To promote the well-being of animals and plants it is necessary that the appropriate rituals be performed by the correct people (that is, the people whose totem or Dreaming that species is or whose country it is by other forms of relationship). Sites repeat across the landscape, so that the well-being of any species does not depend merely on one site but is linked to people in many places, all of whom carry out their responsibilities.
The differences established in the Dreaming are differences which generate mutual interdependence . No person or family can be self-sufficient; all depend on the other to sustain the rich and enduring life of the world . Everything that exists owes its existence to Dreaming.
Friends Igniting Reconciliation through Education (FIRE) The FIRE Carrier Project The FIRE Carrier Project is a joint initiative of Aboriginal Catholic Ministry Victoria and the Opening the Doors Foundation with the Sandhurst Catholic Education Office to promote Reconciliation through education in Sandhurst schools. The FIRE Carrier Project seeks to keep the Reconciliation flame alight in schools, educating the wider community about Reconciliation and our shared history and cultures. All FIRE Carriers are asked to remember Michael McDaniel’s words “My invitation to everyone is that in your everyday power, in your work place with your regular authority, with your everyday resources, turn your mind occasionally to what you can do, for the benefit of all Aboriginal people”. Prof Michael McDaniel, Wiradjuri Man
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