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Gija creation story recognised for the first time at World Heritage-listed Purnululu National Park

More than 30,000 tourists from around the world visit the Bungle Bungle Range in the heart of Western Australia's Kimberley region each year.

It's Dreamtime country for Gija traditional owners, dotted with sacred sites.

But for decades, visitors have driven, flown, hiked, and camped across Purnululu National Park with no way of understanding its cultural significance.

That was until this week when the WA Parks and Wildlife Service launched its first form of Indigenous cultural representation at the UNESCO world heritage listed site.

Jirraginy joo Goorrarndal tells the area's creation story as passed down over tens of thousands of years by Gija traditional owners, and has been displayed in an interactive panel for visitors of the national park to view upon entry.  Traditional owners and parks authorities have long acknowledged that Purnululu previously lacked the sort of cultural explanation boards synonymous with other UNESCO world heritage-listed sites where Indigenous people were deeply involved.

Gija woman and senior Warmun artist Shirley Drill has been working for more than a decade to see her language group's storytelling acknowledged at the popular tourist site.

"I feel happy and proud when I see [the panel] because they [visitors] can see what this place is for, and they can go through and not touch anything or take things away from here," she said.

The panel tells the dreaming story of the frog and the brolga who, in the thwarted process of stealing water from a waterhole, prompted a flood that transformed creation spirits into the rocks, trees, and animals, while some decided to stay on as people.

The story is enacted by children from the local Purnululu community school."

What happened to the snake?  Bloody hell!  So much division between language groups...... you'd swear it was bloody near Terra Nullius!

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Jun 30^th, 2024 at 3:24pm:

https://www.msn.com/en-au/travel/news/gija-creation-story-recognised-for-the-first-time-at-world-heritage-listed-purnululu-national-park/ar-BB1p60mG?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=e2bd4501c4d8426df6bb642e010c3dd2&ei=12&sc=shoreline Gija creation story recognised for the first time at World Heritage-listed Purnululu National Park More than 30,000 tourists from around the world visit the Bungle Bungle Range in the heart of Western Australia's Kimberley region each year. It's Dreamtime country for Gija traditional owners, dotted with sacred sites. But for decades, visitors have driven, flown, hiked, and camped across Purnululu National Park with no way of understanding its cultural significance. That was until this week when the WA Parks and Wildlife Service launched its first form of Indigenous cultural representation at the UNESCO world heritage listed site. Jirraginy joo Goorrarndal tells the area's creation story as passed down over tens of thousands of years by Gija traditional owners, and has been displayed in an interactive panel for visitors of the national park to view upon entry.  Traditional owners and parks authorities have long acknowledged that Purnululu previously lacked the sort of cultural explanation boards synonymous with other UNESCO world heritage-listed sites where Indigenous people were deeply involved. Gija woman and senior Warmun artist Shirley Drill has been working for more than a decade to see her language group's storytelling acknowledged at the popular tourist site. "I feel happy and proud when I see [the panel] because they [visitors] can see what this place is for, and they can go through and not touch anything or take things away from here," she said. The panel tells the dreaming story of the frog and the brolga who, in the thwarted process of stealing water from a waterhole, prompted a flood that transformed creation spirits into the rocks, trees, and animals, while some decided to stay on as people. The story is enacted by children from the local Purnululu community school." What happened to the snake?  Bloody hell!  So much division between language groups...... you'd swear it was bloody near Terra Nullius!

Yes - has the Rainbow Serpent belief been rejected?  ;D

Edit : did a check - the Rainbow Serpent was the Water God.

The creator for most Kimberley peoples is the Wandjina. It created the land, the sea & the Lore for people to live by.

This Frog is a usurper. ;D

Gnads wrote on Jul 1^st, 2024 at 7:40am:

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Jun 30th, 2024 at 3:24pm: https://www.msn.com/en-au/travel/news/gija-creation-story-recognised-for-the-first-time-at-world-heritage-listed-purnululu-national-park/ar-BB1p60mG?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=e2bd4501c4d8426df6bb642e010c3dd2&ei=12&sc=shoreline Gija creation story recognised for the first time at World Heritage-listed Purnululu National Park More than 30,000 tourists from around the world visit the Bungle Bungle Range in the heart of Western Australia's Kimberley region each year. It's Dreamtime country for Gija traditional owners, dotted with sacred sites. But for decades, visitors have driven, flown, hiked, and camped across Purnululu National Park with no way of understanding its cultural significance. That was until this week when the WA Parks and Wildlife Service launched its first form of Indigenous cultural representation at the UNESCO world heritage listed site. Jirraginy joo Goorrarndal tells the area's creation story as passed down over tens of thousands of years by Gija traditional owners, and has been displayed in an interactive panel for visitors of the national park to view upon entry.  Traditional owners and parks authorities have long acknowledged that Purnululu previously lacked the sort of cultural explanation boards synonymous with other UNESCO world heritage-listed sites where Indigenous people were deeply involved. Gija woman and senior Warmun artist Shirley Drill has been working for more than a decade to see her language group's storytelling acknowledged at the popular tourist site. "I feel happy and proud when I see [the panel] because they [visitors] can see what this place is for, and they can go through and not touch anything or take things away from here," she said. The panel tells the dreaming story of the frog and the brolga who, in the thwarted process of stealing water from a waterhole, prompted a flood that transformed creation spirits into the rocks, trees, and animals, while some decided to stay on as people. The story is enacted by children from the local Purnululu community school." What happened to the snake?  Bloody hell!  So much division between language groups...... you'd swear it was bloody near Terra Nullius! Yes - has the Rainbow Serpent belief been rejected?  ;D

Ohhhh, they're all the same now?

