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Yalinguth Ngár-go/Fitzroy
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- Immerse yourself in Fitzroy's rich Aboriginal history through the Yalinguth audio app, enhancing your cultural understanding.
- Discover the poignant stories and songs of First Peoples as you stroll along Gertrude Street, connecting with the past.
- Listen to atmospheric soundscapes and local voices like Uncle Jack Charles, bringing the area's history to life.
- Recharge at local pit-stops while enjoying a three-hour journey filled with engaging content and historical insights.
Take a journey to Melbourne’s iconic inner-city Fitzroy (known as Ngár-go in the Woi Wurrung language) via an augmented audio app called Yalinguth. It’s an immersive geolocated audio experience about the important Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history of Gertrude Street. Did you know this is where the Rights Movement began for First Peoples, in Melbourne’s iconic Fitzroy.
This Yalinguth walk is made up of many spoken stories, songs, poems, and atmospheric soundscapes. You’ll discover birdsong that once filled the Melbourne air, a local protest recorded years ago in that location, and musicians and storytellers such as Uncle Jack Charles and Uncle Archie Roach.
Charge your phone, download the app (preferably over Wi-Fi), grab your headphones and head to Fitzroy for an unforgettable day of immersive storytelling, and some great re-fuelling pit-stops along the way. There is approximately three-hours of content in the app that you can dip in and out of.
For a beginning feel head to the Fig Tree, near the corner of Gertrude and Nicholson Streets. There is a brass plaque at its base. Easily accessible via the 86 Tram Route (Stop 13), close to the Melbourne Museum just north of the city.
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Yalinguth First Nations Walking Tour/ Audio App
The Yalinguth app is a unique and immersive way to experience the history of significant places from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspective. In the Woi Wurrung language Yalinguth means “yesterday”, and echoes the sentiments of many Elders that “we need to go back, before we can go forwards”.
This multi award-winning self-guided walking tour app provides an immersive audio-augmented reality experience. You’ll hear geo-located stories from many notable Elders, music, and atmospheric soundscapes as you wander along. Stories are shared in this spatialised sound environment in such an intimate way, it’s as if the Elders are right there with you.
“Be careful where you put your feet, because as we say, you’re walking all over our history.” (Uncle Colin Hunter)
Charge up your phone, download the app (preferably over Wi-Fi), grab your headphones (the best experience by far with headphones), and head to one of two Yalinguth locations – Gertrude Street in Fitzroy, Melbourne or Birrarung/Yarra River, Melbourne CBD (see specific tours for more info about each site).
Further locations will be added over time – watch this space.
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