Black Cockatoo Story
Dharrawal-Yuin Country
Jacob Morris, Gumea-Dharrawal (Cabbage Palm People) Yuin man speaks about the special relationship between Casuarina trees, Cultural Fire and the Black Cockatoo.
Credits:
Produced by Firesticks with Vera Hong and Craig Bender / Backbone Productions.
Filmed and edited by Vera Hong and Craig Bender / Backbone Productions.
“Nowra means Black Cockatoo… Our mountain Cambewarra, is the home of his creation… If he doesn’t have that place to eat… then he starts to go away. And he’s being forced away from his own country.’’
Jacob Morris
Gumea-Dharrawal (Cabbage Palm People) Yuin man