April 2025

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Diwan (Scrub Turkey)

Diwan are bush food – an important source of meat. We also eat the eggs. They are a delicacy. The male bird looks after the nest and will not go far, as he has to protect the nest from bush goanna’s. If they come around, he will send out an alarm call to other Diwan to alert therm. The nesting time for Diwan is September to December. The bush goanna knows when the eggs will be ready to hatch. When the goannas start hanging around, this is a good sign that the eggs are ready. We dig for eggs with digging sticks or by hand. The nest is very deep and when you can feel the warmth with your hands, you know that the eggs are close-by. The eggs are very good for health and make you strong.

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Wakuka (Kookaburra)

Wakuka (Kookaburra) is an important totem or spiritual being for our Kuku Yalanji clans. We call him a messenger bird because he lets us know when a family member has passed away.

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Kadanji (Palm Cockatoo)

Kadanji (Palm Cockatoo) is my family Totem. It is very important to me because it holds all the stories relating to the traditional land that was passed down to me and my siblings through my fathers side, grandfathers and great grandfathers side.

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Diwan (Scrub Turkey)

Diwan are bush food – an important source of meat. We also eat the eggs. They are a delicacy. The male bird looks after the nest and will not go far, as he has to protect the nest from bush goanna’s. If they come around, he will send out an alarm call to other Diwan to alert therm. The nesting time for Diwan is September to December. The bush goanna knows when the eggs will be ready to hatch. When the goannas start hanging around, this is a good sign that the eggs are ready. We dig for eggs with digging sticks or by hand. The nest is very deep and when you can feel the warmth with your hands, you know that the eggs are close-by. The eggs are very good for health and make you strong.

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Yindili (Kingfisher)

The Kingfisher, known as Yindili in Kuku Yalanji language, is according to our culture one of the significant messenger birds.  The Kingfisher will let us know when to expect a visit from families living in another community, And when we see a Kingfisher close by, we know that something good will soon happen in our personal life.

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History Stories

We bin walkin round looking for kooka, we seen old Blackstone. We bin see em house with white man. He bin say, Where you from?” and we said we from Warburton we bin walking from rock hole and bush. He had a tap with water, he gave sugar and bread. We stayed for a week and we say better go back too many white fella. They drilling then we went back to Lindan Bore. Elaine would have been a teenager, and had already spent time at school in Warburton. They came for their holidays back to her home land, and saw the first white men starting to mine Blackstone

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JILA LIVING WATERHOLE

This is a big waterhole. Rain runs into the waterhole. This is good water. My people and my family lives in the desert for many years when rain season comes the waterholes use to be full by rain.

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DRY LAND

This is the dry season.   When it gets dry every goes brown, even the grass and leaves in the trees.  And also the billabong gets dry with only a little bit of water for the animals to drink.

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Ripples

This is about the Fitzroy River and how it changes colour with the different seasons. It becomes a golden muddy colour as the river rises during the wet.

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