Daintree Dreaming Day Tour - Adventure North Australia
This fun, exclusive day tour allows you to join a real Aboriginal cultural experience from Cairns and Port Douglas
A spectacular cultural journey taking you from coast to rainforest experiencing natural beauty of the Daintree Rainforest and ancient culture of the Kuku Yalanji people
Learn traditional hunting and gathering skills with Kuku Yalanji Cultural Habitat Tours at Cooya Beach, a traditional fishing ground of the Kuku Yalanji people.
A unique coastal place with three diverse ecosystems - beach, mangrove and coastal reef.
Be greeted with a traditional smoking ceremony conducted by Aboriginal people with specialised cultural knowledge to welcome people to their land before
wandering into the lush rainforest of the World Heritage Listed Daintree National Park - Mossman Gorge.
Manjal Dimbi story
According to the Mossman Gorge Centre, the Mossman Gorge is steeped in history and legends that have been passed down through the generations of the Kuku Yalanji, the Indigenous inhabitants of the land with a history dating back 50,000 years to the earliest human occupation of Australia.
One of their greatest legends is a tale about the striking backdrop to the Gorge – Manjal Dimbi. Manjal Dimbi is the most prominent of all nearby mountains. Roughly translated, Manjal Dimbi means mountain holding back. According to Aboriginal dreamtime stories, the large humanoid rock represents Kubirri, who came to the aid of the Kuku Yalanji when they were persecuted by the evil spirit, Wurrumbu. Kubirri holds back the evil spirit, who is now confined to The Bluff above Mossman River, Manjal Dimbi has been anglicised to Mt Demi and Kubirri is known as the Good Shepherd.”
Kuranda trip, near Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Luke Hillis, Alannah, Polly
Journey to a cool touristy town called Kuranda! May 2016
Kuku Yaral - Straight Talking Episode 2
Kuku Yaral - Straight Talking Episode 2
Links Quoted in the Episode:
The Kuku Yalanji people continued to resist the invasion of their lands by the miners, pastoralists and timber getters. Frontier violence in the region was a frequent occurrence during the 1870s, resulting in hundreds of casualties[12].
During the 1880s there was a gradual change in north Queensland in the government policy of taking the country by lethal force. Instead, Aboriginal people were removed off their country on to missions, where they would not trouble the settlers and provided a cheap source of labour. This policy change resulted in a decision to establish two Aboriginal reserves in the Cooktown district; one at Cape Bedford and one at Bloomfield River.
‘The New Goldfields’, Brisbane Courier, 27 March 1876, 3.
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Sharylle Ellington Manager Apunipima Mossman Primary Health Care Centre Cape York QLD
Mossman is a township located approximately 90 km north of Cairns. Home to around 200 people, Mossman Gorge Primary Health Care Centre services Mossman Gorge, Mossman, Port Douglas, Daintree and Wujal Wujal.
With over 350 patients, the Primary Health Care Centre offers a full range of comprehensive primary health care services including a doctor, nurse and maternal and child health worker supported by a range of visiting services.
Mossman Gorge Primary Health Care Centre is a real family centred practice focusing on indigenous health and chronic disease, supported by a full complement of allied health services and a visiting physician.
Jhindu 2009
Short Film By Luke Briscoe
Australian Life. A day in the life of Port Douglas - part 7
Filmed in 1 day, with 26 cameras...Sunday, September 11. Port Douglas Australia - Some very spiritual (even spooky) things occured when we were filming the Kuku Yalanji People...what do you expect!
Wujal Wujal Animal Health Program HD
regeneration youth festival kuranda 2014
the regeneration youth festival, a global celebration of our young people and their dreams and visions and aspirations and capabilities, has been celebrated in kuranda for the past four years. here are some of the highlights from 2014 kuranda regeneration youth festival
Songs on Country - Pama Language Centre
Songs on Country song writing workshops and recording, Hope Vale, led by Joshua McHugh.
The Hope Vale Primary Students’ first Guugu Yimidhirr language song Bama Muganh-muganh (Cold Man) was the theme of a field trip off the Beach Road near Hope Vale. The students created the “Bama Muganh-muganh” out of an old termite mound and other natural resources that they found in the area.
Later in the year Lillian Bowen and three students visited Canberra and Cooma for the Songs on Country recording workshop. It was fitting that we visited the Snowy Mountains given that we had just recorded a song about a snow man... or is it Cold Man? Lex, Kyomie and Naz got to see snow for the first time!
The beautiful voice of Tammy Gibson features as the lead singer on this recording; she is accompanied by the voices of Kyomie Deemal, Lex Bowen-Ludwick and Naz McLean.
The entire process was filmed. The students eagerly participated in the filming as a Video Camera was handed from one student to the next; they each contributed to the creation of a video clip for their first and very own song… and there are many more songs to come, so stay tuned
Cape York Leaders Program - Secondary Graduate - Lorraine Jaffer
Lorraine Jaffer, Cape York Leaders Program Secondary Student, says it's a great opportunity for Aboriginal people to step up.