Kulin

**//__Eastern Kulin__//**
**Mark C**
 * //Eastern kulins lived in central victoria//
 * Smoke signals were used to send messages to other clans when travelling
 * they use the stars to navigate at night
 * they use woods to make fire, weapons and houses
 * The  //  Wirrigiri  //  or messengers held a special status. Among the Kulin, they were allowed to pass through the country from one clan territory to another without fear of attack

** Wuywayit: -   Wuywayit is a favourite game. The Wuywayit is a stick about 50 - 70 cm long, with a knob at the end, yet it is in one and the same stick. Much pain is taken in making the Wuywayit ; the long part is not above 6 mm in diameter. -    The men place themselves in a row holding the thin end from the knob in their hand and one after another throw it along on the grass. -    After touching the ground by their art of throwing, it rises like a stone thrown on a sheet of ice. It rises and again goes on till exhausted. They go a great distance. -     Each knows his own  Wuywayit ; whose is the furthest off is considered the best player. They stand in a row till all have thrown. To see 20 or more in a line is a pretty sight, and there is great excitement when the last Wuywayit is thrown. = **Stories** = **Why the Wombat has no tail and the Kangaroo does**. **Annette**
 * +SPORT
 * Danni**
 * Kuyim the Kangaroo and Warin the wombat used to be friends who shared everything.
 * One day Warin dug a hole and slept in it at night when it was cold.
 * Kuyim asked Warin if he would share his shelter with him and Warin said no.
 * A battle broke out and Kuyim got a spear stuck in his back.
 * That is why the wombat has no tail and the Kangaroo has a long straight tail.

= **Animals** = **Koala**
 * The Koalas were caught by climbing trees using a rope sling made out of bark.
 * Using an axe they would knock holes into the tree which get used for footing.
 * They would slowly work their way up the tree to catch the Koala.
 * The Koalas would be cooked with their skin on.
 * The skin was never used for clothing.
 * Annette**

SPORT:
The girls have their own sports such as: dance _They are particularly fond of dancing in the spring and autumn especially as many of the Native trees blossom twice in the year. _They decorate their heads with flowers, and round their wrists like bracelets and round the ankles, and very gay the lasses look. _They dance away as merrily as our country girls round the May Pole. _They choose their own leader who is like themselves. Girls also played //mangurt// but they did not kick the ball, rather they threw it up to one another by hand. _The girls play at Ball, not like the males but in the same way as the Europeans.
 * Ben**