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WELCOME TO COUNTRY I believe this page should have a welcome to country written or spoken by one of the local Elders.

LOGO This site could include a logo and again this should be designed by a local Aboriginal artist eg Lee Cruse, Joe Stewart, or with permission the use of one of Mr Moore's beautiful paintings.

The example I have used is taken from a photograph of a painting I was lucky to purchase from one of Joe's exhibitions. It is not meant to be used permanently, but rather just give the team a feel for what can be done.

MAP OF COUNTRY I also believe a map of "Country" could be included on this page as well as photographs from across the area

//What ever is decided for this digital site the format will only be interactive for our own locality.The Model, if used elsewhere or with other groups, school groups /clusters must "localise " if it is to work.//

On the NSW South Coast Aboriginal people generally refer to themselves as Aboriginal or Koori. Others prefer to include their clan name (eg. Brinja-Yuin) or language group (eg. Thaua). Some people prefer to emphasise the place they are from, such as, //"Where's your mob from? I'm from Bega"// // Quote Living Knowledge ANU // The Yuin Aboriginal people are considered the traditional owners of the land which stretches along the South Coast of New South Wales, from the Shoalhaven down to the Victorian border. All Yuin people share in common, ancestors who spoke as their first preferred language, one or more Yuin language dialects including Walbanga Thaua, Wandandian and Djiringanj, tribes.
 * [[image:Yuin_Nation.png width="252" height="372"]] || Indigenous people identify in many ways according to where they are from and who they are related to.

|| of Bermagui are all considered traditional Yuin land and in 1977 Merriman Island was the first place in New South Wales to be officially recognised as an Aboriginal Heritage Site. Named in honour of 'King Merriman' or Umbarra who led the Yuin people until his death in 1904, Merriman Island is now part of the Aboriginal run Gulaga National Park. The totem of the Yuin people is Umburra the black duck who in a dreamtime story kept the Yuin people safe by warning Merriman of impending danger. || ||
 * The Wallaga Lake area and Merrimen Island just south

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 * To learn more about the Yuin Nation visit these sites ||
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