Status: Stock Boab nut (general) Ngarinyin, Woddorda (Worrorra) and Wunambal are the three main languages of the North Kimberley language families. The Boab Tree is known by Wurnambal people as Jungurri, in Woddorda as Jungurim and in Ngarinyin as Jungulan jirri, Larrgari jirri and Malawudi jirri. Boab or Larrgardi Trees Read more…
Status: Stock Boab nut (general) Ngarinyin, Woddorda (Worrorra) and Wunambal are the three main languages of the North Kimberley language families. The Boab Tree is known by Wurnambal people as Jungurri, in Woddorda as Jungurim and in Ngarinyin as Jungulan jirri, Larrgari jirri and Malawudi jirri. Boab or Larrgardi Trees Read more…
Status: Stock Boab nut (general) Ngarinyin, Woddorda (Worrorra) and Wunambal are the three main languages of the North Kimberley language families. The Boab Tree is known by Wurnambal people as Jungurri, in Woddorda as Jungurim and in Ngarinyin as Jungulan jirri, Larrgari jirri and Malawudi jirri. Boab or Larrgardi Trees Read more…
Status: Stock Boab nut (general) Ngarinyin, Woddorda (Worrorra) and Wunambal are the three main languages of the North Kimberley language families. The Boab Tree is known by Wurnambal people as Jungurri, in Woddorda as Jungurim and in Ngarinyin as Jungulan jirri, Larrgari jirri and Malawudi jirri. Boab or Larrgardi Trees Read more…
Status: Stock Beware the Argula by Kirsty Burgu When two boys go fishing they are unaware that the Argula, the bush devil, is watching them and helping itself to all their fish. The boys finally see the Argula’s glowing red eyes – but it is too late and they become Read more…
Status: Stock Around the Edges – Daisy Utemorrah Do not go around the edges or else you’ll fall. No good that place or else you slip.
Status: Stock Yorro Yorro Aboriginal Elder David Mowaljarlai and photographer Jutta Malnic rekindle a story that constitutes the oldest collective memory of humankind. Yorro Yorro follows the journey of original creation in the Kimberley and the renewal of nature. It tells of the Wandjina creation spirits and their ‘crossing over’ Read more…
Karram Muddu (whirlpool story) This is my Ungud (totem). I was named for this whirlpool: Karram Muddu, located near Augustus Island. My father, Sam Woolagoodja, named me. The Warndum Story goes that there’s a woman spearing for a snake in that saltwater whirlpool.
Waanungga (sugar bag) Gudu Mungulu often paints Waanugga, which is a word that describes various forms of bush honey. The hives in which honey is stored are called ‘Sugarbag’, and can be found in trees and in termite mounds. The Wandjinas keep the countryside fresh and healthy which allows the Read more…
