What Aboriginal land is Cairns on?
The Yirrganydji sea country region contains significant Aboriginal cultural values. It is a cultural land and seascape with creation storylines interweaving the country from Cairns to Port Douglas.
Who are the traditional custodians of Cairns?
Gimuy-walubarra yidi
The Gimuy-walubarra yidi are the traditional custodians of the Cairns and surrounding district.
Where is Kans in Australia?
Queensland
listen)) is a city in Queensland, Australia, on the east coast of Far North Queensland. The city was founded in 1875 and named after Sir William Wellington Cairns, the Governor of Queensland from 1875 to 1877.
Where is Yidinji country?
North Queensland
The Yidiny (also spelt Yidindj, Yidinji or Yidiñ), are an Aboriginal Australian people in Far North Queensland. Their language is the Yidiny language.
How do you pronounce Gimuy?
(Pronounced ghee-moy-wah-la-burra) The Gimuy-Walubarra are the traditional custodians of Cairns and the surrounding regions. Gimuy is the Yidiny name for the region now known as Cairns.
What indigenous land is Port Douglas on?
Yirrganydji Indigenous Land
The Yirrganydji Indigenous Land Sea Rangers care for Yirrganydji country, which run northwards from Cairns to Port Douglas in Queensland.
Is Cairns bigger than Townsville?
This OESR brief reports the Cairns SA4 population at 224,436 and the Townsville SA4 population at 217,897 on Census night in 2011.
Can you swim in the ocean in Cairns?
A chain of relaxed seaside villages lay just north of Cairns, each boasting their own unique features. Swim only at beaches patrolled by a lifeguard and between the flags or in the stinger nets during the summer months. …
Who were the Australian pygmies?
From the 1940s until the 1960s, it was fairly widely known there were pygmies in Australia. They lived in North Queensland and had come in from the wild of the tropical rainforests to live on missions in the region.
How do you pronounce Yirrganydji?
yirrganydji Pronunciation. yir·rgany·d·ji.