Acknowledging Worimi Country - North Arm Cove NSW - Signs of History on Waymarking.com

Located within Yallarwah Park in North Arm Cove, this sign is the first in a series of four dedicated to exploring the local history and contributing to placemaking within the area. This particular sign provides an important acknowledgement of the traditional lands and enduring culture of the Worimi People. The sign reads:

Yallarwah Park
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Acknowledging Worimi Country
North Arm Cove is on the traditional lands of the Worimi People, whose territory extends from the Myall Lakes in the north, to Barrington Tops in the west and the Hunter River in the south.
For thousands of years, the local land and waterways sustained Worimi People with an abundance of food, natural resources and places of cultural significance.
The Gooreenggai Clan lived between Karuah and Tea Gardens and their occupation is evidenced by more than 60 recorded cultural sites across Carrington, North Arm Cove and Bundabah.
If we go and sit sill in the bush that's when we'll get our greatest learning - Paul Callaghan, Worimi Man.

Ancient Heritage and a Living Culture
Traditionally, the Worimi Nation was made up of several nurras or local groups that spoke dialects of the Ghattung language. Early European accounts of the Gooreenggai nurra describe a "good natured" people with "many excellent traits of character" and "generous to each other".
Local landscapes and waterways remain central to Aboriginal spirituality and identity. Nearby places like Baromee Hill, Bulga Creek and the Karuah River have cultural significance. Aboriginal heritage is also entwined with local wildlife and plant communities, which have provided food and medicines, and underpinned cultural knowledge, beliefs, kinship systems and ways of living for tens of thousands of years.

Yallarwah Park
Yallarwah means 'resting' or 'meeting' place in the local Ghattung language. Yallarwah Park was officially opened on 20 August 2017 by MidCoast Council, North Arm Cove Community Association Incorporated (NACCAi) and Karuah Local Aboriginal Land Council.
Yallarwah Park is maintained by local volunteers. NACCAi thanks the NSW Government's Stronger Country Communities Fund and MidCoast Council for their support for establishment of the park and for funding the exercise track, equipment and amenities.

Group that erected the marker: North Arm Cove Community Association; Karuah Local Aboriginal Land Council; MidCoast Council; NSW Government Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: Yallarwah Park, The Ridgeway Worimi Country North Arm Cove, NSW Australia 2324 URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed

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