Max Harrison
Max "Duramunmun" Harrison is an elder of the Yuin Nation of South East Australia. We interviewed Max sitting beside a creek near his home in Woronora, a small town outside Sydney, Australia.Videos featuring Max Harrison
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We're Lookin After Her Cause She's Lookin After Us
Max "Duramunmun" Harrison, an elder of the Yuin Nation of Southeast Australia, reminds us that we share the same earth, water and air. If we are to believe anything, says Max, we must believe in Mother Earth.
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What Is Sacred?
Max "Duramunmun" Harrison, an elder of the Yuin Nation of Southeast Australia, explains why Aboriginal understandings of the land have no credibility in wider Australian society. Developers refuse to respect sacred land when they cannot see what is sacred about it. But Max asks, is sacredness something to be seen with the eyes or something to be felt and lived?
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The Land is There to Show You
Max "Duramunmun" Harrison, an elder of the Yuin Nation of Southeast Australia, reminds us that the Aboriginal way of life was full of ease. When one is in spiritual connection with the land, the land constantly discloses its abundance.
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It Never Gets Back to the Mother
Max "Duramunmun" Harrison, an elder of the Yuin Nation of Southeast Australia, asks why creation is not included in our thought and education. Everything in our lives has its source in Mother Earth, but our appreciation of these things is never traced back to the Mother.
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Complete Interview
In this complete interview, Max "Duramunmun" Harrison, an elder of the Yuin Nation of Southeast Australia, explains fundamental differences between Aboriginal and Euro-Australian worldviews. Unity and cooperation must involve understanding and respect for one another's lifestyle. But the basic Aboriginal understanding of the earth as Mother and source is undermined by a culture of consumerism, passively teaching that vegetables come from a store. Max asks, if the Mother is not understood, how can She be respected?
(17 min)
"Forget about the color of our skins and that. Forget about our different lifestyles and our different belief systems, but believe in one thing and believe in Mother Earth. So that we can look after her because she's looking after us."
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