Yalinguth LIVE by the Birrarung

After winning the ‘Best Words & Ideas’ Award in last year’s Fringe Festival, Yalinguth is back with a whole new experience, launching the Yalinguth app’s second location, the Birrarung/Yarra River.

Through stories, soundscapes, music and projections Yalinguth invites everyone to walk through time - to hear, see and feel what life and country was like along the Birrarung before the tall ships arrived. Wurundjeri Elders will take the audience on a journey through their world since this significant event, and share stories of their strength, resilience, knowledge and continual connection to country and culture.

The Yalinguth app is an immersive audio app connecting Melbourne audiences to the important Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history of places. In the Woi Wurrung language Yalinguth means ‘yesterday’ and echoes the sentiments of many Elders that “we need to go back, before we can go forwards”. The first location in the app was Ngár-go/Fitzroy, and this event marks the launch of the second location along the Birrarung/Yarra River (from Enterprise Park/Queens Bridge to the MCG). Download the app, arrive early and take a wander with Yalinguth before the event begins.