More than 220 years after they were forcibly removed by British colonizers, Australia’s Indigenous people are regaining control of their ancestral lands
These customs and natural phenomena are among the elements that WA’s Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions and Indigenous communities hope to highlight in developing culturally and environmentally sustainable tourism.
Horizontal Falls, in the Buccaneer Archipelago, gets its name from the rising tides creating a waterfall effect between the cliff gaps.Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited. Maiyalam marine park, for example, is known for the Horizontal Falls, a natural phenomenon that occurs when a fierce tide pushes water through two narrow cliff gaps in the McLarty Range, causing a cascade of water up to 13 feet tall.
Powerful tour boats now roar through those openings, but Aboriginals in the past have navigated this region’s dangerous seas on theirwooden rafts. This required expertise in predicting tides, knowledge which has been passed down the generations, partly through theSuch traditions can be safeguarded by the new marine parks, says Kevin George, chairperson of Bardi Jawi Niimidiman Aboriginal Corporation, representing two of the region’s Indigenous peoples.
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