Our Generation Media together with the Brunswick Picture House will be hosting a special fundraiser screening of the award-winning documentary, Luku Ngärra: The Law of the Land in support of Save Wallum.
The local neighbourhood and community protectors have been holding a peaceful and family-friendly vigil to keep watch over Wallum country for over six weeks. An integral role is being played by various clan representatives within the Bundjalung nation who are holding ceremony before all actions – this is to ensure that all participants and visitors are coming with the right intention and energy and to open all to a deeper connection with the land.
Local Githabul representative Jarmbi says the film is deeply important for people to watch and understand what is being played out, ‘not only at Wallum, but across the whole nation and the world.’
Director of the film Sinem Saban says the film presents, from a Yolngu perspective, how this dominant system, and its enforced control over their lives, has caused chaos to their law, their culture and their connection to country. ‘But it is getting easier to see that this same domination affects all of us, the decisions around Wallum were made from the top down, and only if you have a large amount of money can you fight this beast in the courts.’
All money from the screening ticket sales will go towards supporting the protectors and their ongoing work on the ground. Luku Ngärra: The Law of the Land will screen at Brunswick Picture House on Wednesday, April 3. The evening will start at 5.30pm with drinks and food available and the film will screen from 7pm with a Q&A to follow.
Tix are available from brunswickpicturehouse.com
Be aware that most of the pictures in the “save Wallum “ campaign are of land that is not being built on , see above. The iconic glossy black cockatoo is endangered but not from this development , none of the casuarina trees that the glossies feed on will be lost.
The protest has just become a massive illegal free camp, with people trashing the land and scaring away wild life and local residents alike.
Check the facts , maps and plans before donating.
The build will go ahead and any money raised at the above event should go towards clearing up the damage done by this misguided travesty.
Oh, Jill so disappointed with your post…..I note that Bayside Brunswick Residents Association have not taken a position on the Wallum Estate….this could only come about with undue persuasion by (?). Could it be vested interests that have had such power? As for the Glossies and their feed and must include water holes are within the DA. And have learned these Glossies are not only fussy about what feed trees but also their water sources
And the hollows in the scribbly gums where they sleep that take 100s of years to form are targeted. Plus the Glossies refuse to live in the proposed nesting boxes.
Do I recall that you are the lady with a deposit on a lot at Wallum? The reason for your particular campaign then. Yes, these campers know which species are in the footprint at Wallum, we also have houses to go home to when we aren’t busy taking care of our country.
Hi Jill, I wanted to respond as someone who has spent a bit of time visiting and now supporting the community vigil to save Wallum. I know the people involved to be an organised and respectful group of committed environmentalists (including several grandmas like me), doing their best to protect a precious, ecologically intact & perfect heathland.
To address your comment of the impact the vigil has on the bush. The vigil sits on and next to the road, aside from 2-3 swags at the possum watch. No one from the vigil is camping in the bush. Only today the rainbow beeeaters landed in Wallum, on their migration north to Asia, so I think the wild life aren’t too phased.
As for the neighbours, I regularly sit at the Save Wallum tea and info stall in Bayside along with many people who live in Bayside, other neighbours drop by with food and treats and stop for a chat, or wave as they walk and drive by.
As for the environmental impact of the development itself I could go on but there’s already much information on the website and across social media.
Come down, Jill and see for yourself and explore the website to get a wider view of what’s going on.
https://www.savewallum.com/
What an amazing journey to see the local community connect to country and fight for what they believe is right – the protection of Wallum. The hectares of development footprint that will have majestic Scribbly gums and biodiverse wet heathland bulldozed and covered in fill has been identified, even by the New South Wales government, as significant ecological land that contains threatened species. Thank you to all the protectors who have bravely and tirelessly stood firm to save Wallum. We can learn so much from our first Nations people on how to live lightly on the land and respect country. I’m really looking forward to this film.