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Healing Fire

Yanama budayri gumada research collective






Healing Fire documents a cultural burn of Yellomundee Regional Park in Western Sydney in July 2019, led by Darug custodians along with NSW NPWS, Koori Country Firesticks, NSW RFS, and NSW Local Land Services, and supported by Yanama budyari gumada research collective. The ‘Healing Fire’ film is a collaboration between the Yanama budyari gumada research collective, led by Darug custodians Uncle Lex Dad and Aunty Corina Norman-Dadd, and professional film-maker Klas Eriksson.


Yanama budayri gumada research collective is led by Darug custodians Uncle Lex Dadd and Aunty Corina Norman-Dadd, and includes members of the Blue Mountains Aboriginal Culture and Resource Centre, and researchers and PhD students from Macquarie and Newcastle universities (including A/Prof. Sandie Suchet-Pearson, Dr. Marnie Graham, Dr. Paul Hodge, PhD students Harriet Narwal, Rebecca Scott, and Jessica Lemire; and Blue Mountains ACRC Community Development Officer, Paul Glass).

Klas Eriksson is a professional film-maker originally from Sweden and now based in Australia. Klas is an integral member of the Yanama budyari gumada research collective, and has made collaborative films with Indigenous groups in both Scandinavia and Australia.

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