Lore of the Land Launch

The stark but dramatic Long Room at the Melbourne Immigration Museum, once the site for new arrivals to these shores, was the venue for the launch of the interactive documentary Lore of the Land, held on the 20th October, 1999.

Participants at the launch were led through the interior of a reconstructed ship, recalling the journeys of the waves of immigrants to these shores. Having passed through the ship, we were greeted on the 'shore' by Joy Murphy Wandin, a local Wurundjeri elder, and by representatives from Indigenous communities throughout Australia led by Evelyn Scott, Chairperson of the Council for Reconciliation. Here was the symbolic meeting of the new millennium - recognising the land we share as common ground.

Lore of the Land is a pathway through this challenge, offering multiple approaches to the issues of identity, belonging and healing in this Land.

Lore of the Land utilises an innovative production technique which combines the power of CD-ROM with the vast and growing resources of the internet. It names the Land as that which we share in common, both as a physical resource and as a symbolic mediator of the spiritual. It invites all Australians to reflect on their relationship or connection with 'The Land' or the natural environment around them. It offers a set of challenges that can consolidate a deeper sense of Australian identity.


Evelyn Scott	Greg Mosquito Tjampitjn

Joy Murphy Wandin	Adele Howard and Gracie Mosquito

Greg, Barbara and Gracie from the Kutjunka region	Gracie, Adele and Greg

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