
Boodjamulla National Park (Aboriginal Land) experienced widespread flooding in March 2023 resulting in a temporary closure of Lawn Hill Gorge due to extensive damage.
Informed by the site assessment, engineers reports, geotechnical assessments and ecological impacts report, the Boodjamulla Cooperative Management Council is working through a planned recovery project. And in addition, we are looking at building new opportunities that will improve the visitor experience, create awareness of Waanyi culture, and strengthen the existing partnership between Waanyi People and Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.
Click to read more about the flood impact, assessing the damage, and the road to recovery.
Read More| Classification | Fossil names | Translation (Waanyi word) |
|---|---|---|
| Order Dasyuromorphia (dasyures, thylacines) |
Badjcinus turnbulli | Badj/baji = good/expert hunter or cheeky/aggressive; cinus = Greek for dog |
| Ganbulanyi djadjinguli | Ganbulanyi/kanbulanyi = Native Cat or Northern Quoll; Djadji/jaji = ‘to eat’; Nguli = bone | |
| Mayigriphus orbus | Mayi = tooth/teeth; griphus = Latin for puzzle | |
| Order Peramelimorphia (bandicoots) |
Bulungu palara | Bulungu = sister’s child, child, baby |
| Galadi speciosus | Galadi/kaladi/kaladiya = bandicoot, possum, Rock Ringtail Possum | |
| Liyamayi dayi | Liya = round; Mayi = tooth; dayi = ‘chop’ | |
| Madju variae | Madju/maju = sister, elder sister | |
| Yarala burchfieldi | Yarala/yarrala = root or butt of tree | |
| Order Notoryctemorphia (marsupial moles) |
Naraboryctes philcreaseri | Naraba/ngaraba = to drink; ryctes = Greek for ‘digger’ |
| Order Diprotodontia Suborder: Macropodiformes (kangaroos) |
Bulungamaya delicata | Bulungulla/balangarra = moon; Mayi = tooth/teeth |
| Cookeroo bulwidarri | Bulwidarri = white, white of egg | |
| Ganawamaya gillespieae | Ganawa/kanawa = long; Mayi = tooth/teeth | |
| Ganguroo bilamina | Gangu/kangku = grandfather, father’s father | |
| Nowidgee matrix | Nowidgee, ngawiji = grandmother, father’s mother | |
| Wabularoo naughtoni | Wabula = forgotten, long time before; Naughtoni = after former owner of Riversleigh Station, Ted Naughton | |
| Order Diprotodontia Family: Pseudocheiridae |
Gawinga aranaea | Gawinga/kawinka = possum, Northern Brushtail Possum |
| Order Diprotodontia Family: Miralinidae |
Durudawiri inusitatus | Duru = sun; Dawiri/dawirri = little sister, younger sibling |
| Order Diprotodontia Family: Maradidae |
Marada arcanum | Marada = flat, flat ground, claypan |
| Order Diprotodontia Family: Vombatidae |
Rhizophascolonus ngangaba | Ngangaba = light (in weight) |
| Order Chiroptera (bats) |
Brachipposideros nooraleebus | Nooraleeba/ngurralyijbi = stuck in the mud |
| Macroderma malugara | Malugara/malukarra = good hunter or killer | |
| Subclass Therians Subgroup: Incertae sedis |
Yingabalanara richardsoni | Yinga/yingka = other, another; Balanara/balangarra = moon |