Koorie Culture Map
The Koorie Culture Map is an interactive digital experience produced by SharingStories Foundation in partnership with Koorie Communities, local primary schools, and Koorie Heritage Trust.
Bringing together films, animations, language, and stories connected to culturally significant places across Victoria, the map invites visitors to explore the rich diversity of Koorie cultures, perspectives, and knowledges through an immersive, place-based experience.
Through storytelling and artistic expression, the Koorie Culture Map represents a collective effort to share responsibility for caring for and celebrating Koorie culture, language, and Country. Each story offers a unique insight into the enduring connections between people, place, and community.
By bringing together the work of participating communities, the map creates opportunities for learning, reflection, and deeper connection with Koorie communities.
To support further learning, SharingStories Foundation has developed a suite of curriculum-aligned educational activities to accompany the map. These resources encourage deeper engagement with the stories and themes presented and are suitable for classroom use, community learning, or anyone seeking to expand their understanding of Koorie cultures and histories.
The Koorie Culture Map can be explored on touchscreen devices at the Canoe Table on Level 3 of Koorie Heritage Trust, or viewed online through the SharingStories Foundation website.
Learn more about the Koorie Culture Map and access the online experience via the link below.
Koorie Culture Map Online
Click to access the Koorie Culture Map online.
The Koorie Culture Map brings together stories generously shared by First Peoples storytellers from across South Eastern Australia. The stories and locations represented reflect the cultural knowledge, lived experience and perspectives of the participating contributors and are intended to celebrate the diversity and continuing strength of First Peoples cultures.
The KHT acknowledges that understandings of Country, cultural boundaries, language groups and cultural authority are living and may differ between individuals, families and communities. The inclusion of stories or places within this resource should not be interpreted as defining or determining traditional boundaries or representing the views of all Traditional Owners. We pay our deepest respect to all First Peoples and acknowledge the continuing cultural responsibilities and connections to Country held by Traditional Owners across Victoria and South Eastern Australia.
We gratefully acknowledge the generosity of the SharingStories Foundation and the Wurundjeri, Wamba Wamba, Jaara, Gunditjmara, Gunaikurnai, and Bangerang communities, who have shared their stories, knowledge, and cultural perspectives as part of this project.
Still from the Koorie Culture Map project featuring Alfie Hudson. Courtesy SharingStories Foundation in collaboration with the Bangerang, Gunaikurnai, Gunditjmara, Jaara, Wamba Wamba and Wurundjeri communities.