YILAALU –BU-GADI (once upon a time in the bay of Gadi)
By Lorna Munro
Published 19 June 2023
MELLALUCA
YURALI (eucalyptus)
PAPERBARK
KURRIJONG
MOTHER TONGUE WILL ALWAYS GUIDE YOU HOME BY SONG
TALLAWALLADAH
WHITE CLAY
MENS BUSINESS
WUCUNMUGULLY
THE LAY OF THIS LAND, IF YOU CARE TO LISTEN WILL TELL ITS EXCLUSIVE STORY
YIILINHI
RED CLAY
MULGUN
JUBAGULLY
THIS TERRAIN EVOLVED OVER MANY IONS AND IN A RAMBUNCTOUS FLURRY
DUGONG
LEATHER JACKET
SALMON
JOHN DORY
ANCIENT WATER WAYS IN ALL THEIR GLORY
PIRRAMA
BA-ING-HOE
MEL MEL
WARRUNG
ART, SWIMMING, DANCING AND CONTEST REGIMENTED FUN
BARRA (fish hook)
BARANI (yesterday)
BADU (water)
BARRABUGU (today)
MANY VANTAGE POINTS TO BE DIRECTED TO
KANGAROO
BADABARANG
DINGU
ENDLESS RITES OF PASSAGE TO CERMONIOUSLY PASS THROUGH
SHELLS
SCARS
SWEET SMELLS
A YOUNG GADIGALEON WOULD KNOW ALL TOO WELL
KADAICHA
OILS
MEDICINE MAN
TEA TREE FOR YOUR WOUNDS WHEN HEALTH ISN’T SO SWELL
GAWURA DREAMING
SALT WATER
GARRI GARRANG
THE OCEAN OPENS ITS EMBRACE LIKE AN OLD FRIEND
NOWEY
GUNYA
MARRANG
TIME AND PLACE TRANSCEND
PARADISE PAVED TO MAKE WAY FOR A GAOL
INITIATED THE BEGINNING OF THE END