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Uunguu Life

Locality: Kalumburu

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22.01.2022 You got all type of wanjina, you got thunder, you got lighting and you got rain, all type of wanjina you know. But they all one mob, but some of them, are different. Like us, we got our own wanjina here, other people got their wanjina you see, with their halo, that’s their wanjina. My wanjina just the circle, you know, proper wanjina you know, arms and legs and then he couldn’t talk cause they were really jealous of him and he wasn’t really human, he was a big man. But they ...cut his tongue and he couldn’t even speak anymore, because he was the smartest person ever gone in the bush Joseph Karadada, sharing his stories on Wuuyuru, Bigge Island. Traditional Owners and Uunguu Rangers are monitoring cultural sites at visitor locations on Wunambal Gaambera Country. #wunambalgaambera @rachbeadle @tynetynelogan @sunnerzzzz @great_escape_cruises @truenorthaustralia @kimberley_cruise_specialists @coralexpeditions @ponant @visitbroome @visitkununurra @westernaustralia @australiasnorthwest @undarrka @rock_art_australia @broomeadvertiser @richibradley

17.01.2022 During the last week of term, 8 lucky students went on Culture Camp to Wunambal country, lead by Miss Jayne and Miss Jo, our deadly Culture and Language teacher...s. The Uunguu Rangers and families from Kandiwal Community met us there to teach us about country, art and culture. Thank you so much!! What a great way to end a busy school term! See more

16.01.2022 Lovely calendars from photographer Gary Annett Photography who was living on Wunambal Gaambera Country last wet season, taking lots of photos. He even took a few photos of our Uunguu Rangers doing weed work at the beginning of the year around Munurru. These calendars showcase some of our incredible Wunambal Gaambera Country including Kimberley icons, Punamii-Uunpuu (Mitchell Falls) and Bunjani (Big and Little Mertens). And the great thing - all calendars purchased, will donate money to the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (WA).

13.01.2022 WGAC - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 10am Thursday 19 and 10am Friday 20 NOVEMBER, Court House Kalumburu. Details below. Ildephonse Brian Michael Cheinmora Lillian Karadada Rosa Marnga Kalumburu Strong Women's Centre Mowanjum Arts Kimberley Land Council Ashlyn Hassett

12.01.2022 A great article in Saturday’s Weekend The Australian Newspaper, on the work our Uunguu Rangers and Traditional Owners are doing to protect and monitor our cultural sites at our Uunguu Visitor Locations, combining our traditional knowledge with modern science. Ildephonse Brian Michael Cheinmora Rachel Beadle Western Australia Australia.com Australia's North West True North The Great Escape Charter Company Bree Cardilini Coral Expeditions Bush Heritage Australia

11.01.2022 Culture Camp at Munurru (King Edward River) Wunambal Gaambera elders and Uunguu Rangers hosted their annual school culture camp, sharing traditional knowledge and healthy country work. ... The camp was held in September at Munurru (King Edward River) for school children from Kandiwal and Kalumburu Schools. Uunguu Ranger, Jeremy Kowan taught the kids how to make limburr, clapping sticks. They enjoyed fishing with Uunguu Rangers and Wunambal Gaambera elders, Dorothy Djanghara, Ebony Hassett and Kitty Fredericks. Ildephonse Brian Michael Cheinmora

08.01.2022 Mid-year 2020 High resolution burnt area mapping of the North Kimberley. This mapping has been produced by the Darwin Centre for Bushfire Research (DCBR - Charles Darwin University) for the North Kimberley Fire Abatement Project funded by the World Wide Fund for Nature and Lotterywest. This map illustrates the huge amount of work conducted during the early dry season to reduce late dry season wildfires. The strategic burning across this vast landscape is supporting a large r...eduction in carbon emissions, better environmental outcomes and work for Indigenous ranger groups. The North Kimberley Fire Abatement Project is a partnership between the Kimberley Land Council and the Wunambal Gaambera, Balanggarra, Wilinggin and Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporations that represent the Traditional Owners responsible for looking after and managing the country in the North Kimberley. Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation Wilinggin Aboriginal Corporation Bush Heritage Australia Kimberley Land Council Lotterywest

