Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation

Status: Stock Men’s Shirt: Freshwater Turtle on Green by Karen Shuan CLKS01

Status: Stock Men’s Shirt: Echidna Red on Black by Laurence Gibson CLLG01

Status: Stock Summer Dress: White Cockatoo on Blue by Lorna Shuan – CLLS01

Janbal (Quandong) Janbal (Quandong) is good bush tucker. We gather the fruit from August to January when they are sweet and soft. The kernel of the fruit is very pretty and we often use it to make body adornments such as necklaces and earrings.

“Ngayu kuku balkan” (my story). Burnt Orange State. Kuku Yalanji (talk of this place) – pronounced Guh-guh Yell-an-gee Ngayu kuku balkan (my story) – pronounced ngay-yuh guh-guh bul-gun Wurarr-wurarr (dragonfly) – pronounced oo-rard-oo-rard   Kuku Yalanji people are the Traditional Owners of the celebrated Daintree Region. Where the rainforest meets Read more…

Mukirr Dance 3 (Women’s Business) Mukirr dance is about when I would go with my mum, aunties and other family to the Daintree River to harvest freshwater mussels. Using our feet on the river bed, we would feel where the mussels were. Once we located them we would dive to Read more…

Diwan 2 (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 Read more…

Diwan 2 (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 Read more…

Kurranji 3 (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…

Kurranji 2 (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…