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Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation
Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation represents the Wunambal Gaambera people as the native title holders of Uunguu in the far North Kimberley. The Corporation manages native title rights and interests, leads land and sea management programs, and implements the Healthy Country Plan to protect cultural heritage while building sustainable opportunities for future generations.
Our People and Country
We are the Wunambal Gaambera people, the native title holders of 2.5 million hectares of graa (land) and wundaagu (saltwater) in the far North Kimberley region of Australia.
Our Uunguu, passed down by our Wanjina Wunggurr ancestors, holds our past, present, and future. In 2011, Australian law recognised our unbroken connection to Country, granting us exclusive native title rights over most of our land and shared rights in the sea.
The Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation represents our people, manages our native title rights and interests, and cares for our Uunguu, which is declared an Indigenous Protected Area covering our entire Country.
Our Cultural Connections
We are part of the broader Wanjina Wunggurr Community, sharing common Wanjina Wunggurr ancestors with the Worrorra (Dambimangari) people and Ngarinyin (Wilinggin) people. While united through this shared heritage, each group speaks for and manages its own Country.
Under our Wanjina Wunggurr Law, each Wunambal Gaambera family group, or clan, speaks for its own graa. At the same time, we make collective decisions about our Country as a whole, ensuring strong governance grounded in cultural authority.
Native Title Recognition
In 2011, Australian law recognized our unbroken connection to our Country and Lalai through the Wanjina Wunggurr (Uunguu) native title determination.
The determination granted us exclusive native title rights over approximately 90 percent of our land and islands, along with shared native title rights in the sea. Exclusive native title recognises that we, the Wunambal Gaamera people, have the rights to possess, occupy, use, and enjoy our Country and to make decisions about those rights.
This recognition reflects the lifelong efforts of our Elders and Grandfathers. It provides the legal foundation for us to shape our own future while continuing to uphold our cultural responsibilities.
Our Role
We are guided by our Wunambal Gaambera Healthy Country Plan, which sets our how we care for our Uunguu, our cultural and natural assets, and values, so they remain strong for future generations and can be shared respectfully with visitors.
Our vision for the next ten years is to build sustainable livelihoods and communal wealth on and from a healthy Country. We continue the traditions of our ancestors while creating opportunities and prosperity for the generations to come.
Protecting Country for Future Generations
Wanjina Wunggurr Country is not a resource to be managed. It is a living cultural landscape guided by ancestral law and ongoing custodianship. Our responsibility is to protect it. Our commitment is to future generations. Our work continues every day to ensure Country remains strong.
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