Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation

(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

Kakan (Black Palm) Dillybag. Our ancestors used Kakan (Black Palm) dilly bags to carry food when out hunting and gathering or soak bitter yams in creeks before cooking them. They were also used to hold personal items. When I was a young girl my grandmother would teach me how to Read more…