Volunteer / intern placements in not-for-profit Foundation based in Fremantle The organisation The TR Foundation was established in 2016 as an avenue for assisting Traditional Owner groups to fulfil their cultural and community development aims. The Foundation currently supports Traditional Owner groups to return to country, record important cultural sites and express cultural information through […]
Gidarjil Indigenous rangers train with Terra Rosa to measure Gladstone’s heritage health!
Gidarjil Land and Sea Rangers with TR's Scott and Jade Taking a break from turtle and mangrove monitoring, 13 trainee Indigenous Land and Sea Rangers crammed into the Gidarjil bus and headed out with Terra Rosa to The Narrows Quarry, a spectacular Aboriginal quarry site around 45 minutes north of Gladstone. The quarry boasts countless [...]
The adventures at Nyimili continues
If there is one thing we know by now it’s that the more time we spend on the Nyimili range, the more spectacular it proves to be! Following on from findings such as ochre paintings, engravings and wooden artefacts the team went on to identify numerous more scarred trees and rockshelters with cultural materials in […]
Motion footage reveals animals of Nyimili Range including a dingo pup!
Yinhawangka representatives and the Terra Rosa environmental team recently completed an initial environmental survey of the Nyimili Range. Using equipment like motions sensor cameras and Bat call detectors at several sites around the ranges, including caves, breakaways, and water pools, it was hoped to record the presence of some conservation significant species such as the […]
Rare wooden artefacts found in the Nyimili Range!
Roy Tommy demonstrating the use of one of the fire sticks to Stuart Ingie Jnr at a rockshelter. The Nyimili Range community project continues! Frida, Kirsty and Denis from Terra Rosa have spent the last week back in Tom Price with the Yinhawangka Traditional Owners, continuing the investigation and recording of the heritage values of [...]
Reconciliation Week
It’s that time again. Every year National Reconciliation Week is celebrated across Australia between 27 May and 3 June. These dates are significant as they mark the anniversaries of two of the most iconic, watershed moments in Australian history – the 1967 Referendum and the High Court Mabo decision. The theme for this year is […]