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Heliograph<p>Long before <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Sydney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sydney</span></a> Opera House excavations began in the 1950s, the site – known as Tubowgule – was a meeting point for the local <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Gadigal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gadigal</span></a> people of the <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Eora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eora</span></a> nation. </p><p>The area was strewn with the debris of family feasts and ceremonies, creating myriad ancestral middens over thousands of years.</p><p>With the arrival of the first fleet, convict women were put to work collecting the oyster shells and bones from the middens, burning them down to create the lime that formed the cement mortar that built Australia’s first Government House, which overlooks <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Bennelong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bennelong</span></a> Point to this day. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/sep/26/sydney-opera-house-85000-oyster-shells-tell-of-sites-true-story-in-major-public-artwork" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/culture/2023/s</span><span class="invisible">ep/26/sydney-opera-house-85000-oyster-shells-tell-of-sites-true-story-in-major-public-artwork</span></a></p>
S. K. Riley<p>Free <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SydneyFestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SydneyFestival</span></a> Event:</p><p>On the evening of 25 January we will gather along the shoreline of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Barangaroo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Barangaroo</span></a> Reserve and look out across the water towards Me-Mel (formerly Goat Island). </p><p>In 2023, the annual tradition of ‘Vigil’ takes on a new form, celebrating the re-awakening of the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/spirit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spirit</span></a> of this precious island, which has been a key landmark of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SydneyHarbour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SydneyHarbour</span></a> for several hundred years and a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SacredPlace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacredPlace</span></a> for the clans of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Eora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eora</span></a> for tens of thousands. </p><p>A night of shared emotions through songs and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/songlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>songlines</span></a>, a night of opening hearts and listening." - The Guardian</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Sydney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sydney</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Ceremony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ceremony</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Barangaroo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Barangaroo</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Light" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Light</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Sound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sound</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Performance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Performance</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Livestream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Livestream</span></a><br><a href="https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/events/vigil-awaken" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sydneyfestival.org.au/events/v</span><span class="invisible">igil-awaken</span></a></p>
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