The First Peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation, which include the Wurundjeri woiwurrung people, the Traditional Owners of this land, measure change with an annual cycle of seasons marked by changes in the land, animals, water and sky. There are seven annual seasons and two non-annual seasons, fire and flood, which occur on average every 7 and 28 years.  

buath gurru (Grass Flowering season) is November. This is the time that the kangaroo grass flowers. Bats are seen flying around, as well as the male common brown butterfly. Coranderrk (Victorian Christmas bush) begins flowering. 

woiwurrung translations by Wurundjeri woman Brooke Wandin. 

IMAGE:

Stephen N

Wurundjeri people

Ochre Colours, 2020

acrylic on canvas

50 x 67 cm

This artwork was created through The Torch, a not-for-profit organisation that provides art, cultural and arts industry support to First Nations people currently in, or recently released, from Victorian prisons.