Looking After The Country - The Gagudju Way
Kakadu National Park, in the Northern Territory's Top End, is a place of great richness. Its landforms, flora and fauna are among the most breathtaking in the world. Kakadu is also a place of great cultural significance. The land belongs to the Aborigines, the Gagudju, and theirs is the oldest known culture.
This book explores this remarkable land through the eyes of its traditional owners. From the Dreamtime to the present-day, the book reveals how the Gagudju exist in harmony with the seasons and the land: floodplains and billabongs, escarpment and plateau, woodlands and forests. Four tribal elders explain how they maintain links with the Dreamtime, how they look after the country and pass on traditions to the next generation. Today other people work with the Gagudju to preserve this unique environment for the future.
Everyone will enjoy this spectacular record of a culture and environment which are rapidly changing.
