Yolngu Knowledge Framework

YOLŊU MATHA

ENGLISH

  • Home
  • Voices of the Elders
  • About us
  • How we care for Country
    • Yolŋu are carers for Country
    • The law has always been here
    • Hunting as part of ranger work
  • Management directions
    • Deep dive program
    • Burning Country the right way
    • Managing sea Country
    • Women and caring for Country
    • Education and intergenerational knowledge transfer
    • Threats to our Country and culture
    • Collaboration with our partners and stakeholders
    • Strong futures and economic development
    • Reporting Back
  • Plans of Management
  • Seasonal calendar (coming 2024)
  • Further resources (coming 2024)
Yolngu Knowledge Framework

YOLŊU MATHA

ENGLISH

  • Home
  • Voices of the Elders
  • About us
  • How we care for Country
    • Yolŋu are carers for Country
    • The law has always been here
    • Hunting as part of ranger work
  • Management directions
    • Deep dive program
    • Burning Country the right way
    • Managing sea Country
    • Women and caring for Country
    • Education and intergenerational knowledge transfer
    • Threats to our Country and culture
    • Collaboration with our partners and stakeholders
    • Strong futures and economic development
    • Reporting Back
  • Plans of Management
  • Seasonal calendar (coming 2024)
  • Further resources (coming 2024)

Hunting as part of Ranger work

To care for and look after our Country we must know it. We know it through our ceremonies but we must also be there to see and listen to the signs our Country gives us. The knowledge and skills that have been passed to us from our ancestors tell us what, where, when and how to hunt and gather. We are taught how to respect and honour the plants and animals we live with and use and how to share our harvest with our family. It is essential our young people receive this wisdom from us. As Djäkami Wäŋawu we must know this so we can see and feel if everything is alright. As we hunt and gather we can record and report on the health of our Country, inform our elders and teach our young people. We will identify changes and concerns and make plans to fix problems and see where we need mainstream strategies and tools to help.

SKIP TO

3:20       Our Laws

4:30       Our seasons

7:50       Our habitats

9:37       Our medicine

11:15     Our tools

12:45     Laws for cutting up and sharing

13:40     Honouring our ancestors

15:19     Passing our knowledges to the next generations

“Yolŋu are carers for Country. They look for food, they follow the seasons and do fire management. They care for the land, the sacred sites and the waterways and look after Country in this way.”

YINIMALA GUMANA

Caring for our Indigenous Protected Areas

Dhimurru Rangers
Dhimurru Aboriginal Corporation
11 Arnhem Road, Nhulunbuy NT 0880

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Yirralka Ranger
Laynhapuy Homelands Aboriginal Corporation
86 Galpu Rd, Yirrkala NT 0881

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