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35-650: The stories of the Wandjina and the artwork depicting them remain important to the Mowanjum Community of Aboriginal people , and are one of the basic cultural elements of the Wanjina Wunggurr cultural bloc, which includes four Aboriginal peoples in the Kimberley. Some Dreamtime stories say the Wandjina created the landscape and its inhabitants, and continue to have influence over both. When

70-527: A Hoyts cinema complex. In 2009, the owners of Eastland, Queensland Investment Corporation , planned to commence another redevelopment of the Eastland site. The Arcade near Eastland and the Ringwood Library commenced re-location in 2012. Construction on the new centre began in 2013 and was completed in two stages. Stage one opened on 29 October 2015 and stage two on 5 May 2016. Ringwood has been

105-498: A Liberal gain, the electorate that covers most of Ringwood, Deakin, elected Michael Sukkar with a 3.8% swing and 53.2% of the votes. In the 2016 federal election , Deakin, reelected Michael Sukkar with 55.7% of votes, and a swing of +2.5%. At the 2019 federal election , Sukkar was reelected again for Deakin with 54.7% of votes despite a swing of -1.6 against him. For Menzies , the 2013 election saw Kevin Andrews win with 64.4% of

140-436: A population of 19,144 at the 2021 census . Ringwood has many parks and reserves, most notably Ringwood Lake, an 8.5-hectare park is used for various recreational activities which includes a lake with bridge, sound shell, mining history display, playground, picnic shelters, barbecues and a bushland walking circuit. Ringwood village emerged in the mid to late 19th century, following the 1850s land sales. Before this, Ringwood

175-548: A relatively Liberal -leaning suburb, the combined results across all Ringwood booths produced a primary vote result of 35.7% for Labor , 47.2% for the Liberals and 12.0% for the Greens ; on a two-party basis after preferences, the result was 53.02% Liberal and 46.98% Labor. Ringwood operated a number of polling booths at the 2013 federal election , distributed mostly across the federal electorates of Deakin and Menzies . In

210-689: Is also home to Ringwood Basketball Association , with the Hawks playing in the NBL1 South . The club plays out of the Maroondah Indoor Sports Centre. Other sporting facilities include: The Ringwood Field Naturalists Club Inc. (RFNC) is an Australian natural history and conservation organisation. The club was founded in 1961 by Jack Hyett and William (Bill) King, with other notable members, including Bruce A. Fuhrer and Fred Rogers. The club provides an amateur forum for

245-470: Is one of Australia's longest-running Indigenous festivals, having run annually since 1998. The community is managed through its incorporated body, Mowanjum Aboriginal Corporation, incorporated under the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 on 23 January 1981. Mowanjum Layout Plan No.1 was prepared in accordance with State Planning Policy 3.2 Aboriginal Settlements. Layout Plan No.1

280-790: Is the Ringwood Jets, who play in the SFL. Their home ground is at Aquinas College . Ringwood is also the home to Ringwood City Soccer Club . Founded in 1953, the club became the Victorian State League champions in 1959. However, the club has seen very limited success since and they now play in the Victorian State League Division 5 ;. The club is based at the Ringwood City Soccer Complex located at Jubilee Park. Ringwood

315-534: The Belgrave and Lilydale lines. The first is Heatherdale in the west near Heatherdale Road, with the other being Ringwood near Maroondah Highway between Ringwood Street and Warrandyte Road. Many bus routes terminate at or pass through both Ringwood and Heatherdale stations, as well as serving other areas of the suburb. Ringwood includes notable places such as: In the Silver Jubilee year of 1977

350-571: The First Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) in 1914, and only returned in 1927. He subsequently remained as superintendent until 1941. Love translated the gospel of Saint Mark and Saint Luke into the Worrorra language , and mission children were taught in both English and Worrorra. In 1949, the land, livestock and equipment of Munja Aboriginal Cattle Station was handed over to the missionaries, which overstretched

385-665: The Shire of Derby-West Kimberley . At the 2016 Australian census , Mowanjum had a population of 311. The settlement began after the establishment of a mission station by the Presbyterian Church in 1912, first called the Port George IV mission and later Kunmunya . After an initial attempt to set up a mission near Walcott Inlet by Dr. John Yule had been abandoned by the lay missionaries who followed, Robert and Frances Wilson, owing to lack of fresh water at

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420-588: The Sydney Opera House as part of its Lighting of the Sails celebration. In 2023, Wandjina was added to the popular mobile game Fate/Grand Order , initially as an antagonist and later as a playable character. Mowanjum Community Mowanjum is a medium-sized Aboriginal community, located 10 km (6 mi) south east of Derby in the Kimberley region of Western Australia , within

