Yongka Miyak Koorliny: Kangaroo and Moon Journey

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This story comes from the wise and ancient language of the First People of the Western Australian south coast.

Yongka Miyak is a special ancestral place where, imprinted in granite, is the shape of a resting kangaroo surrounded by the phases of the moon. Yongka Miyak Koorliny is a story about elders taking young ones to sacred sites to learn their connection to the ancestors.

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The Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project Incorporated is an association with aims of reclaiming, supporting, promoting and maintaining Wirlomin Noongar cultural heritage. They work to reclaim Wirlomin stories and dialect, in support of the maintenance of Noongar language, and to share them with Noongar families and communities as part of a process to claim, control and enhance Wirlomin Noongar cultural heritage. More information can be found on the Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories website.