Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation

(KS): Kurranji (Cassowary) The cassowary is one of the major totems (Ancestral Spirit Beings) for our Kuku Yalanji people. He is a big, dangerous bird that rules the rainforest. The cassowwary can attack people but at the same time he helps growing many of the plants we used to collect Read more…

(LS): Karrkurr (Green Tree Frog)

(LS): Kookaburra

(LS): Ngujay (Freshwater Turtle) Ngujay (Freshwater Turtle) was a source of meat as well as a surface for decoration. 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 would leave it near a green Read more…

(LS): Diwan (Scrub Turkey) with Eggs

(LS): Rainforest Parrot

(LS): Yindili (Kingfisher)

Turtle Eggs

Quandongs

Scrub Turkey Eggs