Price: FREE | Recommended Audience Age: All ages
The rivers, creeks, beaches and lakes of the area now known as the Gold Coast have long been its life blood. From the region’s first inhabitants, tens of thousands of years ago, to shaping the city’s more recent identity, lifestyle and economy, the waterways of the Gold Coast have played an important role in sustaining all those who call this area home.
Discover the significant social, spiritual, educational, historical, and natural resources of these waterways through the lens of our local first nations people and the oldest form of capturing history, storytelling, in the documentary film and panel discussion Yana Yenyin Baia: Go with the rising tide.
Leading the discussion:
- Shannon Best – Indigenous Oral History Officer, City of Gold Coast and Director on the Board, Jarbree LTD Gold Coast Native Title Group
In conversation with:
- John Graham, President of Yugambeh Regional Aboriginal Corporation Alliance
- Zara Meha, Manager Business Support and Office of Architecture and Heritage, City of Gold Coast
- Candace Kruger, PhD Candidate and Yugambeh yarrabilgingunn (song woman)
