TV SERIES EPISODES 7 & 8: MELTON EQUESTRIAN ACADEMY
First aired Channel 31 Melbourne, 28 May & 4 June, 2007
"Ngamudji, Ellim-atta,
Murrup-atta."*
Many people have heard of aboriginal curses, where some poor soul has a ritualistic bone pointed at them
* Aboriginal ritualistic bone-pointing chant.
"But could an aboriginal sorcerer or wirrirrap be powerful enough to curse land ..?
"This seems to be the case at the Melton Equestrian Academy, west of Melbourne
"
Academy employee Emma tells Drew about footsteps heard in the clubrooms, riding helmets going missing & the ghost of a girl called Michelle
"Even before the Academy opened, in 1989, it appears the 12-hectare property was jinxed
"
Academy proprietor Catherine talks about Michelle's tragic history, strange animal behaviour, several ghosts & a bunyip-like creature ...
"The ghost of an aborigine, muttering voices, disappearing objects - even a mysterious black beast called Slunja-baha - have been reported in the area ...
"It's like something out of the Dreamtime ...
"Long before white man arrived, a clan of the Wurundjeri tribe occupied this area, & used nearby Toolern Creek as a territorial boundary
"Its possible the wirrirrap performed rituals to sanctify the land, warding off - or frightening - intruders
"
Riding student Jenny explains how people & horses get spooked by ghostly presences at the academy
"Nevertheless, the arrival of European settlers meant, that by 1860, almost all trace of the clan was gone
"Except, perhaps, for the primeval energies they invoked
"
In Part 2, Geelong psychic Donna tunes in to the primeval energies of the Melton Equestrian Academy ...
Haunted Australia's chief investigator Gary conducts a midnight vigil inside the Academy's clubhouse ...
While Haunted Australia field researcher Di tries her hand at dowsing ...
Produced by Ron Dorre, directed by Stelios Kokotos with sound by John McPherson. Sponsored by The Haunted Bookshop. Images copyright 2007 Mystical Guides Pty Ltd.
