Aboriginal Heritage and Cultural Centre celebrates the culture and country of the five Aboriginal language groups of the Gascoyne Region and provides the community with valuable source of information regarding Aboriginal cultural history. Jurruna pelican Edel Land was a particularly important place for early Aboriginal people with a stone quarry at Crayfish Bay, fresh water at Willyah Mia on Heirisson Prong, and numerous middens and camp sites. We can assume then that the Yinggarda had some (at least indirect) contact with people far to the east of their boundaries and perhaps well into the Western Desert areas. Mungallah Village is located in East Carnarvon. Aboriginal communities, particularly the people of Carnarvon, have established memorials on the islands to those that suffered and died there. From Shark Bay north to Roebuck Bay and Broome, Western Australias early pearling industry was notorious for its ill-treatment of Aboriginal people. They knew the names of the sections of the Maia and Warienga [Warriyangka] tribes and every man claimed membership of a particular section. For the first time, the Aboriginal history of the region takes pride of place as part of a rich and vibrant history of the Gascoyne. Please enter your Client Log-in user name and password for access to the Special Client Booking Facility. The cattle industry has thrived in the country adjacent to Carnarvon Gorge, aided by the local artesian water systems, by the fertility provided by the basalt country and by orographic rainfall generated by local ranges. Following is a list of Malgana words and their English translations: Yamaji Aboriginal person ABORIGINAL CULTURE Carnarvon's traditional owners are the Aboriginal Yinggarda people, who named this area long ago, Gwoonwardu, meaning 'neck of water'. Aboriginal people have a rich history in the Gascoyne region that precedesEuropean colonisation by tens of thousands of years. Yingkarta - Wikipedia Gantharri grandchile, grandparent This land still teaches, with many visitors to the park gaining a new understanding and appreciation of Aboriginal culture and history. The centre features a permanent exhibition, touring exhibitions, caf, gallery, Artist-in-Residence program, conference and meeting rooms, an ethnobotanical garden and gift shop. The community is a key priority area through our Corporate Business Plan 2018-2022 and Strategic Community Plan 2018-2028. Warlu lover, boyfriend/girlfriend, spouse, Baba rain, water Some of the Collection is listed on theLibrary Catalogue. Geraldton: Yamaji Language Centre 2003. A. R. Radcliffe-Brown, writing in 1930, stated of them that: In the case of the Ingarda tribe to the south of the Gascoyne River it was impossible to determine if they really had or had not a section system. Carnarvon Gorge, gorge in southeastern Queensland, Australia, on the eastern slopes of Carnarvon Range of the Great Dividing Range. Yinggarda was a Kartu language spoken from the coastal area around Carnarvon through the Gascoyne River to the junction and southwards to the Wooramel River. Malgana is the traditional language of the people of central Shark Bay. Each mango season produces on average 1300 tonnes. The main Aboriginal population centre in the Gascoyne region, Carnarvon, has most generally been recognised as lying within Yinggarda territory. Later, de Freycinets artist Jacques Arago recorded a tense encounter between a group of Aboriginal people and some Europeans at Cape Peron. the diversity of landscapes and ecosystems, and the high biodiversity, were no accident.