Camooweal

Ranger team
Indjalandji-Dhidhanu Rangers
Host organisation
Indjalandji-Dhidhanu Aboriginal Corporation

The Indjalandji-Dhidhanu rangers care for their traditional country of the upper Georgina River Basin, a vast area of red and black soil country extending across the Queensland-Northern Territory border around Camooweal.

Indjalandji-Dhidhanu Country encompasses the grassland plains and limestone caves of the Barkly Tablelands, and is drained by freshwater systems flowing south to Lake Eyre.

Indjalandji-Dhidhanu rangers’ work includes:

  • revisiting, recording, managing and protecting cultural heritage sites, through fencing to exclude feral animals and managing weeds
  • conservation and cultural management activities at Wiliyan-ngurru National Park including the development of visitor management materials, monitoring of visitor activities, and reporting of compliance issues
  • managing feral animals (pigs, toads) on Indjalandji-Dhidhanu heartland areas
  • undertaking cultural fire management  to improve vegetation health
  • surveying of native ecosystem values and condition (such as spinifex grass systems, water quality in Ilaga Thuwani Georgina River), in association with other experts (ecologists, botanists, hydrogeologists and cavers)
  • managing weeds and cultural heritage on agreed pastoral stations
  • sharing cultural knowledge through youth engagement activities on country and in school, in conjunction with Elders.

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