Marra Worra Worra: Bedford denies wrongdoing
Marra Worra Worra director Dickie Bedford said there had been no wrongdoing in paying $12million to another organisation. Dickie Bedford The Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC) is...
View ArticleFitzroy Crossing: Marra Worra Worra’s response
Marra Worra Worra corporation members called a meeting on Thursday to accuse the board of misconduct. The board prepared a statement, about its dealings with the Kimberley Regional Service Providers...
View ArticleYiyili: School kids to butchers and baristas
Yiyili community school kids have been given special food and beverage lessons. In one series of lessons they selected a beast, slaughtered and butchered it and then learned how the various cuts could...
View ArticleOldest sharpened stone tools found
Scientists say they have found evidence of the world’s oldest sharpened stone tools in the Kimberley. Science Network [read this story]
View ArticleWindjana Gorge: Burning completed for Easter
Parks and Wildlife has completed prescribed burning at Windjana Gorge national park, in time for the Easter holidays. You can read a media release here: Burn protects Windjana Gorge National Park...
View ArticleAnne Poelina on Fitzroy Valley coal mining
Dr Anne Poelina opposes a proposal to mine brown coal in the Fitzroy Valley. Anne Poelina “In reading the environmental assessment of this coal mine produced by Rey Resources, I have found fatal flaws...
View ArticleCentral Kimberley rock art from the colonial period
Central Kimberley rock art changed dramatically when Aborigines started working on stations. The subject matter is also very different to Pilbara rock art from the same period. Two archaeologists have...
View ArticleORIC gives Marra Worra Worra the all clear
BY TONY BARRASS The Canberra department that oversees all Aboriginal corporations has given Fitzroy Crossing organisation Marra Worra Worra the all clear to continue its work across the Kimberley....
View ArticleOrd and Fitzroy Rivers: Fish benefit from natural flooding
Scientists say artificial flooding does not have the same ecological benefits as natural flooding. They have studied the Fitzroy and Ord Rivers as part of a study of Australian natural and artificial...
View ArticleUnique serrated spear points first made 1,000 years ago
Serrated spear heads called “Kimberley points” first appeared just 1,000 years ago, scientists say. They were made somewhere in the central south Kimberley, perhaps by a select few craftsmen. Science...
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