Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation

Ngawiya (Sea Turtle)

Yindili (Kingfisher)

Kakan (Black Palm) Basket Weaving This design shows how the bottom part of a black palm basket is woven. My grandmothers and aunties used to make them. They cut off the young palm leaves in the centre, stripped and scrapped them. Then they would put the strips in freshwater to Read more…

Kakan (Black Palm) Basket Weaving This design shows how the bottom part of a black palm basket is woven. My grandmothers and aunties used to make them. They cut off the young palm leaves in the centre, stripped and scrapped them. Then they would put the strips in freshwater to Read more…

Kurranji (Cassowary) The cassowary is one of the most important animals for our Kuku Yalanji people. The cassowary is the boss of the rainforest. He is dangerous but he also helps grow many of the plants we used to collect for food, medicine and tool making. How does he do Read more…

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 Read more…

Walkarr (Bush Goanna)

Status: Stock Tote Bag – ‘Kunjuri (Rainforest Shield)’ by Gregory Salt – TBGS01 Traditional shields were carved from a single piece of timber cut from side of the buttress root of a rainforest fig-tree. The kidney shaped shields are unique to the rainforest Bama of Far North Queensland. They were Read more…

Status: Stock Tote Bag – Kurranji (Cassowary) by Karen Shuan – TBKS04 SAND 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 cassowary can attack people, but at the same time he Read more…

Status: Stock K. Shuan, Ngujay (Freshwater Turtle) Screen printed by hand in Sydney by Publisher Textile. Sold by the metre. Care Instructions: Gentle machine or hand wash only in cool water, using mild detergent. Do Not Soak, Bleach, Rub, Wring, Tumble. Line Dry Only in Shade.  Warm Iron on Reverse. Do Not Dry Clean