27 September 2023 Update
It’s been a very busy six weeks on the SLV Fellowship Project since returning from a winter break in Japan, mainly with more writing and editing. I’ve also done several field trips to Mount Beckworth and Mount Greenock and returned to check Crown Files in Bendigo and Ballarat. My Cultural Heritage approval came through DJAARA a month ago, also giving me access in 2023 to the the ACHRIS (Australian Cultural Heritage data base) for nominated sites. I’ve put all my many images (maps, photos, copies of documents) in order and flagged in the text in each chapter where they might go.
Clive Willman has generously assisted with lots of things: adding new and interesting geological content, reading, commenting on and editing drafts of all chapters; helping set up LiDAR and maps on my phone and setting up a shared Dropbox. Most recently Clive has greatly assisting with a ‘show and tell’ in Daylesford on 29 September which he’ll join me for (detail below), and has created several new maps and diagrams.
Partly for legal liability and organisational convenience reasons, Great Dividing Trail Association has give permission to badge three events as ‘GDTA assisted’. It will involve two tours (Mount Kooroocheang and Mount Franklin areas) and an evening presentation consistent with the outcomes I anticipated this Friday and Saturday over the Grand Final Long Weekend. Pleasingly, there has been total of 70 registrations for the three events, and the weather forecast looks perfect! Cooperation with private landholders on whose country we walk around Kooroocheang has been very generous. Full details of the three events is below [NOTE: The Kooroocheang tour is booked out]
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Six Peaks Speak: Unsettling changes in southern Dja Dja Wurrung Country
Field Trips in Mt Kooroocheang & Mt Franklin areas, 29 & 30 Sept 2023 (both 9.30am-2.30pm) & Community Presentation, Daylesford Neighborhood Centre, 29 Sept 2023, 8.00-10.00pm
Professor Barry Golding AM, State Library Victoria Fellow, 2023
Barry Golding is researching a book about six mountains in southern Dja Dja Wurrung Country as part of a 2023 State Library Victoria Fellowship. The peaks are today known as Mounts Kooroocheang, Beckworth, Greenock, Tarrengower, Alexander & Franklin.
Barry is leading two separate field trips on Friday and Saturday, 29 & 30 September 2023 (Grand Final long weekend). There is a separate but associated presentation in Daylesford on the Friday evening 8-10pm. The events seek to highlight some of the emerging findings from Barry’s SLV Fellowship, organized in association the Great Dividing Trail Association (GDTA).
Details are as below. Registration for the field trips is essential via the links provided. Numbers are limited. NOTE: There is no longer a requirement to register for the community presentation. Just turn up if you are interested!
Field Trips
Registration essential for either or both field trips. Non-GDTA members who register will pay $5 cash on the day to cover insurance. Registrants need to anticipate sharing transport beyond the start. We will visit several sites on each trip. A total of 4 km of easy paddock or roadside walking is involved for each trip. Dress for the predicted weather & wear sturdy boots; bring your own lunch, snacks and drinks.
- Friday 29 Sept, 9.30am-2.30pm: Field trip in the Gurutjanga (Mount Kooroocheang) area. Meet in the hamlet of Kooroocheang. BOOKED OUT
- Saturday 30 Sept 9.30am-2.30pm: Field trip in the Lalkambuk (Mount Franklin) area. Meet at main intersection in Franklinford. REGISTRATION LINK
Community Presentation
A free Friday evening (8.00-10.00pm, Friday 29 Sept) presentation by Barry Golding at Daylesford assisted by Clive Willman (Castlemaine) at Daylesford Neighbourhood Centre, 13 Camp Street). It will focus on some lesser known, emerging findings about unsettling changes to the three peaks within the Hepburn Shire: Gurutjanga (Mount Kooroocheang), Lalkambuk (Mount Franklin) and Nyaninuk (Mount Beckworth). No need to book.
Barry Golding acknowledges State Library Victoria (SLV) and Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation for their support for this 2023 Fellowship
Barry Golding 