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NameWA Journey Ways - Drought Journey 1
Description

From 35,000 years ago onwards, Earth was moving into one of the most severe glaciations with temperatures dropping to 6 to 10 degrees below current temperatures. By 22,000 years ago the glaciers were thickest with ice sheets covering most continents. Sea levels were at their lowest dropping to approximately 150 to 400 metres below current levels. Old water ecosystems disappeared and arid areas expanded. Australian glaciers did not extend into Western Australia however the countryside suffered an extreme drought of 10,000 years that lasted between 25,000 and 15,000 years ago. Archaeologists suggest that Aboriginal people survived the drought by clustering in refuges where there was permanent water and by visiting other refuges when the climate permitted. In Western Australia refuges were Nyoongar territory, the Pilbara tablelands and the Kimberley.  

TypeJourney
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ContributorJacqui Wright
Entries8
Allow ANPS? No
Added to System2023-07-25 09:54:10
Updated in System2023-08-14 15:42:22
Subject indigenous, aboriginal, western australia, deep time, journey ways, refuges, drought, ice age
CreatorFrancesca Robertson, Noel Nannup and Jason Barrow in 'Journey Ways' project, Dr Francesca Robertson, Dr Noel Nannup, Alison Nannup.
PublisherWA Journey Ways is a collaboration of Kurongkurl Katitjin, Edith Cowan University and WA Main Roads.
Contactbill.pascoe@newcastle.edu.au
Citation

Robertson, F., Nannup, N. and Barrow J. 'Great Journeys undertaken by Aboriginal people in ancient times in Western Australia', Batchelor Press, 2019.

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Source URLhttps://batchelorpress.com/node/386
Linkbackhttps://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/community-environment/aboriginal-engagement/aboriginal-journey-ways/
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LanguageEN
LicenseCopyright. Do not re-use without permission.
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Permissions from Francesca Robertson, Noel Nannup and Jason Barrow for use of material from 'Great Journeys undertaken by Aboriginal People in Western Australia in Ancient times’.  Permission for use of the story provided by Wayne Webb for the Great Journeys book and other iterations of same for TLCMap. Do not re-use without permission.

Date Created (externally)2023-07-25

Drought Journey 1 

Placename
Yoondanup 
Type
Other
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Latitude
-34.417222
Longitude
115.543056
Start Date
-25000
End Date
-15000

Description

Yoondanup (near Black Point). Koora koora (a long time ago) there came boranga boongorang (a great shaking). Where there were hills before the great shaking happened, there were plains; where there were plains there were great hills. After this great shaking there were fearful rushes of wind accompanied with smoke and dust which lasted some considerable time, perhaps a day or a night or a little longer. The men, women and children were in a bad way from the foul air they had to breathe, that lots of them died from the effects. All of a sudden, a very strong wind came and revived all that survived the foul air and smoke. Then suddenly there was a great shock and terrible claps of thunder and great waters rushed all over the low land. The remnants of the people and the animals were on the higher ground and so escaped the big water. After a little while this strange big water rushed back and left quantities of fish, most sorts of which they had never seen before, jumping about all over the ground below the elevated ground they were on. Prior to this event people lived around a freshwater lake, the event inundated the lake with seawater and they were unable to sustain themselves. There was trouble amongst them and to resolve the trouble they decided to split up and bands of them went in all directions. The people who camped there moved north; many people up north believe this is where they came from. Since then people have been walking that route northwards, some go north to Wiluna to see family. Many of us are connected up as far as Yirramagurdu (Roebourne).

Sources

TLCMap ID
tc2153
Linkback
https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/community-environment/aboriginal-engagement/aboriginal-journey-ways/
Created At
2023-07-26 10:02:23
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:50:20

Drought Journey 1 

Placename
Chittering 
Type
Other
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Latitude
-31.430278
Longitude
116.090833
Start Date
-25000
End Date
-15000

Description

For the Aboriginal traveller going north water may have been identified by looking to the sky to see where the birds congregate. Traces of this activity remains in the names of places along the route to Yirramagurdu. Chittering Valley, around the lake is named after djidi-djidi (willy wagtail).  

Sources

TLCMap ID
tc2154
Linkback
https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/community-environment/aboriginal-engagement/aboriginal-journey-ways/
Created At
2023-07-26 10:02:23
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:50:20

Drought Journey 1 

Placename
Jibberding 
Type
Other
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Latitude
-30.001111
Longitude
116.826667
Start Date
-25000
End Date
-15000

Description

Jibberding may be a mangle of Jibiliny which is a small bird that lives near water.  

Sources

TLCMap ID
tc2155
Linkback
https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/community-environment/aboriginal-engagement/aboriginal-journey-ways/
Created At
2023-07-26 10:02:23
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:50:20

Drought Journey 1 

Placename
Kirkalocka
Type
Other
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Details

Latitude
-28.556111
Longitude
117.7825
Start Date
-25000
End Date
-15000

Description

In the triangle between Yalgoo, Sandstone and Paynes Find there is almost no freshwater except for a creek, a channel that lies in a valley within the Daggar Hills. Formed from the rainwater runoff from the surrounding hills the creek is surrounded by trees and all the fauna associated with creeks including the girgil (brown goshawk) which may have given rise to the name Kirkalocka.

Sources

TLCMap ID
tc2156
Linkback
https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/community-environment/aboriginal-engagement/aboriginal-journey-ways/
Created At
2023-07-26 10:02:23
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:50:20

Drought Journey 1 

Placename
Mudda 
Type
Other
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Latitude
-25.7975
Longitude
117.344444
Start Date
-25000
End Date
-15000

Description

Mudda (Mount Gould) is where dooloo (chicken hawk) stole fire from moondong (an evil creature) and dropped the firesticks to the earth for people to use

Sources

TLCMap ID
tc2157
Linkback
https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/community-environment/aboriginal-engagement/aboriginal-journey-ways/
Created At
2023-07-26 10:02:23
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:50:20

Drought Journey 1 

Placename
Meekatharra 
Type
Other
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Details

Latitude
-26.6
Longitude
118.497222
Start Date
-25000
End Date
-15000

Description

Meekatharra refers to a small local water source. 

Sources

TLCMap ID
tc2158
Linkback
https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/community-environment/aboriginal-engagement/aboriginal-journey-ways/
Created At
2023-07-26 10:02:23
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:50:20

Drought Journey 1 

Placename
Karijini 
Type
Other
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Latitude
-22.396667
Longitude
118.457222
Start Date
-25000
End Date
-15000

Description

Karijini is the Banyjima word for the Hamersley Range. Within the area of Karijini National Park are a number of spectacular mountains, escarpments and gorges. Aboriginal people have occupied this area for tens of thousands of years and their use of fire has shaped the landscape and the fauna that live there today. The gorges would have acted as giant condensers keeping water at the bottom enabling flora and fauna to survive when they were unable to survive on the surface. 

Sources

TLCMap ID
tc2159
Linkback
https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/community-environment/aboriginal-engagement/aboriginal-journey-ways/
Created At
2023-07-26 10:02:23
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:50:20

Drought Journey 1 

Placename
Yirramagurdu 
Type
Other
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Details

Latitude
-20.899722
Longitude
116.621667
Start Date
-25000
End Date
-15000

Description

Yirramagurdu (Roebourne) was, during the drought times well inland. It is the meeting place of a number of rivers that, then would have provided a pathway to the ocean. 

Sources

TLCMap ID
tc215a
Linkback
https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/community-environment/aboriginal-engagement/aboriginal-journey-ways/
Created At
2023-07-26 10:02:23
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:50:20
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