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Bidyadanga, also known as La Grange, is the largest Aboriginal community in Western Australia, with a population of approximately 750 residents.It is located 180 kilometres (110 mi) south of Broome and 1,590 kilometres (990 mi) from the state capital Perth, in the Kimberley region.
Wiluna has from 200 to 600 Aboriginal people living within its community, depending upon the nature, time and place of the traditional law ceremonies across the Central Desert region. The traditional Aboriginal owners (a grouping known as the Martu) were "settled" as a consequence of the British colonisation process that began in the 1800s. In ...
The name Ieramugadu, also spelt Yirramagardu, which is used by the local Aboriginal community to describe Roebourne, is the Ngarluma word [3] for a native fig species that is found in and around the area. [4] The fig is a food source for traditional owners. Archaeological evidence indicates human occupation of the area for over 40,000 years.
Local Aboriginal people were involved in its creation and decorated the cave with their hand prints. The collection also includes a map showing the traditional tribal areas, an extensive assortment of rubbing stones, boomerangs , stone axes, grinding and milling stones and other tools, predominantly from two major donors, the Keenan and the ...
Jigalong is in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, approximately 165 kilometres (103 mi) east of the town of Newman in the Shire of East Pilbara local government area. The community is located in an Aboriginal Lands Trust reserve on the western edge of the Little Sandy Desert. [2]
This community has been extensively studied and is the subject of publications in regards to Aboriginal health (e.g. trachoma and kidney disease). In 2008 a new clinic was being built, in collaboration with the Australian Army and Western Australia Health.
According to R. H. W. Reece in his book "Aborigines and Colonists," local tradition states that Nunn's party of Mounted Police was involved in at least one more large melee with local Aboriginal people before the party left the Plains. Major Nunn's Campaign (as it was known in the district) did not prevent further racial conflict.
The island became a focal point for all the communities in the area: people were born, married and died in this place and every one of them is remembered by today's Aboriginal community. [1] For the Aboriginal people of today who have an association to the island, it holds a special place as a symbol of their changing place in history and their ...