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The Dubba - Ga Tribe
The Dubba-Ga Tribe received it's name from the Red or blood pigment ochre which was found in their Tribal area. The ochre was used in Bora ground initiation ceremonies and so forth. It was a highly prized Commodity and a source of barter by the Dubba-Ga Tribe, because of it's rarity and brilliant prized red colour. The Dubba-Ga Tribe mainly hunted birds, yabbies, fish, kangaroo, wombats, bandicoots, emus and turkeys, all of which the bones, feathers, skins and sinews were used in the making of all sorts of hunting weaponry instruments, and clothing. They also used a variety of nuts, seeds and tree roots for eating as well as decorations in special ceremonies. The home camp life of the Dubba-Ga Tribe was a communal one. All Tribe members used to work together for the benefit of the whole Tribe. The Tribe was precided over by the Eula (meaning chief or leader). Each family had its own Gunyahs (bush hut) which always faced the East. The Gunyahs were made from leaves, saplings and animal skins. The Wirrimbah (meaning "to preserve") Art Gallery is owned by an Aboriginal family who are direct decendants of the Dubba-Ga
Tribe which are also part of the Wirradjuri Tribal Nation. Wayne "Turrong" (meaning tiger snake) Peckham and his
family havebeen taught to reproduce authentic Traditional Aboriginal Artifacts, consisting of kangaroo sinews,
saps from the trees,bees wax and bush resins, and so forth. |
