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Is The Impact Of The Wurundjeri Willum Culture On Aboriginal

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My research on Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Communities, led me to my local Council, the City of Whittlesea, as I am not currently working or started my work-placement. The City of Whittlesea recognises the rich Aboriginal heritage of Australia and acknowledges the Wurundjeri Willum people as the traditional owners. Before European settlement, the Aboriginal people of the Wurundjeri Willum lived on the land that now forms the City of Whittlesea and the northern suburbs of Melbourne. There are currently between 1000 and 1500 Wurundjeri Willum people living in Victoria. (Our Aboriginal history – Wurundjeri story, 2016). The Wurundjeri Willum people are part of the Wurundjeri language group, and speak the Woi wurrung language. The Wurundjeri Willum people travelled the area in search of resources, fresh water, food and shelter (Our Aboriginal history - Wurundjeri, 2016). The moment Europeans arrived in the area, they began changing the land to suit the European way of life (Aboriginal History of Yarra, 2016). Colonisation had a devastating impact on the Indigenous people who had lived on this land for over 60,000 years, where they had developed their own culture and traditions, and adapted to their own way of life. The most immediate consequences of colonisation was a wave of epidemic …show more content…

For one thing, it all started with the Aboriginal people welcoming strangers onto their land and into their homes. The strangers never left and instead they took over their lives, and their land. They introduced their own traditions and set of values and disrespected the cultures, traditions and values which had been shared by the Aboriginal people all these years. The Aboriginal people were abused by these intruders physically, sexually and financially and they spread disease into and throughout the Aboriginal Communities (Australians

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