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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Annette Ruzicka

Culture comes alive: revitalising bushcraft in an achingly beautiful Kimberley landscape

Alan Peumorra in the back of the ‘troopy’ (troop carrier) after a day of bushcraft making on the outskirts of Derby, Western Australia.
Alan Peumorra in the back of the ‘troopy’ (troop carrier) after a day of bushcraft making on the outskirts of Derby, Western Australia. Photograph: Annette Ruzicka

In a large shed on the edge of the town of Derby, Western Australia, piles of produce and ice are sweating in the sun waiting to be squeezed into Eskies bound for a five-hour journey to the Ngallagunda community in the central Kimberley plateau.

There’s about 20 of us who watch on, they include generations of Ngarinyin people who today, are scattered around towns and communities within the Kimberley. It’ll take us about a day’s worth of driving along the famous (or infamous) Gibb River Road to get there.

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