03/03/2025
"HMAS Warramunga Park"
In a new series of photos by which I explore full understanding of the history and heritage of locations I visit. Any extra information is appreciated . Please feel free to share. 👍
Sony A7rii
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14mm 2.8
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The original HMAS Warramunga was named after the Warumunga tribe, located in the Tennant Creek area of the Northern Territory between Alice Springs and Katherine. In the early 1900s, the Warumungu people had experienced much hardship as a result of frontier conflict. Gold was discovered in the region in the 1930s, setting off Australia’s last great gold rush.Prospectors arrived, and by the 1960s the Warumungu people had been pushed off their land.
In 1978, the Central Land Council tried to reclaim the land back on behalf of the Warumungu people, under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act. It was not until 1992 that title to 3,090 square kilometres of traditional lands was finally granted.
Author Ernestine Hill described the Warumunga people as merry, song makers, the masters of music and mysticism, famous for fire ceremonies and corrobborees, and the most imaginative tribe in Australia.
During the Second World War, it was decided that three new Australian tribal class destroyers would be named after Aboriginal nations, one of which was HMAS Warramunga.
