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Jawun Week 1: Welcome to Country

For the next six weeks, Eric is on a Jawun secondment.  He's working on Ngarrindjeri Country in Murray Bridge at Moorundi Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service . Week 1, and after an easy introduction to the Lower River Murray and Far West Coast secondees at Glenelg, we headed off on induction.  Our base for the next two nights was Camp Coorong.  Camp Coorong was established as a place to learn about Ngarrindjeri life, history and culture.  We started to understand the richness of life and the region, stretching back many thousands of years.  Sadly the camp is closed to the general public but there's a strong desire to get it open and running again as an attraction and centre of culture and learning. Sunrise at Camp Coorong We had the privilege of learning to weave from Aunty Ellen, whose artwork is exhibited nationally and internationally.  It was a bit like learning to paint from Picasso, with Aunty Ellen demonstrating endless patience that our skills probably didn&#