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Walking with Kaurna through the city of Adelaide

This two-hour event includes workshops focussed on three significant Kaurna sites in the CBD and is specifically designed to develop an understanding of the city as Kaurna land.

Each workshop is built around the historical significance of each site and includes truth telling and the Cultural relevance of each location to Kaurna.

The workshops begin in Tarntanyangga Kaurna Yerta (Victoria Square), a traditional meeting place, with attention drawn to the significance of the meeting place and the Aboriginal flag.

The second stop, Pirltawardli (possum house), is the site of the first European school for Kaurna children. Here the focus is on the importance of language (and loss of language), the beginning of practices that led to the removal of children - The Stolen Generations, and also the role of the first goal close by.

The third stop is Pinky Flat on Karrawirra Parri, Redgum Forest River (Torrens River) where life along the parri (river) is revisited through oral histories and paintings. The effect of colonisation on Kaurna life here is starkly evident through these primary sources.

For children (and older students) traditional Aboriginal hunting games are then played, grinding of grain experienced as well as other activities.

This workshop is generally now conducted from one site, either Pirltawardli or Pinky Flat