08.01.2022 Bait and a feed of arjudu, longbum, mudwhelk or telescopium telescopium... These shellfish are collected from the mud of mangrove areas on Wunambal Gaambera Country. They can be cooked on a fire, broken open and eaten. They have green tasty flesh and are very easily collected at low tides. They can also be used as bait when fishing with a line. Photo by @russellordphoto ... #wunambalgaambera #aboriginalaustralia #thekimberley #westernaustralia @westernaustralia @australiasnorthwest @rachbeadle See more

06.01.2022 Our Uunguu Rangers and Traditional Owners have been monitoring our cultural sites at our Uunguu Visitor Locations open to tourists on Wunambal Gaambera country through our Uunguu Visitor Pass. With increasing numbers of visitors to our country we need to monitor the health of our tock art sites. We have just received a grant from the Australian government which is supporting us to manage and protect our sites. These two incredible photos are of anthropologist Dr Ian Crawford... from over 70 years ago at a stone arrangement on Bigge Island, and the second image is of Traditional Owner Joseph Karadada in front of the same arrangement in 2020. We are using old images to monitor our sites and establish a baseline to compare to. An incredible project and as our chair, Catherine Goonack said, It is so important for our families to get out on our Country. It feels good when we are sharing our knowledge to our young ones, and learning new ways from the scientists to help us protect our country for future generations. Bush Heritage Australia Rock Art Australia Western Australia ABC Kimberley The Great Escape Charter Company Coral Expeditions APT The Australian The West Australian Broome Advertiser The Kimberley Echo

04.01.2022 Today is United Nations 75th Anniversary. We were asked by WAITOC Aboriginal Tours & Experiences to enter the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Awards. Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation was nominated as a finalist for the Environmental Action Award for all their healthy country work Traditional Owners and Uunguu Rangers and the whole team do to ensure the health and sustainability of Wunambal Gaambera Country in the far north Kimberley. Finalists will be a...nnounced this evening at an awards night Duxton Hotel Perth. Thank you to all the amazing work the United Nations Association of Australia WA Inc does to promote peace, security, justice and sustainable development. ABC Kimberley Broome Advertiser The Kimberley Echo Image by Mark Jones. Bush Heritage Australia

02.01.2022 Jagulamarra. My mother’s tribe was Wadarna. Their symbol is seaside Gulingii Jagulamarra.He left all the pearl shell. He collected all the pearl shell and sent it to all the blackfellas in the wunan. He gave it to the mainland mob. Kandiwal gives it to Ngarinyin and Leyo get Jagulamarra from their country and from Bigge Island and they put it in the wunan. We collect it ourselves and copy that history from Lalai and put it in the wunan. When we give Jagula then they give us f...ruit and kangaroo. Louis Karadada The cultural site mentioned here is one of the many sites we are currently monitoring to establish baseline data to monitor for change over time. This quote came from our culture book, We Are Coming to See You which shares our stories of our sites. You can buy a copy here www.wunambalgaambera.org.au @rachbeadle @sunnerzzzz @rock_art_australia @fremantlepress @bushheritageaus @westernaustralia @universitywa #wanjina #wunambalgaambera #uunguu @abcindigenous @goolarrimedia @natindigtimes

01.01.2022 'HMC Mermaid 1820' inscribed boab tree at Uunguu Visitor Location, Wunbung-gu (Careening Bay). Our Wunambal Gaambera history is a lot older than this carved Bodgurri (boab) tree. The old people of Wunbung-gu and Gural families lived near the grove of Gun gurryu (cycads) at the south end of the beach. Find more of the historical story of this ancient boab visited by Phillip Parker King in 1820, 2 centuries ago. ... https://www.abc.net.au//boab-tree-bears-markings-/12734916 ABC Kimberley Bush Heritage Australia