Mirning Country is the sacred place of the Mirning People and forms a huge yerrambai (rainbow arch) from near Point Culver in Western Australia to near Streaky Bay in South Australia Mirning Country is the sacred place of the Mirning People from time immemorial. The Yinyila Nation of Mirning clans forms a huge yerrambai, rainbow arch from Point Culver in Western Australia to near Streaky Bay in South Australia, with submerged country roughly along the 33rd parallel south. There is shared country to Point Malcolm in the West and Venus Bay in the East. We still share our stories from long before the last great sea-level rise, stories of our land country that is now under the Great Australian Bight.
Mirning Council of Elders
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For tens of thousands of years, whales have been sacred to the Mirning people, the Traditional Owners of land and sea along the Great Australian Bight.
Learn more about Mirning people. Explore the Mirning website to find out more about their history, Elders, country, community and culture.
Watch ‘Whaledreamers’, an award-winning movie produced by Julian Lennon and inspired by Mirning’s sacred connection.
Find out more about the threats to the Great Australian Bight, and the perspectives of activists and campaigners working to protect it.
Discover the people, places and understudied biodiversity of the vast Great Southern Reef, and learn about the impacts of our changing climate.
Our Sky challenges you to question your knowledge of the universe, through both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ways of knowing.
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