Originally Posted by
scarry
One of my brothers ran the Uluru NP for quite a few years.
He had around 35 to 40 indigenous people working for him.
They are wonderfull people,you just had to work their way,with them,and keep them off the drink.
Their knowledge of the land is amazing.
Definitely a great experience working with them.
A mate of mine was the manager of the Docker River settlement some years back. A totally dry settlement, close to the WA border. A mixture of tribal law and NT law was in place. For example, one young man took off with a woman from the wrong skin group, The Elders got them back, and declared he would be punished by tribal law. Mate rang Alice Springs for advice, was told he could do nothing but record every thing that happened. The nearest NT Police were at Alice, sometimes the WA police would attend depending who was closest. Young bloke was speared in the leg, and taken bush by some initiated men, for " re-education ". There seemed to be agreement with the Administration that this was the best way to go, to allow a level of self regulating. I've been to Docker River, and it was a spotless little town, with very little trouble, at least on the surface. Nothing like Yeundumu, or even Papunya. Interestingly, there was an Amethyst [ I think ] mine in the nearby ranges, the stones were everywhere, every little kid had one.
Docker River | MacDonnell Council
I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food
A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking
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