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...Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory!
Visiting the NT? take a tour of the Katherine River with:
Gecko Tours - Katherine, Northern Territory
Kakadu Guided Tours
See waterfalls, visit rockart sites, ceremonial grounds and swim in a pristine rock pools. Travel by airconditioned 4WD with our acredited travel guides.
Kakadu Travel Information
Written information about getting to and travelling in Kakadu in the Northern Territory, A great place to see Aboriginal culture.
Kakadu National Park
www.deh.gov.au/parks/kakadu
Kakadu is a cultural landscape. It was shaped by the spiritual ancestors of Aboriginal people during the Creation Time. These ancestors or 'first people' journeyed across the country creating landforms, plants, animals and Bininj/Mungguy* (Aboriginal people). They brought with them laws to live by: ceremony, language, kinship and ecological knowledge. They taught Bininj/ Mungguy how to live with the land and look after the country.
The name 'Kakadu' comes from an Aboriginal floodplain language called Gagudju which was one of the languages spoken in the north of the park at the beginning of the twentieth century. Although languages such as Gagudju and Limilngan are no longer regularly spoken, descendants of these language groups are still living in Kakadu. Aboriginal languages used in the Park today include Kunwinjku from the north-eastern region, Gun-djeihmi from the central region and Jawoyn from the southern region.
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