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The Woggaal Maadjit’s Eggs - This Place

16 October 2019
Culture and Capability
Two Aboriginal men stand side by side. The man on the left points to his right. He wears a blue and white shirt and blue head covering. The man on the right wears a red, brown and yellow shirt and similar coloured head covering.

George Walley and Frank Nannup of the Noongar Nation tell how the world famous thrombolites came to be.

For thousands of years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have been naming places that were sacred or important to them.

This video is part of an ABC produced series named This Place. It tells the story behind one of these special places.

The thrombolites in Lake Clifton in WA are thought to be one of the first life forms on earth. George and Frank share how for the Noongar people, the thrombolites hold a significant place in their Dreaming stories and explain how the local waterways were created.

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For more information, visit This Place.