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Another is: what are the safety implications of living in Australia in 50 years, if climate change is not mitigated? As I head across Melbourne’s West Gate Bridge, I am driving in one of 12 lanes. In the short term, those roads will get some Victorians to their destination more quickly and efficiently. In May the MRPV announced “an agreement with the Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation on which critical trees should be retained”. Vic Roads plan to create a 4 Lane Highway. The Minister said she was "not satisfied" that the remaining tree was "a significant Aboriginal object" because of divided opinion on the matter in the community. One place this led me was the “Victorian State of the Environment Report 2018”. We’ve lost millions of the river reds, most recently due to the combination of drought and the mismanagement of the Murray–Darling Basin. Ms Thorpe said an urgent legal challenge had been lodged against any further fellings. Protesters, some who have been camping at … He was denied bail and finally released without a fine on May 27 after pleading guilty in the Ararat Magistrates’ Court. and you have never logged in, you may need

Three thousand trees, let alone 260 sacred trees, is a critical loss. by The state government describes the Western Highway as “one of Victoria’s key trade routes, providing a link between the region’s primary producers with Melbourne’s domestic and export markets”. Djab Wurrung people believe the “grandmother” and “grandfather” trees are now at risk. These beautiful trees include an 800 year old tree that has seen over 50 generations born inside of a hollow in her trunk and a 350 year old directions tree that has been shaped and resembles a Woman. A blockade and embassy to protect this sacred cultural heritage has been set up to stop the planned removal of 3000 trees, including 260 large old growth trees. On #DjabWurrung country, 180 years on, not much has changed.#WhiteAustralia policy being enforced by the @DanielAndrewsMP government. They’re using brute force to forcibly remove us.” It turned out to be a prescient observation. 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The group of sacred trees is in the path of a $157 million highway duplication between Buangor and Ararat — and yesterday, VicRoads and police evicted Djab Wurrung people living in the country attempting to protect ancient trees, and cut down the directions tree while Melbourne celebrated. It is completely sinister. A Victorian Government spokeswoman said the Government welcomed the Federal Minister's decision. Sacred birthing trees on Djap Wurrung country need protecting. Let’s consider the Birthing Tree in that context. The unfinished road has been delayed by legal battles, bureaucratic mistakes, and a long-running protest from a group known as the Djab Wurrung Heritage Protection Embassy whose membership includes traditional owners. In the latest challenge, the group called for Commonwealth protection for six trees regarded to have "immeasurable historic, social, and cultural value". Will our children ever know these beautiful trees or what existed under that sealed tar? These trees, hundreds of years old, include birthing trees that have hosted the delivery of an estimated 10,000 Djab Wurrung babies, with ties to 56 family groups. That’s good if, say, it’s on the biodiversity increase of a particular region. She’s devastated.”. It is what connects us to the beginning of time, back to our spirit ancestors, our creators. It is an old-growth river red gum that is up to 800 years old. When discussing the case in public, the MRPV talks a lot about safety issues. What other countries would honour such destruction of sacred and essential land? There are variously disputed figures for the number of people killed and injured on this stretch of road. “If it’d been the local church or the MCG, the Shrine of Remembrance, those places have been there for what, 100 years? Once past Beaufort, heading towards Buangor, I am on the recently built stretch of road known as Section 2a of the Western Highway Project. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. 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"It … Seedlings lasting to maturity rarer still. The state government says it is “committed to working with Aboriginal Victorians towards Australia’s first treaty” but its actions indicate that it is more committed to working with Aboriginal Victorians who don’t get in the way. Just how silent does the PM want Australians to be? Kira Djnalie, Music #SpringSt @roadprojectsvic @vicroads @LilyDAmbrosioMP @lidia__thorpe pic.twitter.com/a5DcSoYPWZ, — Thomas Parkes (@_thomasparkes) October 26, 2020. This world view was highlighted by the outpouring of grief when Notre Dame was engulfed by fire. The land there is pregnant with life… How possibly can 50 generations and 800-year-old trees be taken away to save three minutes in traffic? In short, the state of Victoria’s environmental health is poor and, despite much good work, the tools used to manage it are ineffective. Instead, minor modifications were made to save two of the sacred trees. by Could I attempt my own data visualisation?

Some government critics link the destruction of the sacred sites to other genocides seen around the globe. “It’s where we go to worship our country and talk and connect to our ancestors. “We’ve tried to negotiate a way forward and we’re being treated as troublesome protestors but we’re land defenders,” she said. “My mother has put in an injunction to the Supreme Court. Instead the Vic government has sent in riot cops and is trying to destroy the remaining trees before current lockdown restrictions end tonight. You can subscribe and receive full digital access on the website, and via the iPhone and iPad apps.Subscriptions start from $44.95. I am a Djap Wurrung person through my grandmother Sandra Onus … These trees are Djap Wurrung people’s inheritance.” Gorrie continues: [Settlers] can’t understand what it means to be able to connect the blood coursing through your body to ancestors’ blood soaked in ancient soil and ancient trees. One of the Djab Wurrung Embassy camp’s leaders, D.T. Based on that agreement reached in 2019, the Minister found, an exclusion zone will be established "around each relevant tree", and: "… the trees will be retained, with planned works and permanent structures being diverted away from them at biologically meaningful distance to ensure their ongoing survival and health". I notice more remnant vegetation. And it’s violence being perpetrated against us as First Nations people. Sophie Cunningham is the author of five books, the most recent of which is City of Trees: Essays on Life, Death and the Need for a Forest. All this devastation is in the name of cutting 3 minutes off the existing highways travel time. The Victorian government is facing heavy criticism for destroying the directions tree, a sacred Djab Wurrung cultural artifact, at almost the exact same time as lifting coronavirus restrictions. To our People, the land is our means of survival. Protesters have long camped at the Victoria site to protect cultural plants, including those where Djab Wurrung women have historically gone to give birth. We sit in gratitude for the people using their voices, speaking out with their grief and hope for the sacred Djab Wurrung lands, to those people who are holding their hope and their hearts right up to the moment when nothing can be changed, beyond redemption. But you don't have to stop here.Subscribe to the Monthly and enjoy full digital access. Would a knot convey the situation better than arrows? by How is Clive Palmer maintaining his political influence? It goes for 700 pages, and includes data visualisations in the form of arrows pointing upwards, which might indicate that something is increasing.

More than 260 Djap Wurrung trees in western Victoria are due to be bulldozed to make way for a 12km duplication of the Western Highway. She also acknowledged that three of the trees were "culturally modified scarred trees" that were "culturally significant". What I made my business was the proposed destruction of close to 3000 trees, which vary from saplings to veterans – including the sacred trees – in the building of this section of highway. There was a cheaper alternative route that would have save these sacred trees. It’s no easy task but we know it must be done.

Our dreaming is our story. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. One thing the settler state did was use the wood of the river red gums for railway sleepers as the rail network grew from 410 to 7650 kilometres by the end of the 19th century. by

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