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Kodj

Year – 2023

Story from – Bibulmun/Piblemen Noongar Country

Filmed on – Whadjuk Noongar Country

Told by – Koodah Cornwall

Directed by – Gary Hamaguchi and Brooke Collard

Ivy and Steven meet up with Uncle Koodah to learn how to make a “kodj” (traditional axe) using science. A kodj is very important to Ivy and Steven as their grandmother comes from a town called “Kojonup” meaning “place of kodj”. Ivy and Steven hold on to the kodj as it represents their traditional homelands.

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