Presentation Type
Presentation
Location
The Kailis Room and online
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Start Date
22-7-2026 12:30 PM
End Date
22-7-2026 1:30 PM
Description
Yawuru Nagulagun is the traditional saltwater Country and feasting place of Yawuru people around Broome and Roebuck Bay. It is home and habitat for dozens of threatened fauna including culturally significant migratory green turtles and dugong, and is the ocean playground of modern Broome.
Joint managers of the Yawuru Nagulagun / Roebuck Bay Marine Park must navigate the swirling currents of overlapping recreational, ecological and cultural use within the Park to ensure its sustainable management.
To support these aspirations a collaborative partnership known as Yagarrajalajalan Nagula Buru (We All Care for Saltwater Country) has, since 2023, brought together a large research team with various expertise in turtle and dugong, cross-cultural research, social science and science communication. This partnership is now in its final year of field work and research collaborations. Partners are focusing on connecting the documented research of all participants, with a view to producing novel science outputs for actionable and lasting management impact.
Joint managers of the Marine Park (Yawuru native title holders and WA Parks & Wildlife/DBCA), together with one of the project’s three PhD students, provide insight into a complex research journey framed by the governance and management of Western Australia’s first jointly managed marine park.
#Yagarrajalajalan Nagula Buru involves collaboration between Murdoch University’s Harry Butler Institute, Nyamba Buru Yawuru, University of Notre Dame Australia’s Nulungu Research Institute, the WA Govt. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA), James Cook University’s TropWater, Edith Cowan University, and The University of Western Australia. We gratefully receive support from the WA Govt. Department of Energy and Economic Diversification *, the DBCA, Rio Tinto and the Australian Govt. – Parks Australia. For more information, please visit www.yagarrajalajalan-nagula-buru.org
*The state does not endorse any information, product, process, or outcome arising from or in relation to the Project.
Recommended Citation
Bennett, Wil; Mathews, Dean; Pigram, Lloyd; and Pardo Uribe, Camila, "Yagarrajalajalan nagula Buru" (2026). Talking Heads Seminar Series. 8.
https://researchonline.nd.edu.au/nulungu_talkingheads/2026/Schedule/8
Yagarrajalajalan nagula Buru
The Kailis Room and online
Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/44604187474018?p=4bJSCQ2t1WTpm9tGY2
Meeting ID: 446 041 874 740 18
Passcode: Gk6sn7Fp
Yawuru Nagulagun is the traditional saltwater Country and feasting place of Yawuru people around Broome and Roebuck Bay. It is home and habitat for dozens of threatened fauna including culturally significant migratory green turtles and dugong, and is the ocean playground of modern Broome.
Joint managers of the Yawuru Nagulagun / Roebuck Bay Marine Park must navigate the swirling currents of overlapping recreational, ecological and cultural use within the Park to ensure its sustainable management.
To support these aspirations a collaborative partnership known as Yagarrajalajalan Nagula Buru (We All Care for Saltwater Country) has, since 2023, brought together a large research team with various expertise in turtle and dugong, cross-cultural research, social science and science communication. This partnership is now in its final year of field work and research collaborations. Partners are focusing on connecting the documented research of all participants, with a view to producing novel science outputs for actionable and lasting management impact.
Joint managers of the Marine Park (Yawuru native title holders and WA Parks & Wildlife/DBCA), together with one of the project’s three PhD students, provide insight into a complex research journey framed by the governance and management of Western Australia’s first jointly managed marine park.
#Yagarrajalajalan Nagula Buru involves collaboration between Murdoch University’s Harry Butler Institute, Nyamba Buru Yawuru, University of Notre Dame Australia’s Nulungu Research Institute, the WA Govt. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA), James Cook University’s TropWater, Edith Cowan University, and The University of Western Australia. We gratefully receive support from the WA Govt. Department of Energy and Economic Diversification *, the DBCA, Rio Tinto and the Australian Govt. – Parks Australia. For more information, please visit www.yagarrajalajalan-nagula-buru.org
*The state does not endorse any information, product, process, or outcome arising from or in relation to the Project.
