Aboriginal
the Traditional Owners in Kakadu National Park
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The
Aboriginal traditional owners to Kakadu National Park
The area
boasts the longest continuous surviving human culture
in the world. Aborigines have been living in this region
for at least 40,000 years. The
descendants of these First Australians still live in
Kakadu today.
 Two
of the main focal points for seeing the Aboriginal Culture
of Rock Art at a closeup look is at Ubirr Rock left
off the Arnhem Highway before Jabriu and Nourlangie
Rock on the Kakadu Highway on the way to Cooinda Resort
in the southern End of the park.
Two other
areas to learn about Aboriginal culture is at Warradjan
Cultural Centre near Cooinda Resort.
Also
at Kakadu Culture
Park next to Muirella Park Campground in Kakadu National
Park in a conventional 2 wheel drive vehicle, RV, camper,
motorhome or coach. It's a sealed road and only 20 minutes
from the hotel (International standard) accommodation
at Jabiru (North) or Cooinda (South).
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The area
boasts the longest continuous surviving human culture
in the world. Aborigines have been living in this region
for at least 40,000 years. The descendants of these
First Australians still live in Kakadu today. The Kakadu
National Park staff always welcome you and on behalf
of the Aboriginal traditional owners to Kakadu National
Park and hope you will enjoy learning about culture,
land and caring for country. Kakadu Park is a true cultural
landscape. It was shaped by the spiritual ancestors
of Aboriginal people during the Creation Time. The ancestors
(first people) journeyed across the country creating
landforms, plants, animals and Bininj/Mungguy* (Aboriginal
people). They came with their laws to live by: ceremonies,
languages, kinship's and ecological knowledge. They
taught Bininj/ Mungguy how to live with the land and
look after the country.
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| Kakadu and
the Arnhem Land Escarpment contain one of the longest
continuous records of rock art in the world, with around
5,000 recorded and identified galleries of Aboriginal
paintings. Kakadu contains an uniqueartistical living
cultural landscape of Aboriginal art. Ubirr and Nourlangie
Rock are two of the most pristine public sites that feature
Aboriginal Cultural Rock Art and previous dwelling shelters. |
| Approximately 50% of the
land in the park is Aboriginal land under the Aboriginal
Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976, and most of
the remaining area of land is under claim by Aboriginal
people. Title to Aboriginal land in the park is held by
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Kakadu
National Park - Seasons
But Australia's Kakadu
sees seasons of varied extremes -- so varied, in fact,
that the park's longtime aboriginal inhabitants have
divided the year into six distinct seasons.
• Kakadu
Seasons - Gunumeleng Pre-Monsoon Storm Season -
Gunumeleng, from mid-October to late December, may in
fact last from a few weeks to several months.
• Kakadu
Seasons - Gudjewg - Monsoon Season - Gudjewg, from
January to March, can be described as the 'true' wet
season.
• Kakadu
Seasons - Banggereng - Knock 'em down storm Season
- Banggerreng, in April, is the season when the rain
clouds have dispersed and clear skies prevail.
• Kakadu
Seasons - Yegge - Cooler but still humid Season
- Yegge, from May to mid-June, is relatively cool with
low humidity.
• Kakadu
Seasons - Wurrgeng - Cold Weather Season - Wurrgeng,
from mid-June to mid-August, is the 'cold weather' time;
humidity is low, daytime temperatures are around 30°C
and night-time temperatures are around 17°C.
• Kakadu
Seasons - Gurrung - Hot Dry Weather - Gurrung, from
mid-August to mid-October, is hot and dry.
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Opening hours of Kakadu
National Park
Kakadu National Park
is open 365 days per year. Given the large size of Kakadu
there are a number of key attractions that have different
operating hours these are:
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Bowali Visitor
Centre - is open from 8am to 5pm.
* Warradjan Aboriginal
Cultural Centre - is open from 9am to 5pm.
* Ubirr Rock - is open
from 8:30am until sunset from 1 April until 30 November
* Ubirr Rock - is also
open from 2pm until sunset from 1 December until
31 March.
* Nourlangie Rock - is
open from dawn until dusk.
All of the attractions
are open every day of the year and all times are Central
Standard Time. These are based on the season 2006/7.
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