Yiagilang Ngarrngatj: Seeking Knowledge
Wurundjeri Woiwurrung people are the keepers of their traditional knowledge and history. The Yiagilang Ngarrngatj Research Unit at the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Corporation is dedicated to the ongoing understanding of the Wurundjeri Woiwurrung ancestors, landscapes and culture. Research is undertaken using diverse data gathering techniques including reviewing documentary materials, archives, artefacts and Wurundjeri Woiwurrung knowledge recording in recognition of the importance of cultural knowledge alongside documented histories.
The Unit, and the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Aboriginal Corporation as a whole, strives to ensure a culturally appropriate Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung history is visible to our partners and other stakeholders. Working in conjunction with the Corporations’ Cultural Heritage, Narrap, Education, Cultural Consultation and Water Units, the Research Unit is comprised of Anthropologists, Historians and Research Officers with extensive experience in cultural heritage, anthropological, genealogical, Native Title and historical research.
The Research Unit offers the following services:
• Facilitation of Cultural Values Recordings
• Wurundjeri Woiwurrung Knowledge Recording
• Cultural Values Studies
• Review of Draft Reports
• Provision of Preliminary Findings and Advice on Request
• Ethnohistorical or Anthropological Research and Review
• Genealogical Research
• Other Research Projects
This summary document presents the results of the Bulleen-Banyule Flats Cultural Values Study, prepared by the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation for the Department of Environment, Land, Water, and Planning (DELWP).
This overview document condenses a twelve month study to document Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung cultural values in the Jacksons Creek Regional Parklands in the Melbourne suburbs of Sunbury and Diggers Rest, Victoria. The study has been delivered through a partnership between the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning and the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation.
This document presents a Position Statement of Cultural Values for the marram baba Merri Creek Regional Parklands study area, prepared by the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation for the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA).
This summary document presents the results of the Cultural Values Assessment for the Yan Yean Reservoir catchment, produced by the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation in collaboration with Melbourne Water.
This overview document presents the results of a Cultural Values Assessment for the Yering Billabongs Project, produced by the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation for the Yarra Ranges Council. This overview summarises a comprehensive assessment to document and identify the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung cultural values of the Yering stretch of the Yarra River.
This overview document condenses and summarises a comprehensive Cultural Values Study commissioned by the Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) as the second stage of the Birrarung Cultural Mapping Project to document in detail Traditional Owner tangible and intangible heritage values and places of significance associated with Birrarung and areas surrounding the confluence of Birrarung and Brushy Creek.
For our community the natural world is also a cultural space. We have a special interest in preserving not just our cultural objects, but also landscapes of cultural importance.
Cultural Values Program 2025-2026