also symbolised in the piece, with the different coloured dots representing the various soils that underly the area, while footprints also accompany the artwork, showing the path that First Nations people have followed on country for thousands of years.Many hands are represented on the artwork to note that many hands go into protecting the natural environment, including those of Barwon Coast, the Wadawurrung people and the wider community.Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation (WTOAC) Healthy Country Project Officer, Sarah Eccles, said the relationship with Barwon Coast is guided by Paleert Tjaara Dja \u2013 Let\u2019s make Country good together 2020\u20132030 \u2013 Wadawurrung Country Plan.\u201cWe want locals living in and people visiting Ocean Grove, Barwon Heads or Breamlea to understand they are on Wadawurrung Dja (Country),\u201d Ms Eccles said.\u201cTo share our cultural values and connections and how we continue to Gobata Dja 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Barwon Coast\u2019s office is also symbolised in the piece, with the different coloured dots representing the various soils that underly the area, while footprints also accompany the artwork, showing the path that First Nations people have followed on country for thousands of years.Many hands are represented on the artwork to note that many hands go into protecting the natural environment, including those of Barwon Coast, the Wadawurrung people and the wider community.Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation (WTOAC) Healthy Country Project Officer, Sarah Eccles, said the relationship with Barwon Coast is guided by Paleert Tjaara Dja \u2013 Let\u2019s make Country good together 2020\u20132030 \u2013 Wadawurrung Country Plan.\u201cWe want locals living in and people visiting Ocean Grove, Barwon Heads or Breamlea to understand they are on Wadawurrung Dja (Country),\u201d Ms Eccles said.\u201cTo share our cultural values and connections and how we continue to Gobata Dja \u2013taking care of the coast.\u201cOur work with Barwon Coast over the next few years will see this strengthened.\u201dBarwon Coast Committee of Management Chair, Sandra Gatehouse, said Barwon Coast is committed to meaningfully involve Wadawurrung people and utilize the knowledge and advice they share.\u201cOur key strategic document, the Coastal and Marine Management Plan 2020-2025 very clearly states that we are committed to this partnership,\u201d Ms Gatehouse said.\u201cWe are now meeting regularly with the Wadawurrung People and have a number of current year projects guided by this relationship.\u201d\u2018Warri\u2019 is currently on display in the Barwon Coast Office at 7 Ewing Blyth Drive, Barwon Heads, and will eventually be displayed at the Barwon Estuary Heritage Centre on Jetty Road in Barwon Heads.Barwon Coast and Traditional Owners look forward to working alongside each other in caring for the coastal environment for many years to come.A powerful short video produced by Ocean Grove-based filmmaker Jarrod Boord of Streamline Media explains and showcases the artwork and the partnership.The video can be found at youtu.be\/SxOjz8-cd5A [...]Read More...","og_url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/warri-artwork-to-symbolise-partnership-between-barwon-coast-and-wadawurrung-people\/","og_site_name":"Bellarine Times","article_published_time":"2022-08-25T18:00:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/Untitled-design-2022-08-22T163632.429.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Nathan Rivalland","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nathan Rivalland","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/warri-artwork-to-symbolise-partnership-between-barwon-coast-and-wadawurrung-people\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/warri-artwork-to-symbolise-partnership-between-barwon-coast-and-wadawurrung-people\/"},"author":{"name":"Nathan Rivalland","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/#\/schema\/person\/bf7cb8dfe63a187785b4e65994914833"},"headline":"Warri artwork to symbolise partnership between Barwon Coast and Wadawurrung People","datePublished":"2022-08-25T18:00:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/warri-artwork-to-symbolise-partnership-between-barwon-coast-and-wadawurrung-people\/"},"wordCount":545,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/warri-artwork-to-symbolise-partnership-between-barwon-coast-and-wadawurrung-people\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/Untitled-design-2022-08-22T163632.429.png","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/warri-artwork-to-symbolise-partnership-between-barwon-coast-and-wadawurrung-people\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/warri-artwork-to-symbolise-partnership-between-barwon-coast-and-wadawurrung-people\/","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/warri-artwork-to-symbolise-partnership-between-barwon-coast-and-wadawurrung-people\/","name":"Warri artwork to symbolise partnership between Barwon Coast and Wadawurrung People - 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