21 20 McConnell Dowell | Built Environs Reconciliation Action Plan | Innovate Case Studies The Deer Park Station design has a deep historical connection to the local area and was developed in collaboration with the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation, the Traditional Owners of the Country. The ground around Deer Park Station was an important source of connection, trade and livelihood for the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung People, who continue to maintain a respectful, harmonious relationship with the land, that they call Country. Deer Park Station and Precinct Design The station design is based on the ‘layers of Country’, a set of stories told by the Traditional Owners that recognise Bunjil the Great Creator Spirit, who usually takes the form of a wedge-tailed eagle, as the creator of all layers of Country. The stories tell tales of the landscape between the land and the sky as separate layers, each layer has meaning and purpose for the Traditional Owners. • Biik-ut (Below Country) – basalt and quartz were sourced from this layer and used by Ancestors to make weapons, tools and small wells. • Biik-dui and Baanj Biik (On Country and Water Country) – these layers include the land, water, animals and plants that provided shelter, food, goods to trade, burial places and more. • Murnmut Biik and Wurru wurru Biik (Wind Country and Sky Country) – the layers that contain the wind and the stars, home to Ancestors and a guide to the changing seasons. • Tharangalk Biik (Bunjil’s Forest Country above the clouds) – Bunjil’s home, from where he watches over all he has created. We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung People and thank the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation for sharing stories of Country as part of their collaboration on the Deer Park Station and precinct design. A train arrives at the new Deer Park Railway Station in Melbourne’s west, VIC Artist’s impression of the new Deer Park Railway Station in Melbourne’s west, VIC
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