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Unveiling of the Healing Place bench seats donated by Riverland Water
Uncle Barney Lindsay, and Max Gray, TRILITY Operations Manager -
Riverland
Tyson Lindsay, Uncle Barney Lindsay, and Leanne Schepel at the
opening of Healing Place. (Supplied Berri Barmera Council)
Partnering Council to provide a serene waiting space
adjacent to the Barmera hospital
Riverland Water and TRILITY are proud to partner with the Berri Barmera
Council for two community projects.
The first collaboration was the ‘Healing Place’. Berri Barmera’s Healing Place
opens with hopes of better health outcomes and a reconciled Australia. Berri
Barmera Council has marked this year’s Reconciliation Week by unveiling a
cultural healing site, Healing Place. Its proximity to Barmera Hospital creates
an inviting community space for people waiting for medical appointments
and treatment and for hospital visitors to spend some time in often anxious
circumstances.
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The newly developed area includes a plinth acknowledging the seven First
Nation tribes – Ngaiawang, Ngawait, Nganguruku, Erawirung, Ngintait,
Ngaralte and Ngarkat, seating, the path with a rainbow serpent and plantings.
In the First Nation culture, the Rainbow Serpent is known as a divine entity
and is a symbol of healing, prosperity, protection, and natural law. Council
staff collaborated with a number of local indigenous people about the cultural
element of the Healing Place, including the River Murray and Mallee Aboriginal
Corporation (RMMAC).
Daniel Giles from Blak Scarlett Art painted the serpent and plinth, and
Riverland Water/TRILITY for donating the two bench seats. Max Gray
represented TRILITY and Riverland Water at the unveiling of the ‘Healing Place’.
Read the media release here