Plant Animal Relationships: Gymea Lily and Whale 2021. Story: Darren Charlwood. Recorder: Lisa Roberts. Sydney Botanical Gardens.

Plant Animal Relationships

"...When you see a Gymea fruit, it means that the whales are coming back down the coast".

Darren Charlwood

Wiradjuri man Darren Charwood tells about the Indigenous Australian plant, Gymea Lily. Darren is an artist represented by Boomalli Aboriginal Artist's Cooperative. His passion is to learn and pass on knowledge from his experience in traditional Aboriginal culture and Western science.This story is one of many stories he shares through Living Data. In 2021 Darren is a cultural guide at Sydney Botanical Gardens.

 


2023
England colonises Scotland
Black houses

2021
Land management
Water story

2021
Re-orienting
Aspirations

2021
Plant Animal
Relationships

2021
Re-connecting
through Cultural arts

2020
Estuaries
Freshwater in-flows

2020
Ocean Dance Poem
Global ocean flows

2020
Spiral into time
Ancient memory

2020
Global sea ice melting
Poles heating
2019
Ocean Health
Antarctic krill

2019
Connectivity
Love and Money
2017
Icebreaker
Science underpins spiritual connection
2017
Wake up
Despierta!!!
2008
Antarctic Albatross
Spiralling wind and ocean

 

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