Our Dream Time subscription Edition 6…April 2015.
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Tania Hopkins Editor and founder Our Dream Time Magazines. On Wakka Wakka Country where my fathers people are from. I can trace my people back 4 generations to when white man first settled in the area. Burnett region SE QLD.
This is on Ugurapul country in the Scenic Rim, Croftby QLD. Probably my most favourite spot to work and camp.
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….Hi everyone my name is Tania Hopkins and these photos show my lifestyle, and my journey, as I collect stories and information on the Australian Aborigines, also pictures from featured stories in Edition 6 out now. Sharing stories of our culture, of our way of life today, yesterday and into the future. to share with the wider community, for a better understanding…..With stories that inspire, they encourage others that it doesn’t matter where you are from, no matter how deep your culture, how dark your skin, you can lead your own path and prosper in a successful journey of discovery….. Our Dream Time Magazines share a variety of stories, from our Elders as we learn from their knowledge from their wisdom, to discovering our talented youth, articles from our sport stars to our entertainers, stories from the grass roots people of Australia, showing that with talent and determination you can achieve anything you set out to do. Along side Dreamtime stories poems and paintings Our Dream Time sets itself apart from the rest with no politics or gossip.
Since he could walk Evan has studied Indigenous culture out in the bush- rediscovering, recording and understanding cultural sites. He is now an Aboriginal Site Officer with the Darug Custodian Aboriginal Corporation. Evans story of the Blue Mountains Walkabout features in Edition 7 out June 20th 2015.
Dhinawan is appropriately named after the Emu with his long legs he dances his way around the world showcasing our culture. Speaks with knowledge and confidence handed down to him by his Elders. Find Dhinawans story in edition 6 out now.
With a love of my people and a pride in my culture I wanted to share information and stories on the oldest living culture in the World. In 1998 I founded Our dream Time Magazines and in 2000 we produced and printed a 48 page magazine full of colour and culture, in January, February, March, April, and may. Due to family commitments we stopped printing, though continued to collect stories. Our Dream Time has come back bigger and better with our first online digital magazine out now, with future editions printed and delivered to you through the mail. For full stories on each you find on this site and more pictures please subscribe, keep the dream alive, enjoy and get involved.
My fathers people are of the Wakka Wakka country, SE Queensland round the Burnett region, where I can trace my people back to my great great great grandparents, who were living at baramah Station now know as Cherbourg, when white man first settled in the area. My father was raised in Cherbourg mission. My mothers people are of the Koama country, where I was born, and lived as fringe dwellers living on the outskirt of Cunnummalla at the bottom camp. My mothers mother was born on Moogilah cattle station, about 12 km’s west of Goodooga NSW. I was fostered out at 18 months and adopted at 8 years old to a Dutch Australian family, who I am still close to today…… You can find my story in edition 6 out now. With a photo album showing my journey through photo’s. I travel simple which makes it easier and more real for me. Most nights are spent out bush around a campfire….with the stories
“I grew up on the south coast of Australia in a small town named Coledale, about 30kms from Wollongong in beautiful Dharawat country. I still live here and couldn’t imagine living anywhere else, I love where I live, nestled in between the mountains and the sea. Stella Crick 2014 women’s Australian indigenous Surfing Champion is a freelance photographer who photographs for swimsuit brands all over the World., is a wildlife park Ranger and an ambassador of the Deadly Dolphins an Awabakal and cancer Council learn to swim initiative for Indigenous Australians. Find the Stella full story in Edition 6 out now.
As a model for Chic Magazine, a budding actor and champion Surfer, Otis Carey is doing it his way. Not bad for a man who wasn’t sure what he wanted to do in life after leaving school. All he knew from a small age was the freedom and connection to culture surfing those waves. Find Otis’s story in Edition 6 out now.
What better way to find out what is wrong with your health than to study it and find ways to fight it….Darren Smith is a respiratory Scientist at the Prince Charles hospital Brisbane.…Find his story in Edition 6 out now.
On Koama country my birth place Cunnumalla SW QLD. This is where my mothers people are from.
This website will keep you informed on future editions of Our Dream Time magazines and featured stories, which coincide with my travels.
Our Dream Time is a Magazine, full of beauty and mystic, full of colour and culture. The stories and information I collect along my journey I share with you through “Our Dream Time” magazines.
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