Jasper Cohen-Hunter
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Jasper Cohen-Hunter
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Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Gulinj | BPU
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You read my mind. Already do! Or any native bird flying over/call as well.
March 30, 2025 at 3:19 AM
One interesting feature of this is Tindale referring to a specific area as "Kurung" which are now understood to be Woi-wurrung. But he gave them an autonomous tribal status from early documentation. My grandpa's maps also had this. None of this was self-determining of course.
March 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Unfortunately Bluesky has scaled down the original image but it's hi-res on Reddit.

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From the MapPorn community on Reddit: This is the Tindale Map (1974) which shows 250 different languages and dialects of the Aboriginal Peoples on the Australian Mainland. It took Norman Tindale 50 ye...
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March 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I feel like this image I've been able to find isn't a complete map and for some reason has cropped lutruwita out, as the border and key have been cut off on this copy.
March 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Today I came along to the Treaty Forum for Traditional Owners wearing two hats, as a Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung custodian and as secretary of the BPU.

Please see our statement on Treaty below.

www.blackpeoplesunion.org/treaty
Treaty? — Black Peoples Union
www.blackpeoplesunion.org
February 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM