Wunambal Gaambera
UUNGUU COAST, KIMBERLEY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
We, the Wunambal Gaambera people welcome you to our Country – Bianngaa graa winya.
We are the native title holders of 2.5 million hectares of graa (land) and wundaagu (saltwater), that is our Wunambal Gaambera Country, in the North Kimberley region of Australia.
We are following our Wunambal Gaambera Healthy Country Plan to help us look after our Uunguu, our cultural and natural assets and values, to pass, in tact, to future generations and share with visitors.
Our Healthy Country vision for the next ten years, is for us, Wunambal Gaambera people, to build our sustainable livlihoods and communal wealth on and from our healthy Country.
Our Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation represents us and our communal native title needs and interests.
Healthy Country
It is important for us to look after Country and to make sure our unique cultural and natural assets and values (our Uunguu) are kept healthy and passed onto future generations.
Visiting Country
The Uunguu Visitor Pass (UVP) is now required for road, air and coast visitors, enabling people to enjoy an authentic Uunguu Experience - sharing our unique culture, beautiful savannah and coastal landscapes.
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2021 Fire Notice Wunambal Gaambera Country
Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation would like to advise you that prescribed burning will commence on 16 April and continue until 30 June conducted in accordance with the 2021 WGAC Annual
Wunambal Gaambera endorses Wuudagu Environmental Scoping Document
Perth based group VBX Limited (VBX) have prepared and submitted to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) a draft version of the Environmental Scoping Document (ESD) for the proposed Wuudagu bauxite
Prescribed burning benefits threatened mammals in northern Australia
Ian J. Radford, Leigh-Ann Woolley, Ben Corey, Tom Vigilante, Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation, Ed Hatherley, Richard Fairman, Karin Carnes & Antony N. Start August 2020, Biodiversity and Conservation 29(7)DOI: 10.1007/s10531-020-02010-9 Despite substantial investment in prescribed burning for biodiversity conservation there has
Regional Assessment of the Conservation Status of Snubfin Dolphins (Orcaella heinsohni) in the Kimberley Region, Western Australia
Phil J. Bouchet, Deborah Thiele, Sarah A. Marley, Kelly Waples, Frank Weisenberger, Balanggarra Rangers, Bardi Jawi Rangers, Dambimangari Rangers, Nyamba Buru Yawuru Rangers, Nyul Nyul Rangers, Uunguu Rangers and Holly
Photo from our ten year review of our Healthy Country Plan at Garmbemirri Ranger Base.
Thanks to everyone who attended and contributed including Wunambal Gaambera Traditional Owners, WGAC Directors, UMEC members, Healthy Country Team and Uunguu Rangers.
We look forward to our next ten year plan which we are finalising after a two day workshop last week to define and refine our targets and operations.
Looking forward to sharing it in the new year.
REMINDER to Wunambal Gaambera community to join us at the Annual General Meeting in Kalumburu on 7th, 8th and 9th December.
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WWF-Australia Bush Heritage Australia Kimberley Land Council
Fantastic achievement. Continuing to set the bench mark. Well done.
A privilege to have attended
Planning and workshopping our next ten year Healthy Country Plan with Traditional Owners, UMEC representatives and Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation staff.
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Wondering what to get your family and friends for Christmas? We have a couple of ideas for you....
Our book, We Are Coming to See You, which shares our stories about our cultural sites in the Kimberley.
We did this book with Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation and their stories are shared in it also.
We also have our sought after Uunguu Plants and Animals Book - which we just re-printed and have more in stock in time for Christmas.
You can find out our names for our plant species you might find on Wunambal Gaambera Country and what we use these plants for.
Jump on our website to purchase so we can send out straight away!
If you are in the Kimberley, you can also buy our books at Kimberley Bookshop Magabala Books and Mowanjum Arts ... See MoreSee Less
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Our Healthy Country team, Wunambal Gaambera Traditional Owners and Uunguu Rangers have been busy fighting wildfires at Ngauwudu (Mitchell Plateau) caused by lightning during Yuwala (storm season). The fire started after our tourist season closed and we have been working hard to suppress the fire and protect our Country and infrastructure.
Since our Right Way Fire program was implemented over ten years ago, we have reduced destructive wildfires by two thirds and GHG emissions by 25%.
Find out more about Wunambal Gaambera's Right Way Fire program here: https://wunambalgaambera.org.au/work/…
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Greg Thomas
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Thank you 🙏
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Check out our Right-Way Fire video which we recorded this year on our cultural walk, walking country, re-connecting with our cultural (rock art) sites and sharing our stories and knowledge with our young people.
This year we walked along the King Edward River and ended at Munurru campground. Thank you to our Uunguu Rangers and Traditional Owners, our Healthy Country Manager and Mark Jones who joined us to capture Wunambal Gaambera's fire story.
Find out more about Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation's Right Way Fire operations and fire management improvements here: https://wunambalgaambera.org.au/wp-content/…
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Rachel Beadle PAKAM - Pilbara and Kimberley Aboriginal Media Goolarri Media Enterprises
Great video and excellent work!
Thank you, very clear and concise.
Wunambal Gaambera people must be so proud of this work. Looking after country, culture and people for everyone and for the future. Thank you Uunguu Life and WGAC.
Fabulous guys happy to share
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Tabitha Evans, Uunguu Ranger and Wunambal Gaambera Traditional Owner cleaning up rubbish on the Uunguu Coast for Tangaroa Blue WA Beach Clean up day.
Big shout out to Tabitha Evans (pictured at Butcher's Bay) and all our Uunguu Rangers who work hard to keep our pristine country healthy.
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Great work keeping country clean, Tabitha. 👏🏽
Great work Tabitha!
Ahh awesome!
Good work lala😘
Agurla….
In our Wanjina Wunggurr culture, Agurla is often spoken of in our stories of creation and in our daily lives as we walk Country.
Agurla is a tricky spirit, sometimes bad, occasionally humorous, who reminds people not to steal or to wander into someone else’s camp. There are many stories to remind children to stay near camp and follow the rules.
This Agurla pictured is found at Munurru (King Edward River) campground, one of our visitor locations on Wunambal Gaambera country. During the tourist season, Traditional Owners and Uunguu Rangers do tours of our cultural sites, sharing our unique Wanjina Wunggurr culture.
You can find out more about our culture in a book we wrote with Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation, We Are Coming to See You, which shares our people’s stories of our cultural (rock art) sites.
Buy our book online or at @mowanjum_arts in Derby @magabalabooks or @kimberleybookshop in Broome.
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Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation (WGAC) was pleased to host our North Kimberley Fire Abatement Project (NKFAP) Partners on Wunambal Gaambera Country at Garmbemirri Ranger Base last week.
In addition to fire project operations, best practice, broader market developments and method considerations, the workshop focused on fire mapping and monitoring work undertaken in collaboration with WWF Australia and Darwin Centre for Bushfire Research.
It included a demonstration of a 3D visualisation tool by Rohan Fisher and fine-scale habitat mapping undertaken by Sofia Oliveira.
This work will help us keep country healthy by having new tools and technology for looking after important animals and plant communities with fire, and to demonstrate the progress we are making.
NKFAP is made up of 4 native title groups with fire carbon projects: Wilinggin Aboriginal Corporation, Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation, Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation, Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation, and is supported by the Kimberley Land Council.
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Rohan Fisher and Sofia Oliviera. Techno-savants!