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“Mount Yengo - High Cathedral – is a natural feature of immense spiritual significance to Aboriginal peoples. Not far from Wollombi village silently stands this sacred mountain where the great creator spirit, Baiame, descended from the Mirrabooka with Giong the Whale.

After Baiame created all things, including the first Bora ground, he stepped back into the sky world from Mount Yengo.

Giong the Whale bestowed the kinship system upon the people, which taught them how to relate to each other and stipulated roles, responsibilities and obligations to one another and land. After Giong’s work was done, he retreated to the sea.

The annual whale migration north reminds us of the importance of maintaining good relationships with all our family members and everyone in our community. The whale symbolises all the values of the kinship system, which determines our behaviour to others.”

Written by Phil Bligh