Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation

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Kadanji (Black Cockatoo)

Kadanji (Black Cockatoo) is my mother’s mother’s totem from the Kuku Nyungkul clan. This totem is passed down generation after generation to your newborns.

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Dugong

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Kirbaji (Dugong)

In the past, Kirbaji (dugong) was an important food source. It was men’s business to hunt dugongs and it was their responsibility to cook and provide the meat to all the families. The meat of the dugong was cooked in an earth oven.

Our ancestors also made oil form the dugong fat. They used the oil for medicinal purposes. They used it for skin and hair treatments. When people had an upset stomach they used the oil as an ointment.

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Corals, Reefs, Barra, Sea Turtle & Dugong

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Ngujay (Freshwater Turtle)

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My Family (Peoples)

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Diwan (Scrub Turkey)

Many years ago, our ancestors lived in harmony with the rainforest and other parts of the land, they learnt different ways of hunting and gathering for food. The women would collect Diwan (Scrub Turkey) eggs. Each Diwan can lay up to 15-20 eggs. The women gather the eggs by using their hands to dig deep into the nest, the eggs are found in the warmest area of the nest.

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Kadanji (Black Cockatoo)

Kadanji (Black Cockatoo) is my mother’s mother’s totem from the Kuku Nyungkul clan. This totem is passed down generation after generation to your newborns.

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Ngangkin (Echidna)

Long time ago our ancestors used to hunt echidnas for their meat and fat. The fat was used as bush medicine. They rubbed it onto sore muscles to relieve pain. 

The echidna also appears as part of a rock formation on one of the high mountains  of Manjal Dimbi (Mossman Gorge). The rock formation represents a number of significant Ancestral Beings in their animal form and Kubirri, a man who came to help Kuku Yalanji when they were persecuted by the evil spirit, Wurrumbu.

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Kadanji (Palm Cockatoo)

Kadanji is the big name for Black Cockatoo and Palm Cockatoo.

The Palm Cockatoo is my Totem. It forms part of the Kuku Yalanji cland lands. I inherited it from my great grandfather’s side.