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Your guide to Gathang - This Place

26 February 2020
Culture and Capability
A woman with long greying hair and wearing a purple and blue shirt with Aboriginal designs stands next to a walkway in a forest.

Learn the names of a few animals, trees and places in the language of Gathang.

For thousands of years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have been naming places that were sacred or important to them.

This video is part of an ABC produced series named This Place. It tells the story behind one of these special places:

Did you know the local Aboriginal language in Port Macquarie is Gathang? Here’s how to name some of the local animals and trees and say a few phrases in the language of the local Birpai people.

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For more information, visit This Place.