PC24018A Merningar Bardok family’s Noongar oral history of Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve and surrounds
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Future co-management of Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve Reserve with Aboriginal peoples is likely, although very little information on the Noongar cultural heritage of the Reserve has been published and thus is available for stewardship guidance. Published for the first time, a rich trove of women’s and men’s stories from the Merningar Knapp family about Two Peoples Bay includes Wiernyert/Dreaming stories with classical human moral dilemmas, trading of gidj/spears, and stone structures on granite. Some Noongar names for landforms are provided.
This article belongs to the Collection The Natural History of Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, Western Australia.
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