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"You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of our grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children what we have taught our children -- that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth, befalls the sons of the earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves. This we know. The earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth. This we know. All things are connected like the blood which unites one family. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself ..."

~ Chief Seattle

This painting: Gough Whitlam Park on the Cooks River, Undercliffe NSW (2004) by Gilbert Grace. Oil on cotton.

“When Europeans arrived on the east coast of the continent, the Cooks River Valley in Sydney was on the frontier.

It was from the thick bush around the Cooks River that the Aboriginal hero Pemulwuy famously began his campaign of resistance.

Over the next two centuries Aboriginal people adapted to survive, some shifted to hidden campsites along the Georges River, while others moved down stream to the coast.” ~ Source: Cooks River Valley Association.

The Cooks River was the lifeblood of the Aboriginal people who lived along it before white settlement.

Its polluted and deteriorated state was a blow to both the Aboriginal people and their ancestors, according to Canterbury Aboriginal Advisory Group chair Joan Tranter.

“That’s their homeland, Aboriginal people lived along the Cooks River long before white people,” she said.

“It wasn’t the Cooks River before Captain Cook came.”

The river which runs through most of the inner west was home to different aboriginal clans such the Cadigal Wangal clan of the Darug tribe and the Bidjigal people also known as the river people.

“Who thought about concreting the banks of the Cooks River back then? In some areas they have taken out the concrete and it’s coming back to life,” Ms Tranter said.

“The mud crabs groups go along there and do the water testing, when they can see the mud crabs then they can tell the water quality is good.”

Anthony Lewis

Facts

March 31, 1983

English actor

Filmography

Josh [Undercliffe: 2018]

Peter [The Syndicate: 2012]

Marc [Emmerdale Farm: 1999-2007]

Adam [Adam's Family Tree: 1997-1998]

Billy [Heartbeat: 1994]

Appearance

Brunette

Amber eyes

1.80m

Roleplay

Man suffers serious injuries after being hit by a car on Oxford Road

Police investigating a road traffic collision in Bradford in which a pedestrian suffered serious injuries have released a photo of the vehicle which is believed to have been involved.

The red Mitsubishi 4×4 was found abandoned by police in the Undercliffe area following the collision, which occurred in Oxford Road at about 3pm on Monday (24 September).

A man in his thirties suffered what are…

ScoreCard | Championship A | Undercliffe v Yeadon

Championship A Undercliffe 1st XI v Yeadon 1st XI Saturday, August 13 2016 (12:46) at Intake Road Yeadon 1st XI Won By 6 wickets Points: Undercliffe 1st XI: 5 Yeadon 1st XI: 19 Yeadon 1st XI won toss and decided to field   Undercliffe 1st XI Yeadon 1st XI 187 for 9 (50.0 overs) 191 for 4 (33.2 overs) 3 Hours, 6 Minutes. 2 Hours, 0 Minutes.   Undercliffe 1st XI Batsman Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s S/r T…