{"id":10538,"date":"2022-06-28T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T22:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themooraboolnews.com.au\/?p=10538"},"modified":"2024-02-03T00:10:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T13:10:52","slug":"a-sign-of-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/a-sign-of-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"A sign of culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Lachlan Ellis<\/p>\n

Eye-catching indigenous artwork has been established at Lal Lal Reservoir, as part of a new focus to commission Traditional Owner artwork at some of the state\u2019s water catchments.<\/p>\n

Wadawurrung man Billy-Jay O\u2019Toole is the artist responsible for the vibrant new signage at Lal Lal, and said it represents the land and the Lal Lal Falls, which lies on Wadawurrung Country and is culturally significant to the Wadawurrung People and the Peoples of the Kulin Nation.<\/p>\n

It is a place of story relating to Bunjil the eagle, a creator deity and culture hero of the Kulin Nation, and one of two \u2018moiety ancestors\u2019, the other being Waang the crow.<\/p>\n

To read the full story – Simply click on the following link and flip through to page number 3<\/p>\n

https:\/\/issuu.com\/themooraboolnews\/docs\/mn_2022-06-28\/3<\/a><\/p>\n

in the 28 June edition
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By Lachlan Ellis Eye-catching indigenous artwork has been established at Lal Lal Reservoir, as part of a new focus to commission Traditional Owner artwork at some of the state\u2019s water catchments. Wadawurrung man Billy-Jay O\u2019Toole is the artist responsible for the vibrant new signage at Lal Lal, and said it represents the land and the […]<\/p>\n

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