Tribal ID tackles illegal hunters.

Australasian Business Intelligence;  November 18, 2007 ;     161 words ......Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Kuku Yalanji Aboriginal people of north Queensland...the traditional hunting grounds of the Kuku Yalanji. Elders of the community discovered...identify poachers. The 5,000-member Kuku Yalanji group has exclusive hunting rights over...

Qld: Native title agreement reached in Daintree

AAP General News (Australia);  December 9, 2007 ;     323 words ......announced today will hand the Eastern Kuku Yalanji people in far north Queensland a major...Cape Tribulation recognises the Eastern Kuku Yalanji people's native title over land and...fish and hunt in the water. The Eastern Kuku Yalanji people will have ownership of 16,500ha...

Qld: Wujal Wujal women on the warpath against drunks

AAP General News (Australia);  July 5, 2002 ;     565 words ...00-00-0000 Qld: Wujal Wujal women on the warpath against drunks By Jordan Baker WUJAL WUJAL, Qld, AAP - Wujal Wujal women are on the warpath against violent drunks in their community. Sick of watching families being abused by alcohol and drug...

WHITE MAN'S WAYS A DANGER TO ABORIGINALS.(DAILY BREAK)(Column)

The Virginian Pilot;  September 11, 2000 ;     582 words ......Aboriginal. He was 20 years old. Son of the Kuku Yalanji tribe's chief law man, his birth name...He had made them both, symbols of the Kuku Yalanji. ``My people must return to their roots...to the nearest town, where I watched Kuku Yalanji drink the `whitefella's grog' and pass...

Qld: Secret men's business fights alcohol and violence

AAP General News (Australia);  July 3, 2002 ;     434 words ......alcohol and violence By Jordan Baker WUJAL WUJAL, Qld, July 3 AAP - Most hardened bushmen...other blokes. But for the people of Wujal Wujal, a Cape York Aboriginal community, a...Queensland's indigenous communities. Wujal Wujal man Glenn Williams, 51, is one of the...

Qld: Emotional scenes at Cape York land deal announcement

AAP General News (Australia);  April 11, 2007 ;     461 words ......earlier spelling of Yalanji people) By Jessica Marszalek WUJAL WUJAL, Qld, April 11 AAP - Cape York Aborigines describe the...new dawn of pride". In an emotional ceremony today at Wujal Wujal, north of Cairns, Queensland Premier Peter Beattie announced...freehold land, which the traditional ...

Many hands...

The Independent - London;  September 22, 2007 ;     787 words ......mountain scenery en route to the Aboriginal community of Wujal Wujal. "The name means 'many waterfalls'. There are no plurals...history and people of the Cape York region. At the edge of Wujal Wujal, Russell introduces me to the Walker sisters. They are from the Kuku Yalanji Tribe, ...

Qld: Govt doesn't have to pay Aborigines lost wages - court

AAP General News (Australia);  August 19, 2005 ;     307 words ......government didn't discriminate against members from the Hopevale or Wujal Wujal communities in far north Queensland who worked in church-run...but ... remain determined," Mr Deemal said. The Hopevale and Wujal Wujal people originally took action against both the state and the...

Qld: Govt hands over Cape York land to indigenous people

AAP General News (Australia);  April 11, 2007 ;     266 words ......04-11-2007 Qld: Govt hands over Cape York land to indigenous people WUJAL WUJAL, Qld, April 11 AAP - More than 200,000 hectares of land will...government says. Premier Peter Beattie today travelled to Wujal Wujal, north of Cairns, to announce the agreement - the culmination...

QLD: Female elders seek police presence to stop drunken violence

AAP General News (Australia);  May 20, 2004 ;     506 words ......seek police presence to stop drunken violence By Lloyd Jones WUJAL WUJAL, North Queensland, May 20 AAP - Women elders of a Cape York...They demanded the Queensland government provide police at Wujal Wujal, saying the community's Alcohol Management Plan (AMP) was...

FED: Grannies crack down on on drinking

AAP General News (Australia);  May 20, 2004 ;     525 words ......Grannies crack down on on drinking By Lloyd Jones WUJAL WUJAL, North Queensland, May 20 AAP - A group of grandmothers...down the law in the remote Cape York settlement of Wujal Wujal, setting up a roadblock to make a point about unpoliced...

Indigenous tourism in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, North...

Australian Aboriginal Studies;  September 22, 2002 ;   Zeppel, Heather;   787 words ......Mona Mona, near Kuranda, and Wujal Wujal, in the Daintree region...tourism ventures include Kuku Yalanji Dreamtime Walks in Mossman...Ngadjonjii elder, Ernie Raymont. Kuku Yalanji art and craft workshops...ventures in 2002 include Kuku Yalanji Coastal Habitat Tours ...

HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 20:30, May 20 =2

AAP General News (Australia);  May 20, 2004 ;     667 words ......Australia's governesses are set to receive a crash course in bush skills. (Governess) WUJAL WUJAL - A group of female elders at the Cape York settlement of Wujal Wujal today set up a roadblock to check cars for liquor and make a point about unpoliced...

Qld: Premier in air drama

AAP General News (Australia);  April 11, 2007 ;     125 words ......after his jet suffered a malfunction in the state's far north. Mr BEATTIE announced a major indigenous land agreement at Wujal Wujal .. north of Cairns .. earlier today and returned to his aircraft at the Cooktown airstrip. But as the jet began its final...

QLd: Man charged with murder

AAP General News (Australia);  February 12, 2006 ;     101 words ......brawl at a remote indigenous community in Queensland. The 40-year-old man died after he was stabbed when a fight broke out at Wujal Wujal, in far north Queensland late last night. Several people were also injured during the fracas, which happened next to a house...