The Forest Of Tree Trunks Traditional Cache
Team Waldron: This wasn't my first choice location, but there was another cache too close to where I wanted to put the cache, so this ended up being the de-facto spot.
Someone else can have a go.
The Forest Of Tree Trunks
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This cache is placed in the Warriparinga conciliation project.
The details below are taken from the Marion Council website
http://www.marion.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=249
The Project
This artwork was commissioned by the City of Marion as part of the Local Councils Remember Program, a partnership between the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation and the Australian Local Government Association. The program is to promote the reconciliation process and recognise indigenous people's history and beliefs. Warriparinga, the location of the work, is being developed by the City of Marion in conjunction with the Kaurna community as a site of significant cultural heritage.
The concept of Warriparinga, adopted in June 1995, includes artworks as an integral part of its interpretative component and function. Adelaide artists Margaret Worth, Sherry Rankine and Gavin Malone have undertaken the work.
The Artwork
The approach of the artists in interpreting the multiple layers of the project was to focus on the timeless source of knowledge and understanding that comes from the story of Tjirbruki. The artwork does not tell the story in a literal sense, it symbolically refers to parts of the story through the choice and use of materials from the lands of the Dreaming. The artwork creates it's own 'spirit' and speaks of the relationship between peoples and between people and the land. It considers the past, the present and looks to the future.
The basic form of the work, the forest of tree trunks, brings a spiritual presence and totemic power to the land at Warriparinga. The trunks speak of the clearing of the land in colonial times for agriculture and horticulture, and for the new Expressway in present times.
You will need to be aware of snakes in this area, particularly near the artwork.
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Treasures
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