Want to understand Broome's magnificent multi-cultural history?

There is a marvellous permanent exhibition at the Old Convent, 9 Barker St, Broome. It covers pioneering history, the patron saint of charity work St John of God, health care, education and community work, the daily and spiritual life of the sisters, photographs, Bell Corner, Garden of Healing and Foundation sites.

Open March-October Monday to Friday 9am-1pm

Before leaving the Old Convent the Sisters invite you to enjoy a cup of tea or coffee on the verandah at Bell Corner.

YJMAC was incorporated in 2004 and has since recorded previously undocumented traditional bio-cultural knowledge such as stories, hunting, gathering, ceremonial practices, art, use of bush foods and medicine, language, ethics, clan boundaries, sacred sites, family histories and land management practices.

During this project Elders, who have now passed on, shared knowledge which would otherwise been lost to future EKY generations.

The retention of cultural knowledge will especially help those EKY people that have lost (often due to government assimilation efforts) traditional language, culture and the understanding of how and where they fit in the EKY Nation.

The project creates employment and training opportunities which enhances self-esteem and a sense of self-worth. It is essential to the Survival and Revival of Yalanji as a people as cultural identities are rebuilt and renewed.

Many of our Elders live in remote communities. YJMAC requires a 4WD vehicle to visit Elders and remote areas for cultural heritage surveying.

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$20 000 is needed for the purchase of a 4WD vehicle, to enable YJMAC to get around remote areas and visit communities such as Buru and Wujal Wujal.
Cultural heritage surveys and interviews with EKY Elders have so far been restricted to easily accessible areas as staff use their own cars.

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For further information

Contact	:	Bennett Walker
Phone	:	07 4098 3698
Mobile	:	07 4098 1119
Fax	:	07 4098 3507
Email	:	yawu@bigpond.com

YJMAC Team with Elders Bennett Walker, Lorna Shuan, Agnes Burchill and Cissy RoOss-Kelly

Nathaniel Walker and Eileen Burchill recording oral history

Willy Denman taking GPS readings