Connecting Culture to Country Forum

Tue Sep 16 2025 at 08:00 am to 10:00 am UTC+10:00

155 Herries St, Toowoomba City QLD 4350, Australia | Toowoomba

Darling Downs Environment Council
Publisher/HostDarling Downs Environment Council
Connecting Culture to Country Forum
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Please join us for a evening of discussion about how we bring our societies culture in closer connection to the land we live on. We will be blessed to have three insightful and inspiring First Nations leaders joining us to share with us their wisdom and ideas. Program: 6pm Snacks provided by Toowoomba First Nation Allies and mingling6.15 Introduction to the event from Ahri. Welcome to country.6.20 Each speaker to address the question: How can we connect our societies culture and spirituality to country together going forward? 6.50: A facilitated discussion with the speakers by Ahri Tallon, DDEC Coordinator. 7.15: Open it up to the audience for questions, comments and disucssion7.40: Close and finishSpeakers:Conrad Bauwens, Local Wakka Wakka Traditional Owner and Custodian of Gummingurru Paul Carmody, Senior Lecturer in First Nation Studies at the University of Southern Queensland. Jandamarra Cadd – a Yorta Yorta, Dja Dja Wurrung descendent, is an inspirational man with many stories to tell. With his vibrant and expressive portraitures, Jandamarra’s artwork is emotive and insightful – and is a powerful medium to bridge the story telling divide between Aboriginal and mainstream Australia. Inviting unity and healing. Through his art, his words and storytelling he calls the viewer/listener to a deeper connection to self. And an identity imbued in custodial relationship with the ( Iyung )eternal oneness of the dreaming. “ Whether it’s doing hyperealism or coloured portraits or using dots to create the human form, for me it is all centred around Gulpa Ngawal (deep listening). Listening for the internal language and the creative flow of life force that flows through us all.
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155 Herries St, Toowoomba City QLD 4350, Australia, Civic Square, 155 Herries St, Toowoomba City QLD 4350, Australia, Toowoomba

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