In July 2023, MCMC and the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation concluded a special three-year partnership project whereby hundreds of people connected to Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country by sharing ecological and cultural understandings of the confluence of Merri Creek and Birrarung (Yarra River).  On Saturday 1 July, despite the cold and rain, over 40 people joined Wurundjeri Elder Uncle Dave Wandin, MCMC and eight leaders from Yarra’s Climate Change Alliance for the Community Climate Change Conversations on Country in Yarra event.

The three year partnership project was funded by the City of Yarra Community Grants program and we aim to continue to provide community connections to this significant area. See highlights of our approach in these powerpoints, from a two-part webinar held in 2012/22: Talking Merri Birrarung: Caring for Country where the Merri flows into Birrarung Part 1 and Part 2.