Visit to Wuyagiba Hub at Macquarie University
Wuyagiba is an small homeland located between the main Aboriginal communities of south east Arnhem Land, Ngukurr and Numbulwar.
Wuyagiba Bush Hub Aboriginal Corporation is a new corporation set up by the Traditional Owners and Jungayi of Wuyagiba to manage the Study Hub. https://www.wuyagibastudyhub.org/
"Indigenous rangers not only manage natural resouces by also cultural resources that are linkd to country and indigenous history, like rock art sites, buriel sites, Dreaming places and old camping grounds" - Indigenous women rangers talking: Sharing ideas and information about women ranger's work
"We work as a team, we work for our country, we love our country. We are the Australians, and we have balanda [non-Indigenous] Australians who want to work with us - that is the way it should be."- Founder of Yugul Mangi Women Rangers, 2002
Trip back to the Inner West
On the way, we noticed that the trees at the University were labelled but only in english and latin. There was also a little stream meandering through the park.
Along Johnston Street, there were Banksias and Greville. |
Ecological Management and Restoration
Volume 13, Issue 1
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