Bidyadanga is a community located on the Kimberley coast in Western Australia, where the Great Sandy Desert meets the sea. The word Bidyadanga is derived from pijarta/ bidyada (emu watering hole).
Name: Jenny Butt
Biography:
Jenny grew up with family in Bidyadanga, a community located on the Kimberley coast in Western Australia, where the Great Sandy Desert meets the sea. The word Bidyadanga is derived from pijarta/ bidyada (emu watering hole).
Jenny went to school in Darwin at St Johns College, then returned to live in Bidyadanga. She enjoys traveling to see family, regularly travelling to Parnngurr Aboriginal community (Cotton Creek), located within the Martu homelands, and 370km east of Newman. Here she visits her grandmother's side of the family; brothers and sisters living in Parnngurr.
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