Crag Stewards Victoria acknowledges the Eastern Maar as the Traditional Owners of the land described below and their ongoing connections with it. We acknowledge the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of the Eastern Maar and we pay respect to their Elders, past present and emerging.
Note that CSV operates as Crag Volunteers in Eastern Maar Country.
Popular Climbing Areas in Eastern Maar Country
Eastern Maar Country covers a South West region of Victoria as show in the map below. Popular climbing areas in this region include:
- Gariwerd / Grampians (Note that this area is shared with Wotjobaluk and Gunditj Maar peoples and is covered in it’s own section on this website)
- Mt Cole
Traditional Owners
The following information has been sourced for the Eastern maar website: https://easternmaar.com.au . We encourage climbers to visit the website to gain a broader and deeper understanding of Eastern Maar culture, history and plans for the future.
The Eastern Maar are the eastern landholding group of a larger Aboriginal nation – the Maar Nation. The western landholding group of the Maar Nation are the Gunditjmara. “Eastern Maar” is a name adopted by the people who identify as Maar, Eastern Gunditjmara, Tjap Wurrung, Peek Whurrong, Kirrae Whurrung, Kuurn Kopan Noot and/or Yarro waetch (Tooram Tribe) amongst others. The Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation is the Representative Aboriginal Party of this group of peoples.
Meerreengeeye Ngakeepoorryeeyt (Country Plan)
“This country plan is called Meerreengeeye Ngakeepoorryeeyt. It is in our Maar language. Meerreengeeye means ‘Our Country’, which includes the land and waters, plants and animals, our stories and spirits, our citizens. This is how we see our Country, as connected and all-encompassing. Ngakeepoorryeeyt means ‘far seeing’. It is our ambitious vision for the future, which we have documented in this plan.” (Plan Extract)
A copy of the Country plan: https://easternmaar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/eastern-maar-country-plan.pdf
