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First published 28 October 2016 Every story has a beginning and an end, everything in between is just a story… The oldest stories known come from the Aborigine people of Australia. Their stories go back at least 30,000 years. They are passed on orally by the tribe’s elders under a rigid tradition called “the law” which ensures the preservation of the Aborigines ancient tribal narratives. Linguistic scholars who have studied them have noted the Aborigines ability to sustain “the inter-generational scaffolding needed to transmit stories over vast periods.” 1 Aborigine tribal lore has been academically documented to chronicle the thawing of the Ice Age and the flooding of the Australian coastline thirteen-thousand years ago.2 ....
Funding debacle leaves Kimberley communities isolated in wet season with damaged roads WedWednesday 24 FebFebruary 2021 at 9:55pm The Fitzroy River broke its banks earlier this month, flooding parts of the Great Northern Highway. ( Share Print text only Cancel Kimberley leaders say they face a backlog of road repairs after two damaging wet seasons, and a debacle getting funding approved by three separate jurisdictions. Key points: Bureaucratic process delayed funding for road repairs before the Kimberley was hit by another wet season, compounding the damage Pastoralists and communities were isolated when parts of the Tanami and Duncan Roads were washed away and the Great Northern Highway closed for days at a time ....