Warmun region

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The Warmun region is a remote area in Western Australia’s East Kimberley, known as the homeland of the Gija and Miriwoong peoples and for its rich Aboriginal cultural and artistic heritage.

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Warmun region canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic area
region
country Australia
ethnicGroup Gija people
Miriwoong people
governedBy Shire of Halls Creek
hasArtCentre Warmun Art Centre
hasArtStyle natural earth pigments
ochre painting
hasClimate tropical savanna
hasCulturalContinuity pre-colonial to present
hasCulturalPractice ceremonial law
painting
rock art
storytelling
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Gija people
Miriwoong people
hasCulturalTheme Country and land
Dreaming stories
ancestral narratives
hasEconomicActivity art production
cultural tourism
hasHeritageType Indigenous cultural landscape
hasLanguage Gija language
Miriwoong language
hasMainSettlement Warmun
hasPopulationCharacteristic sparsely populated
hasPrimaryInhabitants Aboriginal Australians
hasSeason dry season
wet season
isRemote true
knownFor Aboriginal artistic heritage
Aboriginal cultural heritage
Gija art
Warmun Art Movement
locatedIn East Kimberley
Western Australia
northern Western Australia
locatedInTimeZone Australian Western Standard Time
locatedNear Turkey Creek NERFINISHED
Warmun community
locatedOn Great Northern Highway
nearbyTown Halls Creek
Kununurra
partOf Kimberley region
traditionalOwners Gija people
Miriwoong people

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Miriwoong people hasCommunity Warmun region