In the Nyoongar Calendar the first spring is called Djilba which is from August to September and second spring is from October to November.
The first spring is a mix of wet days, cold clear nights and pleasant warm days. The colours of this season are black, blue and green. Rain has replenished the water sources, and the bush has been allowed to rejuvenate
Here in Australia, the change of seasons always starts at the beginning of the month rather than having anything to do with the equinox. As we are entering the season of Spring, we have retrieved some photographs of people collecting wildflowers in the area of Glen Forrest.
These photographs were taken in 1922 of a group of women from the Tax Office on an outing in Glen Forrest and you can see they are holding bunches of wildflowers, an action which is frowned upon today and not allowed. These photos also show in good detail the clothes of the time the long skirts and buttoned boots and of course the wonderful hats!
In this photograph the women are standing on a rock near the Glen Forrest Railway Station -now Morgan John Morgan Park.
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