Rueben Berg, Gunditjmara, shares the deep connection to the environment and to the land shown by his ancestors and passed down to First Peoples through the generations
“Our ancestors worked out you don't need the whole tree. If you wanted a canoe one choice is you could go and chop down a tree and you could make a canoe, but then there is no more tree left. You can just take off this single sheet of bark, make a canoe and the tree will still get to live. The Scar Trees are a powerful reminder of that connection we have to the land and that is why they are such a critical element of our heritage to be protecting.”
Rueben Berg, Gunditjmara, shares the deep connection to the environment and to the land shown by his ancestors and passed down to First Peoples through the generations.
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