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Lightning Ridge is a small outback town in north-western New ... (18.8%) were Indigenous ... the population of Lightning Ridge had increased to 2,602 people.
Robert M. W. Dixon and his student Peter Austin recorded some around Moree, while Corinne Williams wrote a thesis on the Yuwaaliyaay dialect spoken at Walgett and Lightning Ridge. [3] The Gamilaraay, like many other tribes, taught young men a secret language, called tyake, during their rites of initiation. In these systems, the normal profane ...
2CUZ FM is an Indigenous community radio station in the North-Western NSW town of Bourke. It has been on air since 1996. The station broadcasts to the regional towns of Brewarrina, Goodooga, Lightning Ridge, Walgett and Weilmoringle . The idea for the development of 2CUZ came from Greg McKellar and other powerful Aboriginal leaders who could ...
Tracking skills of Indigenous Australian of the Kimberley region. The Cattle King (1936). The story of Sir Sidney Kidman. Forty Fathoms Deep (1937). Pearl-diving community of Broome, Western Australia. Over the Range (1937). Story of the Kimberleys. Lightning Ridge (1940). Based on Idriess's opal prospecting experience at Lightning Ridge.
Indigenous Peoples’ Day has been recognised for decades in different forms and under a variety of names to celebrate Native Americans’ history and culture, and to recognise the challenges they ...
According to the 2016 census of Population, there were 2,145 people in Walgett. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 43.4% of the population. 81.0% of people were born in Australia and 84.3% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were Anglican 31.4%, Catholic 26.7% and No Religion 19.9%. [1]
Yuwaalaraay (also known as Yuwalyai, Euahlayi, Yuwaaliyaay, Gamilaraay, Kamilaroi, Yuwaaliyaayi) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Yuwaalaraay country. The Yuwaalaraay language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Shire of Balonne, including the town of Dirranbandi as well as the border town of Hebel extending to Walgett and Collarenebri in ...
Aug. 16—It started as an amusing thought experiment for wife-and-husband creative team Crystle Lightning and RedCloud: Wouldn't it be great if there was an Indigenous version of the 1978 film ...