NORTH RICHMOND AUDIO WALK : 11 Stories from the River Dyarubbin

Listen: to stories of Dyarubbin / The Hawkesbury River at North Richmond and original music and song they have inspired as you walk along the river at Hanna and Hawkesbury Parks, Beaumont Ave, North Richmond, NSW, Australia ...or from the comfort of wherever you are. North Richmond takes it's name from Richmond Hill, sitting just above the river, a significant place for the Burubiranggal / Dharug people, who cultivated yams, made fishing line and rope from the nearby Kurrajong and cloaks from Possum skin in the area. Dharug traditional owner Dom Wilkins is our guide as we hear stories of how the Dharug first welcomed the colonisers, before the impact of farming along the river led to frontier violence on the Marrang Ngurra / Richmond floodplain. We hear of the endurance of Dharug culture, changes to the landscape through flooding, the 80-100 year flood cycle, bridges and river crossings, riverbank erosion and bush regeneration, farming, the ecology of the river and its catchment, the North Richmond off-river water supply, the Kurrajong railway line, boat building, swimming and sand mining. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised this audio walk contains stories of historical violence, Aboriginal people now resting in the Dreaming and the voice of a recently departed Dharug community elder. DIRECTIONS: The walk begins at the Hanna Park carpark, Beaumont Ave, North Richmond. We'll walk down the path to the jetty, then head south under the bridge, following the path as it becomes a track to the end of Hawkesbury park near Keda Circuit, then return under the bridge to Hanna Park and walk along the river bank beyond where we started to the end of the park before returning to the starting point.

Headphones recommended. GUSETS: (in order of appearance) Erin Wilkins, Dharug educator Grace Karskens, Emeritus Professor of History at UNSW and author of “People of the River" Jan Barkley-Jack, Historian and author of "Hawkesbury Settlement Revealed” Martin Gauci, Community Bushcare Officer, Hawkesbury City Council Jeff Cottrell & Fred Wood, Bush regenerators Tom Hubble, Associate Professor of Geology, University of Sydney Tom Covell, Ecologist, Hooked on Nature Lachlan Joyner, Manager North Richmond Water Filtration Plant, Sydney Water Bob Power, North Richmond Orange farmer (from an archival interview recorded in 1984 for the On the Record Project, Courtesy of Hawkesbury Voices, Hawkesbury Library Service.OTR) Jasmine Seymour, Dharug artist, writer and educator Aunty Edna Watson, and the late Uncle Allan Watson, Dharug elders Lawrie Duffy, Grose Vale local (OTR.) Kevin Burns, Riverstone local (OTR) Ted Books, Hawkesbury local, former Hawkesbury Councillor Ian Wright, Associate Professor Water Science, Western Sydney University Children form Hawkesbury Independent School, years 3,4,5 & 6, 2019 Narrated by Dom Wilkins, Dharug Traditional Owner, additional narrative, Oonagh Sherrard MUSIC: 11 Stories from the River Dyraubbin' © Oonagh Sherrard, with Dharug songs © Jasmine Seymour and © Stacy-Jane Etal and musicians: Dimitri Vouros, Gary Daley, Jess Ciampa and Oonagh Sherrard

ARTWORK:

Marri Badu Muru (Big Water Path) © Leanne Mulgo Watson 2022 ABOUT: 11 Stories From the River Dyarubbin is 11 audio walks along Dyarubbin - stories of the rivers history, ecology, geology & people at the places they happened. A collaborative public art work led by composer/ producer Oonagh Sherrard with Hawkesbury Regional Museum, Dharug Custodian Aboriginal Corporation, WSU Sustainable Futures and Hawkesbury Historical Society. Created with support from the NSW Government through Create NSW, Museums and Galleries NSW and assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its Arts funding and advisory body. FURTHER INFORMATION: ⁠https://www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au/museum/historical-walks/11-stories-from-the-river-dyarubbin⁠

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