36-715: Mitchell River National Park is the name of two national parks in Australia: Mitchell River National Park (Western Australia) in the Kimberley region of Western Australia Mitchell River National Park (Victoria) in Gippsland in Victoria See also [ edit ] Mitchell River (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
72-707: A cultural bloc known Wanjina Wunggurr , in which the Ngardi are sometimes also included. The Worrorra are a coastal people, whose land extends from the area around Collier Bay and Walcott Inlet in the south, northwards along the coastlands of Doubtful Bay west of Montgomery Reef to the area of the Saint George Basin and Hanover Bay, encompassing Rathsay Water and Mount Trafalgar , running inland some 40 km (25 mi) to 48 km (30 mi), as far as Mount Hann and Mount French. Seawards it includes Heywood and Augustus Islands . On their southern boundaries lay
108-555: A non-government organisation working to preserve the environment. The WA Parks and Wildlife Service manages the park jointly with the Wunambal Gaambera. In March 2015, the Government of Western Australia agreed on a ban on mining with both Rio Tinto and Alcoa Australia , which would allow protection over an area of 1,750 km (680 sq mi). The government had started on negotiations with traditional owners with
144-468: A tropical savanna climate ( Aw ) with warm temperatures present year round. The wet season typically runs from November through March and is very rainy. The following climate data is for Mitchell Plateau. Wanjina Wunggurr The Worrorra , also written Worora , are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Kimberley area of north-western Australia. The term is sometimes used to describe speakers of
180-638: A Class A reserve. Under the new arrangements, the zoning would not change, but the plan is now to amalgamate four marine parks (Lalang-garram / Camden Sound, Lalang-garram / Horizontal Falls, North Lalang-garram Marine Park and the new Maiyalam Marine Park) to form the Lalang-gaddam Marine Park, all in the sea country of the Dambeemangarddee people. This plan will be amended by another 10-year final joint management plan. The new Maiyalam Marine Park will create add 47,000 hectares (120,000 acres) to
216-476: A cave 20 feet (6.1 m) deep, he saw one imposing figure over 10 feet (3.0 m) long depicted on the roof, wrapped in a red garment and head wraps leaving only the eyes visible, staring from the roof down towards anyone who ventured into the cave. On either side were two more, which he was unable to determine what they represented. Grey made a copy which he printed in his book. Many wild speculations arose concerning their origin, Arthur Capell linking them to
252-558: A change of government in 2017, the plan for the new park has not as yet advanced. The Mitchell Plateau, according to Pew Outback , "is the only part of mainland Australia where no native species extinctions have occurred". The park is biologically significant and contains over 50 species of mammal, 220 birds and 86 amphibians and reptiles, including the saltwater crocodile , king brown snake and taipan . There are mangroves , swamps , woodlands as well as patches of tropical rainforest . A species of Livistona palm endemic to
288-577: A claim in the National Native Title Tribunal over a large area of land, which was determined on 26 May 2011. The area covers 27,932 km (10,785 sq mi), stretching from King Sound , Camden Sound and Montgomery Reef , including the Buccaneer Archipelago , across to Hall Point and Horizontal Falls . It includes sea, coastal lands and hinterland , including Worrorra traditional lands between Prince Regent River to
324-665: A general use zone, but the Walcott Inlet will be zoned as sanctuary. An Indigenous Protected Area was declared in 2013 over an area covering 642,294 ha (1,587,140 acres) from north of Derby stretching eastwards to the Prince Regent area. It is managed by the Dambimangari Rangers, a team of Indigenous rangers . As early as 1838, the explorer George Grey had described three rock paintings in Worrorra territory. Inside
360-553: A new management plan was released, titled Lalang-gaddam Marine Park: Amended joint management plan for the Lalang-garram / Camden Sound, Lalang-garram / Horizontal Falls and North Lalang-garram marine parks and indicative joint management plan for the proposed Maiyalam Marine Park . It was published ahead of the gazettal of the proposed Maiyalam Marine Park under the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984 (the " CALM Act "): as
396-513: A range of bird species, especially those restricted to tropical savanna habitats . It is home to the near threatened species , the black grasswren , which nests in sandstone crevices. The Mitchell Plateau track, off the Kalumburu Road (172 km (107 mi) north of the Gibb River Road junction, is accessible by 4WD only. There is an airstrip . Mitchell River National Park has
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#1732858407288432-434: A slight night-time cooling of temperatures, and then mirringunu , the torrid months from October to mid-December. The landscape is hilly sandstone terrain, quilted with spinifex and loose stands of bloodwood eucalypts , woollybutts and boabs . The Worrorra, Wunambal , and Ngarinyin peoples form a cultural bloc known Wanjina Wunggurr. The shared culture is based on the dreamtime mythology and law whose creators are
