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The Yiwarra of the Ancestors that take you down to the Patapuka - This Place

11 December 2019
Culture and Capability
Aboriginal man in dark polo shirt, cap and sunglasses leans close to an ochre coloured rocky.

Kado Muir tells some of the stories of the Country where his mother grew up.

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:

Ngalia man, Kado Muir takes us down the yiwarra to the Patapuka. He reveals the hidden secrets of the land, the same ones his mother passed down to him.

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For more information, visit This Place.