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Yamani's Waterways: Bounty of the Great Barrier Reef |
| Section: CULTURE / PEOPLES |
| Author: Patrice Braun |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/1996 |
| Size: 2,590 Words, 16,437 Characters |
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The arrival of Europeans some two hundred years ago forced the relocation of many coastal communities and severely disrupted cultural and tribal structures. Europeans brought a new language, moral and religious pressures, and previously unknown diseases and medicine to the region. They also introduced foreign concepts of water and land use.
Today traditional reef communities, such as the Warrgamay and Banjin tribes, are interspersed with Torres Strait Islanders and are found in coastal cities such as Cairns and Townsville, inland towns like Charters Towers, as well as the designated indigenous reservations.
The Warrgamay and Banjin originated in what is now Herbert River and the adjacent Hinchinbrook Island. A rugged thirty-five kilometers long, Hinchinbrook combines freshwater swamp...
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...concerns will ultimately determine the future of the Great Barrier Reef, its creatures, and its people. The reef is a natural habitat that has captured the imagination of thousands. With its blue waters, stunning marine life, and untapped promise as a medicinal source, it truly deserves to be called one of the wonders of the world. No one should have to struggle to find reasons to protect it.
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