The document was damaged in Brisbane on Sunday when 221 folks gathered in King George Sq. enjoying clapsticks joined by 173 folks enjoying the didgeridoo concurrently.
The gang had additionally tried to interrupt the document for the most important ensemble of didgeridoo gamers set by 238 gamers in 2006 within the UK.
Whereas the didgeridoo document wasn’t damaged on Sunday, organiser and didgeridoo participant Gurridyula Gaba Wunggu mentioned it means there’s a probability for one more group to take up the problem.
A equipped picture of a flash mob of individuals enjoying didgeridoos and clapsticks as they collect across the Aboriginal flag at King George Sq. in Brisbane. Credit score: Malcolm Paterson/PR Picture
However to Mr Wunggu, who travelled greater than 1000km from his residence in central Queensland, the occasion is about greater than setting a document.
Three years ceremony to guard Nation
It is about marking three years of reoccupation of nation and persevering with the battle to guard sacred water sources.
The Wangan and Jagalingou man has been tenting on the Adani’s mining lease in central Queensland for 3 years, holding a ceremony known as Waddananggu (the speaking).
A hearth has been stored burning inside a bora ring for the reason that starting of the camp, only one kilometre away from the Carmichael coal mine.
“Immediately is an opportunity to have a good time all we have now achieved collectively at Waddananggu and produce our battle to save lots of our sacred Doongmabulla springs to the center of Magandjin/Brisbane,” Mr Wunggu mentioned.
Adani’s mine has poisoned and depleted the water from the sacred Doongmabulla springs, he mentioned.
Adani mine destroying water sources
“Water sources like Doongmabulla everywhere in the nation are being destroyed as a result of our governments are failing to face as much as grasping mining corporations and shield the water.
“Which is why right now we got here collectively – tribes from all corners of the nation – to lift our voices collectively to heal the water and shield Nation.”
Mr Wunggu mentioned the occasion is an opportunity to have a good time the achievement of constant ceremony for 3 years but additionally to attract consideration to his battle towards Adani and its Australian subsidiary Bravus.
“We’ve not stopped preventing as a result of we won’t cease preventing,” he mentioned.
Wangan and Jagalingou Conventional Homeowners throughout NAIDOC celebrations in Clermont, Queensland. Credit score: Provided by Wangan and Jagalingou Custodians/PR Picture
In a press release to AAP, Bravus Mining mentioned the Waddananggu camp was unauthorised, and organised by anti-fossil gas lobbyists.
“(The camp) is used because the centrepiece of a public relations marketing campaign that’s dishonest, misleading and marginalises the cultural authority of the Wangan and Jagalingou folks,” a spokesperson mentioned.
The mining firm mentioned it was proud to work with Wangan and Jagalingou conventional house owners by means of its Indigenous Land Use Settlement, Cultural Heritage Administration Plan and Indigenous Participation Plan.
