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Knowledge basefollowing info extracted from brochure Wanju Wanju (Welcome) Nyoongar Boodja Welcome to Nyoongar country, an area including Perth that is bounded by the south-west coast of Western Australia and extends from Geraldton in the north to Esperance on the south coast. There are many tribes within Nyoongar country, many of whom visited the Moora Katta (Kings Park) area at various times of the year: a place of ceremony, celebration and good hunting. Today Mooro Katta is a place of gatherings, celebration and learning for all Western Australians. It is a sanctuary and a place of rare and natural beauty. The Boodja Gnarning Walk offers a unique experience that highlights the diverse methods of survival used by Nyoongar people to live off the land in the south-west of Western Australia. Boodja Gnarning Walk ( Living off the land ) A self-guided walk that explores Australia’s oldest living culture first-hand. Discover traditional foods, tools, medicines and shelter of the Nyoongar people from the south-west of Western Australia. Food | Tools | Medicine | Shelter The entire Walk is in three parts: it separates into two at the end of the Lotterywest Federation Walkway (*). You can then choose to do the Women’s and/or Men’s sections. Both these tracks lead you back, through the Botanic Garden to the end, near Forrest Carpark. Signs are dotted throughout the Botanic Garden, along the paths, highlighting traditional Nyoongar uses of native plants and places of significance. Plant Legend (CAPS is NYOONGAR language) 1 MUNGITCH = Banksia torchlight tree 2 NYOONGAR = Six Season 3 MOONAH = Rottnest Island Tea Tree, Melaleuca Lanceolata 4 BALGA = Grass Tree, Xanthorrhoea Preissii 5 KONDIL = Sheoak, Allocasuarina fraseriana & KARRI = Eucalyptus diversicolor 6 MARRI = Medicine Tree, Corymbia calophylla The walk separates into male and female tracks: Maarm Track Men’s Long Walk 10 DJIRIDJI - Zamia, Macrozamia Fraseri 11 YONGA WAARNGINY = Kangaroo Story 12 UILARAC = Sandalwood, Santalum Spicatum 13 MACROCARPA = Eucalyptus macrocarpa 14 WANDOO = Eucalyptus wandoo 15 KOOLAH = Native Plum, Podocarpus drouyianus 16 MOODJA = Christmas Tree, Nuytsia floribunda 17 WUANGA = Wattle, Acacia 18 BOYUR = Woolly Bush, Adenanthos sericeus Yorgra Track Women’s Short Walk 7 BEEDAWONG = Meeting Place 8 KERBEIN = Coastal Sword Sedge, Lepidosperma gladiatum 9 YORGRA = (Women’s) Business sign The walks join back into one single track: 19 BIBOOL = Paperbark, Melaleuca rhaphiophylla 20 BALGA = Grass Tree, Xanthorrhoea preissii 21 TUART = Scar Tree, Eucalyptus gomphocephala 22 JARRAH = Eucalyptus marginata 23 WONNIL = Peppermint Tree, Agonis flexuosa Nyoongar language Wanju Wanju Balga Grass Tree Bibool Paperbark dowak clubs gidji spear points kaarta gar-up cliff kulunga children kylee boomerang maarm men mia-mia hut Mungitch banksia wanna borna digging stick wanju welcome yandi + coolamons bowls yonga kangaroo yorgra women Nyungar is an Australian Aboriginal language or dialect continuum, still spoken by members of the Noongar community, who live in the southwest corner of Western Australia. The 1996 census recorded 157 speakers; that number increased to 232 by 2006. Brochure1. Gnarrning Walk + Maarm + Yorgra e book 2 pages or below widget is pdf Related topicsTRAILS KINGS PARK South East ZONE of Kings park has the highest elevation changes overview of elevations - KP Elevations tricks to survey the trails this zone are noted under "logistics" tip: 1st view KP trails Nodes, Elevations, Maps, routes Logistics open table to sort by any column
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