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A dream job on Country and on Sea

04 December 2018
Community Borroloola
Jobs, Land and Economy
One woman and 10 men, mostly dressed in ranger uniforms, stand on bare ground in front of a river, some signs (cannot read text) and a sliver-grey boat on a trailer.

The li-Anthawirriyarra Sea Rangers are living the dream as they patrol the estuaries and coastline of their part of the Gulf of Carpentaria.

When you are getting paid to do what you want, where you want, you have a dream job.

And that’s exactly how the rangers in the li-Anthawirriyarra Sea Ranger Unit feel as they patrol the estuaries and coastline of their Country and their Sea on their part of the Gulf of Carpentaria, NT.

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The Australian Government supports ranger units through the Working on Country program which recognises that protecting and conserving the environment is a shared responsibility that also provides sustainable employment for Indigenous people.

The li-Anthawirriyarra [People of the Sea or Saltwater People] live in and around Borroloola and the Sir Edward Pellew Islands in the southwest Gulf of Carpentaria.