World Premiere |The Girraween Lagoon story, an excerpt from The Earth Above

Girraween Lagoon, 35 kilometres southeast of Darwin, is known as the ‘place of flowers’. It’s a unique site: a waterbody where the seven seasons observed by the Larrakia people manifest clearly on the surface of the lagoon and surrounds, and where evidence of past environments is preserved deep below the water’s surface.

In this immersive media experience, presented in a portable planetarium-style dome, Larrakia Elder Lorraine Williams leads viewers through the Gulumoerrgin seasonal calendar year and 140,000 years of regional environmental history uncovered through recent scientific research.

This world premiere screens Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 September only at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT).

Suitable for all ages | Free | Bookings not required

Key Information

The Girraween Lagoon story runs for 7 minutes and will be screened between 10:00am to 4:00pm each day.

This immersive experience will place you in an enclosed space, standing and sitting in close proximity to others.

There will be limited seating, viewers need to be comfortable standing or sitting on cushions on the dome floor.

Children under the age of 15 must be accompanied by an adult.

No food or drinks are allowed inside the inflatable planetarium dome.

Additional Information

The Earth Above: A Deep Time View of Australia’s Epic History is produced by the Deakin Motion Lab for the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH). The Girraween Lagoon story is created in collaboration with the Larrakia and Wulna communities.

Director: Ruwe Collective

Writers: Lorraine Williams and Martin Potter

Indigenous consultants and voices: Lorraine Williams, Annie Risk, Donna Jackson and Stephanie Williams

Research and fact-checking: Michael Bird, Michael Brand and Cassandra Rowe (CABAH)

Animators: Scott Jackson, Nick McKinnon and Angus Thomson

Editor: Jagnoor Jaswal

Designer: Maria Bates

Sound Design: J. David Franzke

Composer: Simon Walbrook

Sand Artwork: Lowell Hunter

Special thanks: Cian McCue and Moogie Down Productions

COVID-Safety

We encourage you to:

* maintain 1.5m physical distancing from people not known to you where possible

* practice good hand hygiene

* stay home in you are feeling unwell

MAGNT acknowledges the traditional owners of Country across the Northern Territory and beyond, and pays respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

Photo: The Earth Above: Girraween Lagoon (still) courtesy of Deakin Motion Lab