Daylesford and District Historical Museum is hosting Framings of Wombat Forest – an audiovisual exhibition that focuses on elements of the local landscape.
Situated in Victoria’s Central Highlands is Wombat Forest, where Dja Dja Wurrung, Wada Wurrung, and Wurundjeri lands meet. This 70,000-hectares of bushland harbours the headwaters of seven rivers and hosts over 550 species of native flora and fauna – some of them which occur nowhere else.
The landscape has been mined, logged, grazed, burned, and battered by storms, yet it still grows, and is loved and lived amongst by many.
Now, as the community turns to face the gathering storm of climate change, they are confronted with some important questions: Where do they belong as humans in the forest system? How do they care for the natural places they love? What has been lost, what is left, and where to from here?
You are invited to ponder those questions as you explore this exhibition of varying perspectives – each face and voice another thread to stitch into the story of Wombat Forest.
Daylesford Museum will open daily for this event from 8 to 21 March between 10am and 2pm. Only the main exhibition room will be accessible. The museum as a whole will be open on Saturdays as usual.
On Saturday 15th March a special Smoking Ceremony will be conducted by Djaara Cultural Heritage Officer, Caleb Dunolly-Lee. Gather at 11am at the museum.
Please bring your headphones.
This event is proudly supported by Hepburn Shire Council.