455-606: The Wanjina Wunggurr , consisting of the Worrorra (and neighbouring Ngardi ), Wunambal and Ngarinyin peoples of the Kimberley. Rock paintings depicting Wanjina, as well as the Gwion Gwion ("Bradshaw") paintings, are evidence of the shared culture. The Wunambal people in the Mitchell Plateau area refer to Wandjina as Gulingi. Wunggurr is a variant on the Rainbow Serpent creator being belief, while

490-545: The Mowanjum Aboriginal Art & Culture Centre (MASWAC). It was founded in 1998 by Mowanjum Community Administrator Maxine Clarke, Mowanjum Kimberley TAFE Arts lecturer Mark Norval, and its first chairperson Donny Woolagoodja . In 2002 community administrator John Oster and MASWAC compiled a business plan to build a gallery-museum at Mowanjum. During 2004 and 2006 this new art centre was constructed. The artists from MASWAC have had major exhibitions across

525-906: The Mowanjum Community are Albert Barunga, Alan Mungulu and David Mowaljarlai. The community was again shifted in 1975 to its present site 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Derby, following government requirements for additional land for the Derby Airport . Strong links to traditional country have been preserved and the numerous outstations , including Pantijan, Kunmunya, Dodnun and Yallon, are directly linked to both European and traditional history. Mowanjum's outstations are under Mowanjum community management. Mowanjum includes people from three main language groups: Between 300 and 500 people reside at Mowanjum Community depending on seasonal conditions in surrounding language group areas. Mowanjum Community has its own art and cultural organisation,

560-400: The Wandjina rock art dates to around 3800–4000 years ago. The emergence of this art style follows the end of a millennium-long drought that gave way to a wetter climate characterised by regular monsoons. The Wandjina paintings have common colours of black, red and yellow on a white background. The spirits are depicted alone or in groups, vertically or horizontally depending on the dimensions of

595-735: The Wandjina, without saying who these people are. A short film, Who Paintin' Dis Wandjina , discussed the Aboriginal reaction. Images of the Wandjina are displayed on the walls of the Ringwood Magistrates Court in Victoria; these are referenced as produced the National Gallery of Victoria . In 2016, during the Vivid Sydney festival, artwork of Wandjina by artist Donny Woolagoodja was projected onto

630-554: The capacity of the missionaries. In the meantime, Kumunya experienced crop failures, and after deliberations among the various groups, they all relocated in 1951 to Wotjulum, near Yampi Sound , about 130 kilometres (80 mi) south-west of Port George, near Coppermine Estuary. finally to the outskirts of Derby near the airport in 1956. The name Mowanjum was inscribed in the Derby marsh in 1956 by David Mowaljarlai. It means "settled" or "on firm ground. The three men attributed to founding

665-412: The country and overseas. Wandjina artists since the formation of MASWAC include Donny Woolagoodja, Mabel King, Gordon Barunga, Sandra Mungulu and Leah Umbagai, while prior to MASWAC, there were Wattie Karrawarra, Jack Wheera, Charlie Numblemoore, Alan Mungulu, David Mowaljarlai, Sam Woolagoodja, Spider Burgu, Paddy Morlumbun, Guduwola Mungulu and Pudjuwola Barunga. The Mowanjum Arts and Cultural Festival

700-548: The home of ConnectEast , owner and operator of Melbourne's second toll road, EastLink. In 2012, major retail chain store Costco announced plans to open in Ringwood. Construction is expected to finish mid-2013. It opened 20 November 2013 (Emma Hastings Maroondah Leader 20 November 2013 12:59PM) Perhaps Ringwood's most global notoriety is the development in 1958 of the "Pride of Ringwood" hop variety, which today flavours Foster's Lager, Victoria Bitter and many other beers around

735-522: The paint is over 40 layers deep. The painting style has evolved during this process: more recent figures are stockier and some now possess eyelashes. In the late 1960s and early 1970s several Mowanjum artists depicted traditional Wandjina on pieces of string bark. These bark paintings were sold mainly through the mission at Kalumbaru . Some of the important artists from this region include Alec Mingelmanganu , Charlie Numbelmoore and Jack Karedada . These artworks are now in major museum collections around

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770-551: The paintings are still believed to possess these powers and therefore are to be approached and treated respectfully. Each site and painting has a name. Indigenous people of the Mowanjum community repaint the images to ensure the continuity of the Wandjina's presence. Annual repainting in December or January also ensures the arrival of the monsoon rains, according to Mowanjum belief. Repainting has occurred so often that at one site

805-474: The rock, and are sometimes depicted with figures and objects like the Rainbow Serpent or yams . Common composition is with large upper bodies and heads that may show eyes and nose, but typically no mouth. Two explanations have been given for this: they are so powerful they do not require speech and if they had mouths, the rain would never cease. Around the heads of Wandjina are lines or blocks of color, depicting lighting coming out of transparent helmets. Today,

