September Friday Walk/Drive 0929

September Friday Walk/Drive 0929

When

September 29, 2023    
9:15 am - 2:00 pm
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Event Type

Six Peaks Speak: Unsettling changes in southern Dja Dja Wurrung Country

Field Trip to Mt Kooroocheang area, 29 Sept, 9.30am-2.30pm

INFORMATION

Professor Barry Golding AM, State Library Victoria Fellow, 2023

Barry Golding is researching a book about six mountains in southern Dja Dja Wurrung Country as part of a 2023 State Library Victoria Fellowship. The peaks are today known as Mounts Kooroocheang, Beckworth, Greenock, Tarrengower, Alexander & Franklin.

Barry is leading a field trip in the Kooroocheang area on Friday 29 Sept 2023 (Public Holiday, Grand Final long weekend). The event, highlighting some of the emerging findings from Barry’s SLV Fellowship organized in association the Great Dividing Trail Association (GDTA).

[NOTE: There is a separate but associated GDTA field trip in the Mount Franklin area on Saturday 30 Sept, as well as a community presentation at Daylesford Neighborhood House on Friday evening 29 Sept, 8-10pm bookings are essential for each of the 3 events]

Kooroocheang Field Trip

Registration for the Kooroocheang Field Trip is essential via link below. Numbers are limited. Non-GDTA members who register will pay $5 cash on the day to cover insurance. Registrants need to anticipate sharing transport beyond the start. We will visit several sites. A total of 4 km of easy paddock or roadside walking is involved. Dress for the predicted weather & wear sturdy boots; bring your own lunch, snacks and drinks.

  • Friday 29 Sept, 9.30am-2.30pm: Field trip in the Gurutjanga (Mount Kooroocheang) area. Meet in the hamlet of Kooroocheang.
  • Register by using the booking link below Limit 30

Barry Golding acknowledges State Library Victoria (SLV) and Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation for their support for this 2023 Fellowship

4km easydifficulty,  Walk Leader: Barry Golding.  b.golding@federation.edu.au 0427216337 

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