Qualla: Daguragu https://qualla.com/daguragu-northern-territory en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:27 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Daguragu https://qualla.com/daguragu-northern-territory Daguragu: Introduction https://qualla.com/daguragu-northern-territory/ On 16 August 1975, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam knelt in the red dust of a small community in the Northern Territory and poured a handful of soil through the outstretched fingers of Vincent Lingiari. The photograph of that moment became one of the most iconic images in Australian history. The place was Daguragu, previously known as Wattie Creek, and what Whitlam was acknowledging was something the Gurindji people had known for approximately 60,000 years: this land was theirs.

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]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/q/u/v/h/daguragu-northern-territory-wp/quvh-daguragu-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Daguragu: Where the Creek Meets History https://qualla.com/daguragu-northern-territory/ Daguragu sits on a tributary of the Victoria River, about 551 kilometers south of Darwin and 460 kilometers southwest of Katherine. The Gurindji people know it as Wattie Creek, and the settlement that grew here was built on ground that carries deep spiritual and historical signif...

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]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/q/u/v/h/daguragu-northern-territory-wp/quvh-daguragu-where-the-creek-meets-history.mp3 0:06 2 full Daguragu: Heritage Written into the Land https://qualla.com/daguragu-northern-territory/ The walk-off route from Wave Hill Station to Daguragu was listed on the Northern Territory Heritage Register on 23 August 2006, and on the Australian National Heritage List on 9 August 2007. Seven additional associated sites are also registered, with five in the nearby Kalkarindj...

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]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/q/u/v/h/daguragu-northern-territory-wp/quvh-daguragu-heritage-written-into-the-land.mp3 0:06 3 full Daguragu: Living on the Floodplain https://qualla.com/daguragu-northern-territory/ Daguragu's geography is defined by water, both its presence and its sudden, devastating excess. Wattie Creek, the tributary that gives the settlement its older name, feeds into the Victoria River, and the community sits squarely on its floodplain. In February 2001, ex-tropical cy...

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]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/q/u/v/h/daguragu-northern-territory-wp/quvh-daguragu-living-on-the-floodplain.mp3 0:06 4 full Daguragu: A Community Between Two Worlds https://qualla.com/daguragu-northern-territory/ Today Daguragu sits within the Victoria Daly Region, having been amalgamated from its own community government council on 1 July 2008. It is located within the federal Division of Lingiari, named for the man who led the walk-off, and the territorial electoral division of Stuart. ...

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