468-636: A view to creating a huge protected area which would lie next to the already-planned Great Kimberley Marine Park . A new huge Kimberley National Park had been planned (based on a 2013 election commitment) to cover more than 20,000 km (7,700 sq mi) and would include the Prince Regent National Park and the Lawley River National Park]. Rio Tinto committed to A$ 750,000 worth of spending on land rehabilitation where drilling had already occurred. However, as of 2020 , with
504-538: Is a "more diffuse life force animating and underlying the particular manifestations of its power that find expression in all species of things, including the wandjina". One facet of wungurr is embodied in a rock python ( Stimson's python ?), known as Wanjad. The Ngardi people have also been grouped with the other Wanjina Wungurr peoples, with a close link to the Worrorran (Dambina) people, sometimes referred to as Dambina-Ngardi or Dambimangari. According to Mark Clendon,
540-502: Is a national park in the Kimberley region of Western Australia , 2,140 kilometres (1,330 mi) northeast of Perth . The park adjoins the northern boundary of the Prince Regent National Park . The nearest towns are Derby , 350 kilometres (217 mi) to the southwest, as well as Wyndham , 270 km (168 mi) to the southeast. Created in 2000, the park covers an area of over 1,150 km (440 sq mi) on
576-527: Is the Wunambal people's name for the Mitchell Plateau. Wunambal people have lived in the area for many thousands of years, practising their culture based on Wandjina (to whom they refer as Gulingi) and Wunggurr lore and law. The Wunambal form part of a cultural bloc of Aboriginal peoples known as Wanjina Wunggurr . European explorers reached the region in 1921, led by surveyor William Easton, who named
612-422: The Kimberley region , and, on reading up on the topic, was particularly fascinated by descriptions of the intricacies of Worrorra which reportedly had 444 forms of the verb "to be". Though the Worrorra have not as highly developed a system of gestural language as many of their tribal neighbours, they do have a rich repertoire of manual signs to indicate a great many species of fauna, to the point of distinguishing
648-731: The Lalang-garram / Horizontal Falls Marine Park . In 2016 it was planned that this park, together with the Lalang-garram / Camden Sound Marine Park , North Lalang-garram Marine Park (the northern extent of Dambimangari saltwater country) and the North Kimberley Marine Park (in Uunguu waters) would make up the new Great Kimberley Marine Park, with the Government of Western Australia 's Department of Parks and Wildlife (now Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions ). Several sacred sites fall within these areas. In 2020,
684-563: The Mitchell Plateau ( Ngauwudu ). The two main features of the park are Mitchell Falls (a waterfall on the Mitchell River ) and Surveyors Pool (or Aunauyu ). It lies in the traditional lands of the Wunambal , an Aboriginal Australian people. The park is known for distinctive plants such as a species of fan palm ; it is home to several significant and threatened species , including
720-760: The Uunguu (Wunambal Gaambera) area of the Wanjina Wunggurr peoples. In May 2011, native title was eventually determined for the Wunambal Gaambera people, represented by the Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC . The first stage of the Uunguu Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) encompassing 343,700 hectares (849,000 acres) hectares was created at this time, with the second stage declared in 2015. The IPA covers 759,806 hectares (1,877,520 acres) as of 2020 . The WGAC works in partnership with Bush Heritage Australia ,
756-594: The Wanjina and Wunggurr spirits, ancestors of these peoples. Rock paintings depicting Wanjina, as well as the Gwion Gwion ("Bradshaw") paintings, are evidence of the shared culture. Wunggurr is a variant on the Rainbow Serpent creator being belief, while the wandjina are local spirits, attached to places, and associated with particular clans. Although some local expressions use the two terms interchangeably, wungurr
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#1732858407288792-585: The (Western) Worrorra language , and sometimes groups whose traditional languages are one of the whole group of Worrorran languages . A native title claim in which the people referred to themselves as the Dambimangari people was lodged in 1998 and determined in 2011. The word is said to be derived from Dambina (a name for the Worrorra) and Ngardi peoples. More recently, it has been spelt Dambeemangarddee . The Worrorra, Wunambal and Ngarinyin peoples make up
828-533: The Kimberley marine reserves. The larger plan is to create a total of 5,000,000 hectares (12,000,000 acres) of new national and marine reserves in Western Australia. The new spelling, "Lalang-gaddam", reflects the correct pronunciation of the word, and "Maiyalam" means "between islands", or "a gap through". The new Maiyalam Marine Park covers an area off the north-western coast of King Sound and around Macleay Island . The new Lalang-gaddam Marine Park borders
864-548: The Mitchell River after then Premier of Western Australia , James Mitchell . In 1965 a mining company called Amax Bauxite set up a camp on the plateau. The park was formed in 2000 without the consent of the traditional owners or following proper procedure under the Native Title Act 1993 . As of 2020 the park encompasses over 1,150 km (440 sq mi) of the Mitchell Plateau. The park area falls into
