2. Garminungeena, Jenny Thompson – Part 1 – “It’s Time”
Release Date: 04/24/2018
Songlines of Australia
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Ever felt a strong urge to ‘go bush’, hit the surf, climb a mountain, or just sit by a river?
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Over 35 years ago, Dr John Bradley took up a teaching position at Borroloola in the Northern Territory, at a time when Yanyuwa children were flogged for speaking their own language at school. Defying policy, John encouraged his pupils to speak in their native tongue and he, in turn, gradually learned the Yanyuwa language from Elders in the community.
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Garminungeena, Jenny Thompson, talks about the importance and sacredness of song in Aboriginal culture.
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In this part 2 (of 4), Garminungeena, Jenny Thompson, tells us about the land acquisition for the Nungeena Aboriginal Corporation, and talks about the importance of women’s business and family.
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Respected Aboriginal Elder, Garminuneenga, Jenny Thompson, descends from the Wakka Wakka people belonging to the Kabi Kabi language group in Queensland.
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In this incredible first episode, Dr Lynne Kelly discusses how oral (non-literate) societies used songs, stories and other memory aids to pass down vast amounts of knowledge necessary for the survival of their culture over many millennia.
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Garminungeena, an ordained Anglican Deacon and accomplished academic, is a spiritual healer and medical intuitive, using these methods in her counselling practice working with grief and loss, anger management, mental health, emotional release and play therapy. For over 20 years, Garminungeena has conducted workshops and seminars in Indigenous cultural and spiritual methods of healing and connection.
In Part 1 of this podcast episode, Garminungeena:
- discusses the difference between ‘welcome to Country’ and ‘acknowledgement of Country’;
- talks about traditional language, giving very amusing examples of the origins of some local place names; and
- tells us that now “it’s time”.