840-563: The site of a Cadbury chocolate factory since the company's acquisition of MacRobertson Chocolates in 1967. The factory is the company's second largest in Australia and produces chocolate bars, such as Cherry Ripe and Boost, and Easter eggs. In 2009, the State Government controversially approved the building of a nine-storey housing development near Ringwood Lake , without Council or public consultation. In 2007, Ringwood became

875-447: The site, a fresh site was sought. In 1912 Rev. R.H. Wilson and his party selected a new site at Port George IV, not far away. Within a few more years, sometime before 1930, this site too had to be abandoned, owing to lack of water and arable land , with the new site known as Kunmunya. Rev. J.R.B. Love was in important figure in the history of the mission, although he was away from the outbreak of World War I in 1914, when he enlisted in

910-404: The spirits found the place they would die, they painted their images on cave walls and entered a nearby waterhole. These paintings were then refreshed by Aboriginal people as a method of regenerating life force. The Wandjina can punish those who break the law with floods, lightning and cyclones. The Wandjina and Wunggurr spirits are essential elements of the life of the cultural bloc known as

945-565: The study and enjoyment of natural history and travels both locally and within Victoria. The club logo was designed in 1964 by Jack Truscott, a local artist and Foundation member and features a male golden whistler and the cinnamon wattle ( Acacia leprosa ) , both of which were common in Ringwood in the 1960s. Ringwood is accessible by many major roads and thoroughfares. Some north-south arterials (from east–west) are as follows; Some east-west arterials (from north–south) are as follows; Two train stations serve Ringwood, both of which being on

980-657: The votes, and again in 2016 with 60.6% of the votes. He won it for a 3rd time in 2019 with 57.5% of the vote. The suburb has three Australian rules football teams. The first is the Norwood Norsemen, who are the current Division 1 Eastern Football League (EFL) premiers, whose home ground is Mullum Reserve. The second team is the Ringwood Redbacks who play in Division 3 of the EFL, at Jubilee Park. The third

1015-433: The wandjina are local spirits, attached to places, and associated with particular clans. Although some local expressions use the two terms interchangeably, wungurr is a "more diffuse life force animating and underlying the particular manifestations of its power that find expression in all species of things, including the wandjina". One facet of wungurr is embodied in a rock python known as Wanjad. The broad-stroke artwork of

1050-628: The world. Wandjina were the inspiration for a 1966 children's fantasy television series, Wandjina! , produced by ABC Television in 1966. In 2007, graffiti depictions of Wandjina appeared in Perth , Western Australia. Styles ranged from stencil-work to a spray painted Wandjina driving a pink car. Using Flickr and blogs , several people engaged in "Wandjina watching", documenting the Wandjina graffiti they found. These "wandering Wandjina" angered and upset some Indigenous people who said that only certain artists from their people are permitted to depict

1085-799: The world. The hops were developed along the Mullum Mullum Creek , near the site of what later became Penguin Books , in 1963. In the 2021 census, the population of Ringwood was 19,144, 51.3% female and 48.7% male. The median age was 38. 60.9% of people living in Ringwood were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 7.3% China , 3.2% India , 2.9% England , 2.8% Myanmar , and 2.1% Malaysia . 63.9% of people living in Ringwood only spoke English at home. The other top languages spoken at home were 9.0% Mandarin , 3.2% Cantonese , 1.5% Persian (excluding Dari),1.3% Burmese and 1.2% Zomi . The religious makeup of Ringwood

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1120-503: Was 43.4% No religion, 15.7% Catholic , 5.7% Anglican , 5.5% Not stated, and 4.2% Baptist . Southwood Boys' Grammar School (Site closed in 2013 and merged with Tintern Grammar in Ringwood East ) In 2010, Ringwood operated a number of polling booths at the 2010 federal election , distributed mostly across the federal electorates of Deakin and Menzies , with another few allocated to Casey for pre-polling. Traditionally

1155-399: Was built in 1928 as a memorial to the war. After the successful post-depression subdivisions of land in the area, Ringwood was recognised to be a part of metropolitan Melbourne. Eastland Shopping Centre opened in Ringwood in 1967. It was redeveloped in the late 1990s and again in 2013. Its current state is 131,000 m (1,410,000 square feet) of retail and hospitality floor space, car parks and

1190-562: Was endorsed by the community on 23 July 2003 and the Western Australian Planning Commission on 23 September 2003. It has had several amendments since. Ringwood, Victoria Ringwood is an eastern suburb of Melbourne , Victoria , Australia , 25 km (16 mi) east of Melbourne's Central Business District , located within the City of Maroondah local government area . Ringwood recorded

1225-571: Was used primarily for agriculture . The post office opened on 2 August 1875, in the then rural area. In 1882, the construction of the Hawthorn to Lilydale railway through the suburb caused Ringwood to emerge as a more notable town. 1924 marked major growth for Ringwood. The railway was electrified and the township was further developed. This development boomed post war, causing the City of Ringwood to be declared in 1960. The Ringwood clock tower

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