Wattern | Christine Reich | Place Names Walyalup

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Christine Reich, a Goreng Elder, shares the meaning and memories of Wattern | Ocean.

For thousands of years, the Noongar people have maintained intimate cultural relationships with the land and sea. Over 13,000 years ago people could walk out to the surrounding islands before the sea rose to where it is today.

The Wattern has a strong connection to traditional dreaming narratives and ancestral beings.
From Walyalup, a person’s spirit leaves to travel across the Wattern towards their resting place.

WATTERN = Ocean