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Cass Lynch, Postdoctoral research fellow, Curtin University

20 years in the making: witnessing the _Dwoort Baal Kaat_ songline's incredible return to Noongar Country

Festival guests viewing Dwoort Baal Kaat rock formation at East Mount Barren, Western Australia. Photo by Gaylene Galardi (2022) Author provided

The Hopetoun Community Resource Centre is a hive of activity this sunny morning in mid-September. It is the height of the Ravensthorpe Wildflower Show, an event that attracts thousands of visitors to small agricultural towns on Western Australia’s south coast each year.

Hopetoun sits on the doorstep of the Fitzgerald River National Park, an ecological wonder and one of 35 crucial Global Biodiversity Hotspots.

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