Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation

Kadanji (Black Cockatoo)

Kirbaji (Dugong) and Ngawiya (Sea Turtle) Kirbaji (Dugong) and Ngawiya (Sea Turtle) are two ancestral spirit beings (Totems) that I inherited from my mother’s side. As a young boy my uncles and cousins took me out to sea teaching me how to hunt, cut and cook dugong and sea turtle. Read more…

Yiki (Night Owl)

Status: Stock A3 Repro Print – Ngujay (Freshwater Turtle) 2024 Ngujay (Freshwater Turtle) was a source of meat as well as a surface for painting. Traps for catching them were made from lawyer vine and spider’s web was used to make fishing line. To clean the shell for decorating, we Read more…

Status: Stock A4 Repro Print – Ngujay (Freshwater Turtle) 2024 Ngujay (Freshwater Turtle) was a source of meat as well as a surface for painting. Traps for catching them were made from lawyer vine and spider’s web was used to make fishing line. To clean the shell for decorating, we Read more…

Status: Stock A3 Repro Print – Ngujay (Freshwater Turtle) 2024 Ngujay (Freshwater Turtle) was a source of meat as well as a surface for painting. Traps for catching them were made from lawyer vine and spider’s web was used to make fishing line. To clean the shell for decorating, we Read more…

Status: Stock A5 Wambiji (Platypus) 2024 Platypus are very shy. They like to hide under rocks and can rarely be seen when people are around.  When I was 17 years old, I used to go for a swim with my partner, Laurence, in the Mossman River, at a site called Read more…

Gathering (Womens Business) These women went out to gather eggs and small goannas. Fresh water turtle/eggs. They teach and hand down traditional ways when and what to hunt and gather. These days its rare

Mukirr (Womens Business) These women went out to collect mussels, They come back Dilly Bag full, right time to collect and take back to family and share. These days its Rear.

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 Read more…