The Wirangu Seven Sisters creation story Walking Together ABC Australia

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Subscribe ✅ and tap the notification bell 🔔 to be delivered Australian stories every day: http://ab.co/ABCAus-subscribe • Wirangu woman Susie Betts is reconnecting with her country. • She’s from the Eyre Peninsula on South Australia’s west coast and her country stretches from Elliston to north of Streaky Bay. • She’s piecing together her people’s story of the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters Constellation, and how the land was formed. • It’s a journey that’s taken her across the world. • The Wirangu were driven from their country when white settlers came to farm it. • There are documented conflicts and deaths from both sides. • The height of the violence saw a number of Wirangu and other Aborigines, driven from the clifftops to their deaths into the ocean in 1845. • For a long time Aboriginal people avoided the Elliston and Streaky Bay areas. • But a ceremony two years ago to acknowledge the massacre was a turning point for Ms Betts. • She is returning to areas precious to her ancestors and charging her soul with the sacred stories from the past. • Join the ABC Australia community on social media! • http://abc.net.au/ • Facebook: / abc • Twitter: / abcaustralia • Instagram: / abcaustralia • This is an official Australian Broadcasting Corporation YouTube channel. • ******** • Contributions may be removed if they violate ABC's Online Conditions of Use http://www.abc.net.au/conditions.htm (Section 3).

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