Indigenous Inspired
Aborigines have the longest continuous cultural history of any group of people on Earth. Estimates have dated this history between 50,000 and 65,000 years. The Creation or Dreaming stories, which describe the travels of the spiritual ancestors, are integral to Aboriginal spirituality. In most stories of the Dreaming, the Ancestor Spirits came to the earth in human form and as they moved through the land, they created the animals, plants, rocks and other forms of the land that we know today.
I am a child of the Dreamtime People - Part of this land, like the gnarled gumtree
I am the river, softly singing - Chanting our songs on my way to the sea
My spirit is the dust-devils - Mirages, that dance on the plain
I’m the snow, the wind and the falling rain - I’m part of the rocks and the red desert earth
Red as the blood that flows in my veins - I am eagle, crow and snake that glides
Through the rainforest that clings to the mountainside - I awakened here when the earth was new
There was emu, wombat, kangaroo - No other man of a different hue
I am this land - And this land is me
I am Australia.
Poem by Hyllus Maris.
Some of my newer necklaces are inspired by the Gunaikurnai people, the traditional owners of Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. The Brataualung people, are the traditional indigenous owners of South Gippsland...from Cape Liptrap, Tarwin, Port Albert and Wilsons Promontory...this is where I source my inspiration. Gunaikurnai people are made up of five major clans. Brabralung. Brataualung. Brayakaulung. Krauatungalung. Tatungalung.
I am a child of the Dreamtime People - Part of this land, like the gnarled gumtree
I am the river, softly singing - Chanting our songs on my way to the sea
My spirit is the dust-devils - Mirages, that dance on the plain
I’m the snow, the wind and the falling rain - I’m part of the rocks and the red desert earth
Red as the blood that flows in my veins - I am eagle, crow and snake that glides
Through the rainforest that clings to the mountainside - I awakened here when the earth was new
There was emu, wombat, kangaroo - No other man of a different hue
I am this land - And this land is me
I am Australia.
Poem by Hyllus Maris.
Some of my newer necklaces are inspired by the Gunaikurnai people, the traditional owners of Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. The Brataualung people, are the traditional indigenous owners of South Gippsland...from Cape Liptrap, Tarwin, Port Albert and Wilsons Promontory...this is where I source my inspiration. Gunaikurnai people are made up of five major clans. Brabralung. Brataualung. Brayakaulung. Krauatungalung. Tatungalung.
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Inspiration from Gariwerd & Budja Budja.
While most people know the Victorian mountain range as the Grampians, Aboriginal people have always known this place as Gariwerd.Gariwerd is a special place, a place central to the dreaming of Aboriginal people, particularly the Djab Wurrung and the Jardwadjali the traditional people of this area. Their descendents are still at Gariwerd involved in maintaining the culture and the stories of the land. Gariwerd is a very spiritual place for Aboriginal people, because of the dreaming stories and the abundance of food, water and shelter it provides. Budja Budja is the Traditional Aboriginal name for Halls Gap, the town which I visit and stay for days, for meditation, dreaming and inspiration.
In the time before time, the Great Ancestor Spirit, Bunjil, began to create the world we see around us; the mountains, the lakes, the forests and the rivers, the plains and the seas. He created all the plants and all the animals.When he had created the beautiful sandstone ranges of Gariwerd, he often took the form of Werpil the Eagle so that he could view his work. He looked over the cliffs and the mountains. He listened to the sound of water, dripping after rain and thundering over waterfalls. He watched the plants and animals grow – From moss and tiny blades of grass to tall sturdy gums; from birds that flew to animals that burrowed through the soil. Bunjil had a special place near Gariwerd. From there he could look out over the ranges.
My Indigenous Inspired pieces are created using Australian Gemstones, Stones found in Sacred Areas, Symbols representing Emu, Kangaroo, Wedge tail Eagle (Bunjil), perhaps watering holes or sacred places.
While most people know the Victorian mountain range as the Grampians, Aboriginal people have always known this place as Gariwerd.Gariwerd is a special place, a place central to the dreaming of Aboriginal people, particularly the Djab Wurrung and the Jardwadjali the traditional people of this area. Their descendents are still at Gariwerd involved in maintaining the culture and the stories of the land. Gariwerd is a very spiritual place for Aboriginal people, because of the dreaming stories and the abundance of food, water and shelter it provides. Budja Budja is the Traditional Aboriginal name for Halls Gap, the town which I visit and stay for days, for meditation, dreaming and inspiration.
In the time before time, the Great Ancestor Spirit, Bunjil, began to create the world we see around us; the mountains, the lakes, the forests and the rivers, the plains and the seas. He created all the plants and all the animals.When he had created the beautiful sandstone ranges of Gariwerd, he often took the form of Werpil the Eagle so that he could view his work. He looked over the cliffs and the mountains. He listened to the sound of water, dripping after rain and thundering over waterfalls. He watched the plants and animals grow – From moss and tiny blades of grass to tall sturdy gums; from birds that flew to animals that burrowed through the soil. Bunjil had a special place near Gariwerd. From there he could look out over the ranges.
My Indigenous Inspired pieces are created using Australian Gemstones, Stones found in Sacred Areas, Symbols representing Emu, Kangaroo, Wedge tail Eagle (Bunjil), perhaps watering holes or sacred places.
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