900-618: The area, which he visited in 1914, and had briefly taken charge of pastoral work there. The Worrorra left their traditional territory in 1956, settling in Mowanjum and later also Derby , with a few resident at Mount Barnett station and Kalumburu. One effect of the transfer was to endanger their indigenous culture as it was conserved in their distinctive language, since they came to adopt either Since 1956 Worrorra people have lived at Mowanjum in close daily contact with people who spoke either Ungarinyin or Wunambal as their mother tongue. Later this
936-480: The areas, etc. Details such as port areas are outlined in the plan. An Indigenous land use agreement (ILUA) already covers the Lalang-garram/ Camden Sound, Lalang-garram/ Horizontal Falls and North Lalang-garram marine parks, but an additional ILUA will be needed to allow the creation of the proposed Maiyalam Marine Park in accordance with the Native Title Act 1993 . Much of Collier Bay will remain
972-691: The diffusion of megalithic cults and ultimately to chambered tombs in Europe and Egypt. These were later identified however as Wandjina figures in Worrorra mythology. From around 1912 the Worrorra people came into contact with increasing numbers of European settlers. In 1927 James Robert Beattie Love , a Presbyterian minister, was appointed to head the Presbyterian Mission to the Aborigines which had been established at Kunmunya , known then as Port George IV, in 1912. Love had already been familiar with
1008-471: The family of Worrorran languages ) is now considered to be on the verge of extinction. Only seven speakers were recorded in the 2016 Australian census . The British-born Australian linguist Robert M. W. Dixon 's career in Australian Aboriginal languages was first stimulated by his being informed by his tutor Michael Halliday of the extraordinary complexity of the indigenous languages spoken in
1044-667: The grouping is recognized as such by its members, and defined by the possession or knowledge in common of a set of cultural artefacts unique to this region, the most obvious of which are: As part of a native title claim lodged in 1998 by Wanjina Wunggurr RNTBC known as the Dambimangari claim, which included claims for the three peoples in the Wanjina Wunggurr cultural bloc (the Worrorra/Dambimangari, Wunambal Gaambera/Uunguu and Ngarinyin/Wilinggin ), Worrorra people lodged
1080-712: The lands of the Umida and Unggumi people; to their east the Ngarinyin , and northwards, west of the Princess May Range, the Wunambal . The ancestral country is estimated to cover approximately 4,000 square miles (10,000 km ). The zone is consistently affected by tropical heat, with three seasons defined by the Worrorra: aajaajirri , the monsoonal season running from mid-December through to April; mawingki , in June-July, with
1116-586: The north Kimberley, Livistona eastonii , may grow up to 18 metres (59 ft) and some are as old as 280 years. The monjon (a small rock wallaby ) and the rough-scaled python live in sandstone areas of the plateau. Other important species include the dugong , flatback turtle , northern quoll , scaly-tailed possum , and the golden-backed tree rat . The park is part of the Prince Regent and Mitchell River Important Bird Area , identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for
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1152-676: The north and Robinson River to the south, as well as including some of the Prince Regent National Park . Much of the area is under exclusive possession . The Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation manages the Dambimangari people's business affairs, while the Wanjina Wunggurr RNTBC acts on behalf of the Worrora/Dambimangari, Ngarinyin (Wilinggin) and Wunambal Gaambera (Uunguu) native title holders with regard to their rights and interests. The Dambimangari (as of 2020 spelt Dambeemangarddee ) Aboriginal Corporation co-manages
1188-462: The proposed Mayala Marine Park to the south-west (covering the Buccaneer Archipelago , traditional land and waters of the Mayala peoples), and the North Kimberley Marine Park ( Uunguu waters) to the north-east. The land and sea border to the south abut Bardi Jawi land and a proposed Bardi Jawi Marine Park . Maps show the extent of the various marine parks, native title determinations , zones within
1224-585: The tiny rock wallaby known as the monjon and the black grasswren . A new Kimberley National Park , which would encompass Mitchell River National Park, Prince Regent National Park and Lawley River National Park , was in the early stages of planning around 2015 by Colin Barnett 's government, when permits to mine bauxite on the plateau were terminated, but since then (as of November 2020 ) these plans have not been furthered. The plateau's wildlife has remained unchanged for close to 50,000 years. Ngauwudu
1260-552: The title Mitchell River National Park . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mitchell_River_National_Park&oldid=670577274 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mitchell River National Park (Western Australia) Mitchell River National Park
1296-400: Was replaced by Kriol. By the time intense contact with white settlers began, around 1912, the Worrorra people who still spoke their native tongue fluently were estimated to be around 300, with perhaps triple that figure if those in surrounding districts who spoke it as a second language are included. The Worrorra language (also known as Western Worrorran, being one of three main groups of
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