Boodjamulla National Park (Aboriginal Land) is cooperatively managed by the Waanyi Native Title Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC and the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation under an Indigenous land use agreement that recognises the native title rights of the Waanyi People and future interests over the land.
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service and Partnerships is working cooperatively with Waanyi PBC to ensure the Country stays healthy for Waanyi People, their future generations and for the benefit of all people of Queensland.
| 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 |