Dreamy

By: Common Ground
  • Summary

  • A collection of mindful audio stories from the First Storytellers – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. These stories bring an age-old practice of oral storytelling into the digital space, helping people slow down and connect to Country.
    Common Ground
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Episodes
  • Land, the Sky, the Fire and I
    Jul 1 2024

    Nayuka Gorrie shares a reflective story from interactions between the sun and moon, to stars Ancestors have seen and descendants will see; to sensory observations from the warmth of a fire built by their family, to the sounds of birds chirping, frogs croaking and insects humming.

    Nayuka Gorrie is a Gunai/Kurnai, Gunditjmara, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta freelance and comedy television writer. Their writing centres on Black, feminist and queer politics.


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    9 mins
  • Margaret
    Jul 1 2024

    Scott Wilson shares Gooniyandi thangarndi (language) in a story inspired by Gooniyandi Riwi (Country) and his grandmother Margaret, named after the Margaret River that runs through Gooniyandi Country. She spent most of her life by the ocean and fishing in the sea. It shares a journey of someone living away from Country, but knowing that Country lives within us.

    Scott Wilson is a proud Gooniyandi and Gajerrong man from the Kimberley, Western Australia. Scott is now the co-creator and writer of the first Aboriginal Superhero Universe, called the Indigiverse and a new Green Energy company called, Gevolve Solutions.

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    12 mins
  • Buungbaa-ma-ndhu
    Jul 1 2024

    Kirli Saunders centres Gundungurra language in this story of rising like the sun, with singing, dancing, dreaming, hunting and speaking in mother tongue, before the sun sets at dawn. Kirili shares gratitude for the teachings of Aunty Velma Mulcahy and Aunty Sharyn Halls.

    This story was originally commissioned by Fremantle Biennale and Ngununggula, and has been extended through the Dreamy series.

    Kirli Saunders (OAM) is a proud Gunai woman with Yuin, Dharawal, Gundungurra and Biripi ties. She is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist who works across a range of mediums spanning books, film, art, poetry and performance.

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    8 mins

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.