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An open letter from 1,200 Australian academics on the Djab Wurrung trees

  • Written by Peta Malins, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Justice Studies, RMIT University

In an open letter, more than 1,200 academics from universities and institutes across Australia have written to the Victorian government to protest against the destruction of Djab Wurrung country as part of a highway duplication[1] in the west of the state.

The letter follows the removal of the Directions Tree[2] last week. The signatories listed below are both Indigenous and non-Indigenous.

We are Australian academics* writing to condemn the destruction of the 350 year-old sacred Djab Wurrung Directions Tree[3] at the hands of the Victorian government. We call on the government to urgently halt[4] works and protect the remaining Djab Wurrung trees and land from destruction.

We are historians, geographers, lawyers, criminologists, sociologists, scientists, anthropologists, social workers, linguists, archaeologists, artists, architects, philosophers, psychologists and other academics from universities around Australia. We have come together in our sorrow and anger at the colonial violence currently being perpetrated by the Victorian government against the Djab Wurrung people, and against all First Nations people in Australia.

While all trees hold value, especially in a climate crisis, the Djab Wurrung trees are so much more than “just trees”; they are living entities with significant historical, cultural and spiritual value and meaning. They are part of an important songline[5], and have been physically shaped by hundreds of years of First Nations culture and ceremonial practice.

Read more: Churches have legal rights in Australia. Why not sacred trees?[6]

Take the Directions Tree, for example, which was cut down with a chainsaw[7] last week, and carted away unceremoniously on the back of a dump truck. This massive and strikingly beautiful 350-year-old Yellowbox tree with distinctive swirling bark, had been planted as a seed with the placenta from a Djab Wurrung child’s birth and its branches actively shaped and directed over time.

It would have been difficult to look at this tree — to truly bear witness to it — without forever changing the way one understands trees, our interconnectedness with nature, and the strength, depth, beauty and longevity of First Nations culture.

Consider too, the Birthing Tree, also known as a Grandmother Tree[8], estimated to be 800 years old and currently under imminent threat of destruction. She has a hollow at her base where over 50 generations[9] of Djab Wurrung babies have been born, the fluids from their births merging with the root system and literally becoming part of the tree.

An open letter from 1,200 Australian academics on the Djab Wurrung trees Sean Paris Nearby, and leaning towards it, is the Grandfather Tree, believed to have been planted at the same time and connected via underground root systems. And surrounding them both are hundreds of other significant trees and artefacts, many of which are yet to be formally documented. The Victorian government’s decision to clear this sacred Djab Wurrung land to make way for a particular version of highway re-routing that will save drivers two minutes[10] travel time, is completely unnecessary. It represents the ongoing violence of our colonial state and its contempt for First Nations culture and people. It makes any talk of a Treaty with First Nations Victorians[11] completely disingenuous. We, as academics, therefore condemn the cutting down of the Directions Tree and the planned destruction of further sacred trees and artefacts. We condemn the timing[12] of the destruction, under the cover of ongoing COVID rules, preventing defenders from traveling to the site, and under the cover of media and public focus on Melbourne’s long-awaited easing of lockdown. Read more: What kind of state values a freeway's heritage above the heritage of our oldest living culture?[13] We condemn the Victorian government’s apparent attempts to create doubt[14] about which tree was destroyed and its significance, and to imply agreements with one group[15] of government-recognised stakeholders amounted to respectful consultation. And we condemn the use of police[16] and security[17] to violently evict the peaceful Djab Wurrung Embassy[18], which was established by local elders to protect the site. We urge the Victorian government to take up one of the other options for highway improvements that do not involve further destruction of this significant site, to urgently have these trees recognised as the culturally significant entities they are, and to enable the Djab Wurrung people to continue protecting them for future generations. *The views expressed in this letter are those of the signatories and not their universities or institutions. Professor Aileen Moreton-Robinson, Indigenous Studies, RMIT University Professor Irene Watson, Law, University of SA Professor Bronwyn Fredericks, Education and Health, University of Queensland Dr Vicki L Couzens, Media, RMIT University Dr Gary Foley, History, Victoria University Tiriki Onus, Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne Dr Lou Bennett AM, Social and Political Science, University of Melbourne Associate Professor Chelsea Bond, Social Sciences and Health, University of Queensland Alison Whittaker, Law, University of Technology Sydney Amanda Porter, Law, University of Queensland Kim Kruger, Moondani Balluk Academic Centre, Victoria University Professor Bronwyn Carlson, Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University Professor Gregory Phillips, Indigenous Health, Griffith University Professor Peter Anderson, Education, Queensland University of Technology Professor Yin Paradies, Sociology, Deakin University Dr Ali Gumillya Baker, Indigenous and Australian Studies, Flinders University Associate Professor Leesa Watego, Business, Queensland University of Technology Associate Professor Sana Nakata, Political Science, University of Melbourne Associate Professor Sandy O'Sullivan, Indigenous Studies, University of the Sunshine Coast Dr Nikki Moodie, Sociology, University of Melbourne Dr Sharlene Leroy-Dyer, Aboriginal Studies, University of Queensland Dr Anthony McKnight, Education, University of Wollongong Dr Summer May Finlay, Public Health, University of Wollongong Dr Suzi Hutchings, Anthropology, RMIT University Dr Tess Ryan, Leadership and Research Pathways, Australian Catholic University Dr Danièle Hromek, Indigenous Design, Queensland University of Technology Dr Crystal McKinnon, Social and Global Studies, RMIT University Dr Jessa Rogers, Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University Dr Julia Hurst, Aboriginal History, University of Melbourne Aleryk Fricker, Indigenous Education, RMIT University Ashley Perry, Indigenous Culture and Visual Art, University of Melbourne Brett Biles, Indigenous Health, University of NSW Cammi Murrup-Stewart, Aboriginal Wellbeing, Monash University Catherine Doe, Indigenous Studies, RMIT University Charlotte Franks, Indigenous Education, RMIT University Dale Rowland, Psychology, Griffith University Dominique Chen, Indigenous Studies, University of Queensland Eddie Synot, Law, Griffith University Emma Gavin, Indigenous Knowledges, Swinburne University Aileen Marwung Walsh, History, Australian National University Eugenia Flynn, Literary Studies, Queensland University of Technology Holly Charles, Law, RMIT University Jacynta Krakouer, Social Work, University of Melbourne Jason Brailey, Indigenous Education, RMIT University Latoya Rule, Social Work and Social Planning, Flinders University Lewis Brown, Indigenous Education, RMIT University Luke Williams, Science, RMIT University Maddee Clark, Literature, University of Melbourne Michael Colbung, Education, University of Adelaide Mykaela Saunders, Indigenous Studies, 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  5. ^ songline (www.commonground.org.au)
  6. ^ Churches have legal rights in Australia. Why not sacred trees? (theconversation.com)
  7. ^ cut down with a chainsaw (www.theguardian.com)
  8. ^ Grandmother Tree (www.theage.com.au)
  9. ^ 50 generations (www.nytimes.com)
  10. ^ two minutes (thenewdaily.com.au)
  11. ^ Treaty with First Nations Victorians (www.aboriginalvictoria.vic.gov.au)
  12. ^ the timing (www.bbc.com)
  13. ^ What kind of state values a freeway's heritage above the heritage of our oldest living culture? (theconversation.com)
  14. ^ create doubt (www.abc.net.au)
  15. ^ imply agreements with one group (www.abc.net.au)
  16. ^ use of police (www.abc.net.au)
  17. ^ security (www.theweeklyadvertiser.com.au)
  18. ^ Djab Wurrung Embassy (dwembassy.com)

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