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The Story of The Kodja Place Australian Rose Maze, Kojonup Wester Australia.

The Kodja Place tells the inside story of Australian country life in ways that will move and delight you. Voices, photographs, art and objects from Kojonup’s Noongar-Aboriginal and settler cultures are woven together in imaginative and richly layered interpretations:

• Trace the stories of Yoondi, Elizabeth and Maria along the enchanting pathways of the Australian Rose Maze to discover 100 years of Noongar, English and Italian experiences.
• A self guided tour through the history of Kojonup’s Indigenous and farming culture.
• Bush animal tracks in the Kodj Gallery lead you on a journey from traditional Noongar life to modern farming.
• Heart-felt and heart-warming, the personal stories in the Storyplace convey struggles for freedom and acceptance, hardships and achievements, and the joys and the everyday ways of contemporary country life.
• Enjoy yarns, billy-tea and damper in Yoondi’s Mia Mia with a Noongar Elder.
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  The rose-hedged pathways of this enchanting garden are entwined with the life stories of Yoondi, Elizabeth and Maria:

  ‘Blankets don’t keep out the rain like yonger skins.’ Yoondi

  ‘I just hope the Coolgardie Safe can keep the jelly set in this heat.’ Elizabeth

  ‘Giovanni says our countries are at war. How can that be?’ Maria

  Woven into the Maze’s rich tapestry of roses, pergolas, seating and pathways are the voices of these symbolic Noongar-Indigenous, English and Italian women – their moving stories revealed in printed words and mosaics, a journal, and poignant letters home.

  Enjoy fragrances of blooms in golden-apricot, velvety-red, lemon yellow, and rich crimson. Rose lovers will find 100 varieties of Australian-bred roses across 1400 plantings, including Lorraine Lee, Milkmaid, Restless, Pacific Triumph, Carabella, Iced Parfait, Countrywoman, Howard Florey, Onkaparinga and Flinders.

• pp. 88 colour illusts #130925 (over standard size)