Good morning
Stephanie Thompson-Nganjmirra, a Larrakia elder, was integral in helping her
husband’s people, the Kunwinjku of western Arnhem Land, in getting to know the
birders who came to visit my house in the 80s and 90s. They were too
uncomfortable around white strangers to even talk to them. But Stephanie, who
grew up in Darwin and had travelled the world playing sport, was integral in
breaking down those barriers. Consequently the Reverend P. Nganjmirra and
other traditional owners decided to open their country to birders.
Stephanie and I will be giving the ‘welcome to country’ at the opening of NT
Parliament tomorrow morning, if any Birding-Aussers are present and wish to pay
their respects to her.
Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow
PO Box 71
Darwin River, NT, Australia 0841
043 8650 835
PhD candidate, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW.
Founding Member: Ecotourism Australia
Nominated by Earthfoot for Condé Nast’s International Ecotourism Award, 2004.
Liaison Officer, NT Field Naturalists’ Club
With every introduction of a plant or animal that goes feral this continent
becomes a little less unique, a little less Australian.
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