Walkatjurra Walkabout - Walking for Country

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Walkatjurra Walkabout - Walking for Country It is a chance to reconnect with the land, and to revive the tradition of walking for country.

a one-month walk from Yeelirree to Leonora led by the Walkatjurra Rangers in partnership with Footprints for Peace, Western Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (WANFA), the Anti Nuclear Alliance of Western Australia (ANAWA) and the Conservation Council of We ‘Walkatjurra Walkabout - Walking for Country’ is a celebration of Wangkatja country, a testament to the strength of the community who have fought to stop uranium mining at Yeelirrie for over forty years, and a chance to come together to continue share our commitment to a sustainable future without nuclear. August - September 2015

Join us for a month walk from Yeelirrie to Leonora from August – September, 2015. This walk will be lead by the Walkatjurra Rangers, in partnership with Footprints for Peace, Western Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (WANFA), the Anti Nuclear Alliance of Western Australia (ANAWA) and the Conservation Council of Western Australia (CCWA). All Welcome to Join for an hour, a day, a few weeks or the whole way

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walkingforcountry.com

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 0400505765 (Marcus)

A Drug & Alcohol Free Event

Exciting news! A new two way science learning app is coming soon! The app will bring one of our Ngalia Dreaming stories ...
20/03/2024

Exciting news! A new two way science learning app is coming soon! The app will bring one of our Ngalia Dreaming stories to life and will be a wonderful learning tool to explore the Dreaming, language, and science. The app is a Dilji innovation initiative in partnership with Ngalia Custodians, Kiwa Digital , MLG, and the Shire of Leonora. Best of all, it's free to download! Stay tuned for further announcements on the launch of this amazing new app.

04/03/2023

Conservation Council of WA & Nuclear Free Alliance present ‘Yeelirrie: 50 Years of Resistance’, a collection of powerful stories. Buy tickets at Rooftop Movies.

Another great outcome from fierce fighting to stop Yeelirrie uranium mine!
06/04/2022

Another great outcome from fierce fighting to stop Yeelirrie uranium mine!

Today the Traditional Owners of the Yeelirrie area the Conservation Council of WA and the Australian Conservation Foundation have welcomed another milestone in the 50 year-long campaign to stop uranium mining at Yeelirrie.

24/03/2022
Many many walkers, near & far have helped & supported the Traditional Owners protect country & culture at Yeelirrie. Tha...
22/01/2022

Many many walkers, near & far have helped & supported the Traditional Owners protect country & culture at Yeelirrie. Thank you.

After 50 years of tireless campaigning to protect Yeelirrie we are now looking forward to the introduction of lasting protections against uranium mining in WA.

Plans to mine uranium at Yeelirrie have attracted widespread and sustained opposition from the Indigenous community around the site, which sits on Tjiwarl Native Title determined country. The Cameco proposal threatened an area which forms part of the Seven Sisters Dreaming songline and is referred to as ‘a place of death’. The word Yeelirrie translated to the word Yullala – which means to weep or mourn.

Vicki Abdullah, a Tjiwarl woman, who has long campaigned against uranium mining on Tjiwarl country, said “Yeelirrie is an important cultural site, our families and old people have fought against mining at Yeelirrie for 50 years. There is a strong feeling of responsibility to keep the uranium there at Yeelirrie and we’re happy that as of today Cameco cannot mine that place."

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21/01/2022

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