Ngurrungurrudjba (Yellow Water)

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ry w
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ty.
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m
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u
more open
water dja now reas
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w
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i
n
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w
(Northern Lo
angiyi
n
Alm ked Turtle, Chelod gnec longa) are goo ina
b
d
o
er. We hunt
tuck by pok for
ing
e
h
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s to the
stick
m
u
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dr
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seaso
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h
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mid
ing.
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ts
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er
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d io re
fin a v s a e
to hae oot . Th
p e r ing and
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re n r ery.
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at ce
ke
i
o
n
tus Nab rbag op bur
fruits of
a
n
t
e
lyp s.
s
e
ca foxe – sug e to
w-gr
alia
Eu
m
g
yello k (Termin
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.
The
orla
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i
e
n
r
ale fl
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dj nd e A ring
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ndi
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m rd od ow
wering and seeding.
bi pr ps fl
ferd
are flo
to to
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eat. They are
good to
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or roasted on coals.
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h er
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of use
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to
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ry w
. Ba e good
under
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r
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dry out Mudja (Hymenachne a
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wetlands
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r
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hunti ther pla s. The wind
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r
c
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the an’t g nds
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ring row
t ing
w rl
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ku ith all
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north
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n
nd
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soft wh is
it is rea en
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arts
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The wetlands of Kakadu National Park, including Ngurrungurrudjba – Yellow Water – are listed under
the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (the Ramsar Convention) for their outstanding
ecological, botanical, zoological, and hydrological features.
Credits: Kundjeyhmi language and ecological knowledge provided by Violet Lawson.
Compilation and production: Barbara McKaige CSIRO (2016)
Images: Craig Nieminski, Shutterstock, Tourism NT, Peter Eve, Greg Miles, Jeremy Cresswell, Keith
McGuinness, Peter Christophersen, Violet Lawson, Finn Andersen, Jacinda Brown, Ian Morris, Emma
Ligtermoet, Nick Smith, Gunther Schmida/Lochman Transparencies, Neil Armstrong, Mick Burns, Russell
Dahms, Kakadu National Park, Barbara McKaige, Lorraine Williams, Emma Woodward.
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