So Broken Hill mine appears set to close. So be it. Barkindji never worked there anyway.
We sadly don't really know We know that our family was a part of Barkindji at one point but we don't know the specifics because it was never written down and by the time our family weren't ashamed of being Blak, we'd already lost so much knowledge
@surreallamb.bsky.social what part of Barkindji Country family at?
An example of the powerful connection between dingoes and many First Nations peoples theconversation.com/barkindji-cu...
The bones of the animal were found eroding from the ground. After careful analysis, it will be reburied on Country.
A little bit of Barkindji Culture and connection for everyone This is what the conservative deadbeats want to ignore on Existence and Humanity within this nation. #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBetheconversation.com/barkindji-cu...
“It was certainly unfortunate to name such a beautiful bird after a mass killer. In 1836, at the euphemistically named Mount Dispersion, Mitchell encountered the Indigenous Kureinji and Barkindji people on the banks of the Murray River.”
This beautiful bird’s former name represented colonial dominance – and told us nothing about the species
I'm also queer (transgender, lesbian, non-binary, and bisexual to be specific), neurodivergent (autistic, ADHD, CPTSD, and possibly BPD), and Aboriginal/Indigenous/Blak (Wiradjuri + Barkindji mob on stolen Eora + Dharawal land). Pronouns are she/her and it/its.