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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.
The Wadawurrung Aboriginal Corporation, a Registered Aboriginal Party since 21 May 2009, represents the traditional owners for the Geelong and Ballarat areas. [4] The Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative, based in Geelong, also has a role in managing Wadawurrung cultural heritage, for example through its ownership of the Wurdi Youang Aboriginal stone arrangement at Mount Rothwell.
Wattamolla is the local Aboriginal name of the area, meaning "place near running water". [3] That name was recorded as Watta-Mowlee by Matthew Flinders, but is today spelt Wattamolla. Matthew Flinders, George Bass and a boy, William Martin had been exploring the south-coast from Port Jackson as far as Lake Illawarra, in a small boat named Tom ...
South Australia: Register of Aboriginal Sites and Objects [45] [46] Tasmania: The Aboriginal Heritage Register has over 13,000 places and objects on its database. [47] Victoria: The Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Register and Information System (ACHRIS) is the online tool that is used to access the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Register. [48] [49 ...
The area believed to be the site where the Appin Massacre took place was returned to the local Aboriginal community by an act of Parliament. [b] In 1828, there was some interaction between the Surveyor-General, Thomas Mitchell, and the Gandangara, near Mittagong. Mitchell was supervising road construction.
Since 1974, the community has been administered by the Ngarrindjeri people themselves; [17] it was renamed Raukkan in 1982. [4] Raukkan Aboriginal School is in the town. [18] In the 2021 Australian census the population was 96 persons, all of whom identified themselves as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. [1]
Descendants of Aboriginal people who survived the massacre form part of the Myall Creek Memorial Committee, which co-manages the site. [2] The Myall Creek Massacre and Memorial Site is important to the local community as a symbol of reconciliation and a place of education.
The Worimi Aboriginal people had inhabited the Myall Lakes National Park land area for its abundance of natural resources. These natural resources had offered a traditional hunter-gatherer lifestyle for the Worimi people. The park includes important spiritual sites that are an important part of the identity of local Aboriginal people.