Back when there was talk of the Voice, it was all about how different they all are so they can't have a unified voice.

New rules now? How positively unpredictable.

mothra wrote on Jul 1^st, 2024 at 7:44am:

Gnads wrote on Jul 1st, 2024 at 7:40am: Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Jun 30th, 2024 at 3:24pm: https://www.msn.com/en-au/travel/news/gija-creation-story-recognised-for-the-first-time-at-world-heritage-listed-purnululu-national-park/ar-BB1p60mG?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=e2bd4501c4d8426df6bb642e010c3dd2&ei=12&sc=shoreline Gija creation story recognised for the first time at World Heritage-listed Purnululu National Park More than 30,000 tourists from around the world visit the Bungle Bungle Range in the heart of Western Australia's Kimberley region each year. It's Dreamtime country for Gija traditional owners, dotted with sacred sites. But for decades, visitors have driven, flown, hiked, and camped across Purnululu National Park with no way of understanding its cultural significance. That was until this week when the WA Parks and Wildlife Service launched its first form of Indigenous cultural representation at the UNESCO world heritage listed site. Jirraginy joo Goorrarndal tells the area's creation story as passed down over tens of thousands of years by Gija traditional owners, and has been displayed in an interactive panel for visitors of the national park to view upon entry.  Traditional owners and parks authorities have long acknowledged that Purnululu previously lacked the sort of cultural explanation boards synonymous with other UNESCO world heritage-listed sites where Indigenous people were deeply involved. Gija woman and senior Warmun artist Shirley Drill has been working for more than a decade to see her language group's storytelling acknowledged at the popular tourist site. "I feel happy and proud when I see [the panel] because they [visitors] can see what this place is for, and they can go through and not touch anything or take things away from here," she said. The panel tells the dreaming story of the frog and the brolga who, in the thwarted process of stealing water from a waterhole, prompted a flood that transformed creation spirits into the rocks, trees, and animals, while some decided to stay on as people. The story is enacted by children from the local Purnululu community school." What happened to the snake?  Bloody hell!  So much division between language groups...... you'd swear it was bloody near Terra Nullius! Yes - has the Rainbow Serpent belief been rejected?  ;D Ohhhh, they're all the same now? Back when there was talk of the Voice, it was all about how different they all are so they can't have a unified voice. New rules now? How positively unpredictable.

I don't know you seem to be telling the story.

And no ... the Voice wasn't a "unified" concept.

It's defeat proved that.

BTW Purnululu is in the Kimberley - it's a Kimberley based story.

https://www.abc.net.au/religion/watch/compass/wandjina-is-god/13403554


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Janet Oobagooma, and her old friend Gudu travel from their remote Aboriginal community home in Mowanjum in the West Kimberley to visit the place they grew up - the abandoned Presbyterian mission of Kunmunya. Through these ‘Children of the Wandjina’ the story emerges of the blending and balancing of their Aboriginal spirituality and connection to land with their contemporary Christian faith.

Wandjina is God ..... not the Brolga & a Frog.

Sounds like the brolga and the frog were trying on a Hamas and wanting to capture the divine water (Israel) and it all fell through....  buggar.... if only a single creation myth would get its act together....

"Peasant 1:-  “Oo are you then?”

Albo:- “I am your Great Leader, and I bring you the Indigenous Voice!”

Peasant 1:- “Oo created this Indigenous Voice then?  What's it based on?”

Albo (heavenly music):- “The Great Serpent, filled with the power of the seas and the skies and the thunder and lightning in the clouds, came down from Heaven, and using his great body, carved the hills and river courses, and then dying, his mighty ribs created the mountains and his bones the Indigenous People to be custodians over the land and gave them a Voice over all in the land which must be restored to them ….......”

Peasant 2:-  “Some failed herpetological experiment is no basis on which to form a valid argument to develop a multi-layered government by changing the Constitution!  True government comes from a mandate of the masses, willingly given and fully informed! We're a semi-autonomous, quasi-anarchic egalitarian assemblage of rules-bound free individuals who vote every three years on our elected representatives, who then sit down and natter out the best way forward, and if we disagree with them we can write to them or vote them out next time around, or even refuse to abide by their dictates under the guiding principle that 'an unjust law – (or decision or policy for that matter) – is no law - (or decision or policy for that matter) - at all'!  We don't need no Voices in our heads telling us what to do!!”

"Well - what if I throw in a frog and a brolga?"

"Are they good eating?"

"I don't know - I'm your KING."

"Awr - not that again.... look....  We're a semi-autonomous, quasi-anarchic egalitarian assemblage of rules-bound free individuals who CHOOSE ......."

"Run away..... run away.... "

"Don't ya wanna hear the rest?"