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Lurujarri Dreaming Trail

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WE ARE LOOKING AFTER COUNTRY!

As you know, every country has laws. Here we have our own Traditional Laws. Our
Laws come from Bugarregarre, the Dreamtime.

One of the major responsibilities of the Kimberley Law Bosses (the Elders) is to
ensure that Traditional Culture (Law) is passed down to succeeding generations,
in order to keep the Country and it's people safe.

The Goolarabooloo Law Bosses hold the responsibility for the continuity of the
Songline and its capacity to sustain life in its fullest. This includes keeping
the coastal land clear of any development that would interfere with their law
and culture, or damage their song cycle, places and sites.

31 years ago, Paddy Roe, with the support of his Goolarabooloo community,
established the Lurujarri Heritage Trail - A nine day cultural walking journey
along the song cycle, that involves leading visitors throughout this 80km
stretch of saltwater coastal terrain, travelling as a group and sharing their
heritage.

The body of cultural knowledge that the old people hold and pass on, is
preserved and kept alive within the Song Cycle that connects to specific sites
(Law Grounds) in a continuous linear system up the coast of the Dampier
Peninsula.

It comprises a collection of songs that hold a living memory, specific to
particular places, trees, animals, and other landmarks - be they on land, sea,
air or water. The lay for this land and its history, as known via these songs
for place, has been sung for centuries at ceremony time.

The Goolarabooloo people are still actively engaged in looking after country,
despite living within a western world that would have them sell it, for the
greater economic resources of the nation. They believe that connection with
country and culture is the base of one's' true sense of identity, spiritual and
physical health, and self-esteem.

Strangers to Country need to be introduced by someone from that place - a person
who knows its' songs, its' places to be wary of. Someone who can facilitate your
safe passing, so that the Country will become familiar with your smell, and
subsequently treat you well.

As with other indigenous clans across Australia, the Goolarabooloo people
identify distinct territorial boundaries. Living within a domain of finite
resources over countless generations demands that Country be managed in a
sustainable way.

A time-honed ability to read the Six Seasons reflects fine-tuning to place, for
example, recognising when is the best time to hunt different species or knowing
where you will find water late in the Dry season.




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 * Paddy Roe's story
 * Lurujarri Heritage Trail
 * From Minyirr to Minarriny
 * The Song Cycle
 * Our Six Seasons
 * Where is it?
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LINKS

 * Lurujarri Dreaming


FURTHER READING

 * Reading the Country
 * Gularabulu
 * Songline Harmony (Australian Geographic)
 * Kimberley songlines at risk
 * Kimberley at the crossroads- the case against the gas plant


2023 LURUJARRI TRAIL NOW FULLY BOOKED

Applications are now closed to join us on the 9-day Lurujarri Heritage Trail
from 1-9 July 2023. If you'd like to join us on the walk in 2024 feel free to
email us to express your interest and we'll add you to our list.



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