Discovering History: Unsettling local history

Discovering History: Unsettling local history

Bendigo LibraryBendigo, VIC
Thursday, May 28, 2026 from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm AEST
Overview

Learn about some of Professor Barry Golding's key findings and implications from his groundbreaking book, Six Peaks Speak.

Downstream of Six Peaks Speak

Presented by Professor Barry Golding.

Professor Golding's illustrated presentation will draw out some of the key findings and implications from his groundbreaking book Six Peaks Speak: Unsettling Legacies in Southern Dja Dja Wurrung Country. The comprehensive and often violent unsettling of Dja Dja Wurrung people, which occurred on and around the six local mountains featured in the book, is often obscured by the history of gold. So many of the stories, including those about the much-loved, nearby local peak, Liyanganuk/Mt Alexander, have not previously been told.

Book sales available ($59).

Six Peaks Speak was locally researched with Castlemaine-based geologist Clive William as part of a State Library Victoria Creative Fellowship in 2023.

Join in person, live on Zoom, or catch up later on YouTube

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87108902766

BOOKINGS REQUIRED

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MPORTANT: This session will be run in-person and via Zoom. If attending online, you will need an internet-connected device to participate. Click the Zoom link above to launch the meeting on the day. There may be a short wait to be admitted.

Please provide a phone number when booking so we can confirm your attendance if needed. Your details will remain confidential. More info: https://www.ncgrl.vic.gov.au/yourprivacy

Learn about some of Professor Barry Golding's key findings and implications from his groundbreaking book, Six Peaks Speak.

Downstream of Six Peaks Speak

Presented by Professor Barry Golding.

Professor Golding's illustrated presentation will draw out some of the key findings and implications from his groundbreaking book Six Peaks Speak: Unsettling Legacies in Southern Dja Dja Wurrung Country. The comprehensive and often violent unsettling of Dja Dja Wurrung people, which occurred on and around the six local mountains featured in the book, is often obscured by the history of gold. So many of the stories, including those about the much-loved, nearby local peak, Liyanganuk/Mt Alexander, have not previously been told.

Book sales available ($59).

Six Peaks Speak was locally researched with Castlemaine-based geologist Clive William as part of a State Library Victoria Creative Fellowship in 2023.

Join in person, live on Zoom, or catch up later on YouTube

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87108902766

BOOKINGS REQUIRED

~~~~~~

MPORTANT: This session will be run in-person and via Zoom. If attending online, you will need an internet-connected device to participate. Click the Zoom link above to launch the meeting on the day. There may be a short wait to be admitted.

Please provide a phone number when booking so we can confirm your attendance if needed. Your details will remain confidential. More info: https://www.ncgrl.vic.gov.au/yourprivacy

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  • 1 hour
  • In-person

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Bendigo Library

259 Hargreaves Street

Bendigo, VIC 3550

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