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WARNING: Aboriginal people are warned that this web site includes pictures of people who are deceased
Initiatives to maintain economic growth and healthy country have been the key features of the Dambimangari 2018 program presented to the Annual General Meeting by the corporation CEO Peter McCumstie on October 6. The program details a plan for new business ventures and the revival of iron ore mining on Koolan Island to improve the […]
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Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation Members Notice of Annual General Meeting Thursday, 5th October 2017 at 9.00am Derby Sportsmen’s Club Click below to download: Agenda Additional Information
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Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation has promoted the group’s business development credentials to the Federal Government during a visit to the Kimberley Region by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull this month Chairman Francis Woolagoodja was a guest at a cocktail party in Broome on August 4. He said the Prime Minister reacted favourably to the Dambimangari strategy for […]
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A combination of hard work and study support has paid off for Dambimangari student Dolly Thomas – recently appointed lead teller at the Commonwealth Bank’s Kununurra branch. The former Derby Holy Rosary student was helped through school by Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation before securing a Commonwealth Bank Indigenous school-based traineeship position in 2015 at the start […]
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Dambimangari Rangers are playing a key role in a scientific study of dolphins in waters off the Kimberley coast. Working with researchers from Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit and the Department of Parks and Wildlife, the rangers have been involved in two recent surveys which are shedding some light on marine life in the Prince […]
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The management of Dambimangari’s expanding environmental programs has changed hands after Healthy Country Co-ordinator Jarrad Holmes passed the baton to former Ranger Coordinator James Mansfield this month. For Jarrad, the handover will be the start of a new adventure. He and his partner Vanessa Boxshall are planning to sail around Australia with their two children […]
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The combination of traditional indigenous know-how and scientific expertise is making an important contribution to the protection of dugongs off North Western Australia. Dambimangari, Bardi Jawi, Balanggarra and Wunambal Gaambera (Uunguu) Rangers have been working with CSIRO and other Australian scientific agencies to learn more about the habitat and survival strategies of the endangered dugongs. […]
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Dambimangari art lights up Sydney Opera House The Kimberley region’s Wandjina culture returned to the national stage on a grand scale this year with a major role in Lighting the Sails celebrations on Sydney Harbour. The spectacular artworks by Dambimangari artist Donny Woolagoodja were part of Vivid Sydney screening on the famous Sydney Opera House […]
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The Dambimangari Traditional Owners of some of Western Australia’s most significant heritage-listed coastal country have established a code of conduct and visitor registration program for the increasing flow of tourists to the region. The initiative will help to protect some of the pristine environment and iconic cultural sites of the Native Title and Aboriginal Reserve […]
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Media Statement Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation June 3, 2016 Meeting to decide on joint National Parks Management Dambimangari community members will meet at Derby Sportsman’s Club on June 16 to determine the future of an Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) for joint administration of some of Western Australia’s most important National Parks. Under the terms of […]
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