January 26th

January 26, 2019 3 Comments

January 26th is a day the majority of us living in mainstream Australia have grown up knowing as Australia Day, a day to celebrate this land being discovered by Captain Cook and it's beginning of colonialisation. For many it's just another excuse to party and the deeper meaning behind this day goes forgotten in personal satisfaction.

Planet Corroboree 15 years strong!

August 15, 2017 4 Comments

We opened our doors way back in 2002 when these young Bundjalung men Yarbirri and Kowunduh were just 2 and 3.

Our Generation

September 28, 2016

Two very dedicated and amazing friends of Planet Corroboree, Sinem Saban and Damien Curtis spent 3 years filming “Our Generation” Documentary, an independent documentary film, that looks at the current state of Indigenous relations in Australia, home to the oldest living culture in the world.

We Are Water Spirit

September 28, 2016

“Out of Australian dreamtime, a modern day Aboriginal Elder shares ancient stories of who we really are.

Cabbage Tree Island

September 28, 2016

Living in this beautiful part of the Northern Rivers its fascinating to find out more about the local Indigenous mob and what life was like for them in the early 1900’s.

The Dreaming

September 28, 2016

People in every corner of the world and through every era of time have wondered much about the mysteries of life.

Tribal Aboriginal people in their many, separate groups, found answers and guidance in the intricate, in-depth, varied and creative teachings which came form their Dreaming.

The Arakwal People

September 28, 2016

Bush Tucker

September 28, 2016 1 Comment

The first people of this land and their understanding of Indigenous plants goes way beyond just knowing what is edible. They used plants for tools, weapons, and for medicine and healing. They understood the seasons and the life cycle of plants and animals and the effect that had on their own survival.

Why did the first people of this land happily remain as they were for thousands of years?

September 28, 2016

People often ask why is it that food production, pottery, metallurgy, architecture or towns did not develop in prehistoric Australia?

Gumma Garra – Scarred Tree

September 28, 2016

At Evans Head, a scarred tree stands. A tallow wood, its bark was removed by the local Indigenous mob to make a small canoe or repair a canoe. There are two stories attached to this site.

The First is that the bark was removed by young boys being trained in canoe-making and bark removal. The actual scar would have been much larger if the boys had been making a full size canoe to seat two men.

Honouring Mothers

September 28, 2016

Today is Mothers Day. Feeling to tune into the many wonders that woman is,….this morning first thing i do is head to book self here in Planet Corroboree where i know i will find something special to honour mothers. Intuitively i am drawn to the book “Men’s business, Women’s business”, and open it to find perfectly what im seeking…and i’m warmed in my heart that it also beautifully honours the man in his way of support in the birth of his child. This is so powerful!

The Three Brothers

September 28, 2016 1 Comment

These boys, Kowunduh and Yarbirri are part of the next generation of proud indigenous men. For them, even their names will always take them back to their culture and the significant ancestors they were named after.

In pre-colonial times, Bundjalung country encompassed some of the richest hunting and fishing grounds anywhere on the continent. According to the oral traditions of the Bundjalung, these areas were first settled by the Three Brothers and their descendants.