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| Layer Id | 651 | Name | WA Journey Ways - Manja koorliny bidi (clan walking route) - Birak |
| Description | Mandja koorliny bidi (walking to a meeting place) are movements made by larger groups of people as they made their way to traditional gathering places for trading, lore, ceremony and festival. Birak (December-January) is the season of young people. |
Subject Keywords | indigenous, aboriginal, western australia, journey way |
| Type | Journey | Linkback | https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/community-environment/aboriginal-engagement/aboriginal-journey-ways/ |
| Creator | Rose Davis (collected by A.L. Hill) in 'Journey Ways' project, Dr Francesca Robertson, Dr Noel Nannup, Alison Nannup. | Publisher | WA Journey Ways is a collaboration of Kurongkurl Katitjin, Edith Cowan University and WA Main Roads. |
| Contact | bill.pascoe@newcastle.edu.au | Source Url | https://batchelorpress.com/node/386 |
| License | Copyright. Do not re-use without permission. | Rights | Material condensed from A.L Hill's Ph.D. Thesis, 'Sharing Sweet Water: Culture and the Wise Use of Wetlands in Western Australia (Murdoch University). Permissions provided for TLC Map. Do not re-use without permission. |
| Citation | Hill, A. L. 'Sharing Sweet Water: Culture and the Wise Use of Wetlands in Western Australia', Ph.D. Thesis, Murdoch University, 2013. |
Language | EN |
| Created At | 2023-07-26 12:57:01 | Updated At | 2023-08-14 15:48:53 |
| Ghap Url | https://tlcmap.org/layers/651 |
| Statistic | Value | Unit |
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Total Places
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2 | - |
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Area
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Not Available | km2 |
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Convex Hull
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LINESTRING(115.841111 -31.9525,115.68194 -31.545278) | - |
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Centroid
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POINT(115.7615255 -31.748889) | - |
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Bounding Box
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POLYGON((115.68194 -31.9525,115.68194 -31.545278,115.841111 -31.545278,115.841111 -31.9525,115.68194 -31.9525)) | - |
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Most Central Place
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Manja koorliny bidi (clan walking route) BirakĀ | - |
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Most Distant Place from center
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Manja koorliny bidi (clan walking route) BirakĀ | - |
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Distribution
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kilometers |