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Dungang/Bila to the Garuwa - This Place

22 April 2020
Culture and cultural heritage
A head and shoulders photo of a woman with long brown hair and necklaces. In the background is water, rocks lining the water, trees and a footpath.

Gathang speaker Arly McInherny talks about the river which is so important to its custodians, the Birpai people.

Arly takes us down to the Dungang or Bila (River) to share with us one of her favourite places on Birpai Country. The dungang/ bila was a major food source supplying oysters, crab, the fish, and a part of the water cycle that starts in the balgar (mountains) and flows into the garuwa (ocean).

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