We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which

this meeting takes place, and pay respect to Elders both past and present.

VAUCLUSE HOUSE • SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER • 10AM–4PM

WHALE FESTIVAL

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PROGRAM1 BEACH PADDOCK

10.00 – 11.30am Welcome to country ceremony by Aunty Julie Freeman and Aunty Vivian

Smoking Ceremony and Whale Dreaming Ceremony by Ngaran Ngaran Cultural Awareness

Nangmbi Muryira performed by Djaadjawan Dancers

THE ESTATE

2 CARRIAGE LOOP11.30am – 3pm Fred’s Cultural Cook Up

11.30am – 3pm Galambin and Orca invite kids to learn about whales

3 COURTYARD11.30am – 3pm What is a Midden?

4 KITCHEN11.30am, 1pm, 2.30pm Harbour Foodways with Jacqui Newling. Limit 40 people per group

5 VAUCLUSE HOUSE WHALE TOURS12pm, 1.30pm, 3pm Guided house tours. Register at the welcome desk. Limit 20 people per tour

GRAB A BITE TO EAT FROM THE FOOD TRUCKS AND COFFEE CART

6 CARRIAGE LOOP10am-4pm: Fred’s Bush Tucker

10am-4pm: The Crepe and Coffee Co.

10am-4pm: Koffee Clan

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Carved thousands of years ago into the landscape of the Vaucluse Estate are a range of ceremonial engravings depicting the southern migration of whales. These engravings not only tell a unique story about Aboriginal connections to Country but in recent times a story of cultural change as colonial occupation isolated these ceremonial places from Gadigal.

WHALE FESTIVAL

The annual Whale Festival encourages you to participate in a journey fostering relationships between Gadigal and Sydney Living Museums to preserve, interpret and share this heritage.

The annual migration of Gawura, the Eora word for whale, signifies revitalisation and the birth of a new generation as

the whales return to Guru, the deep waters of the southern seas. As part of the Sydney Living Museum’s Aboriginal Cultural Calendar, the Whale Festival hopes to reconnect country and people and reveal the enduring Aboriginal narratives of the Vaucluse Estate.

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Welcome desk Gold Coin entry

First aid

Toilets

BEACH PADDOCK

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PARKING

CARRIAGE LOOP

KITCHEN GARDEN

COURTYARD

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