It has been an honour to have worked alongside artist @smugone and the Horsham Rural City Council on this project titled The Yangga Dyata which means ‘Walking on Country’. The Silo art located on Wawunna Rd and Hazel St in Horsham, pays tribute to Yanggendyinanyuk a Wotjobaluk warrior, whose strength and resilience inspires generations to come. Yanggendyinanyuk was famously known for exceptional tracking skills, helping to locate the Cooper-Duff children from the “Lost in the Bush” story, who had been lost for 9 days in the Wimmera Scrub. He was also known for his role in the first Indigenous cricket tour to England and witnessed a great loss of clan and Country.A Gamaty, meaning ‘Black Cockatoo’ was his totem and stands proud alongside the completed Silo works. A large thank you to the Barengi Gadgin Land Council Aboriginal Corporation, Aunty Jenni and the Plazzer Family for their support in this project.

For more information about Yanggendyinanyuk see the link below:

https://ia.anu.edu.au/biography/yanggendyinanyuk-30059