What does Bungle Bungle mean in Aboriginal?

What does Bungle Bungle mean in Aboriginal?

Unspoiled and breathtaking in every sense of the word, Purnululu National Park (Bungle Bungle) is a site of international significance on the United Nations World Heritage List. The name Purnululu comes from the Aboriginal Gija people, meaning ‘fretting sands’.

What is the aesthetic value of the Bungle Bungles?

Aesthetic Value: The landscapes in the area are of outstanding scenic value. Scientific Value: The area is of international significance in terms of it’s geology, landforms and for the unique ecosystems that exist here.

When were Bungle Bungles discovered?

1983
Only “discovered” in 1983, the beehive-striped Bungle Bungle Range in Purnululu National Park is a fascinating and enduring Australian story.

What are some of the native animals found in Bungle Bungles?

Birds such as honeyeaters, doves, wood swallows and finches are in abundance. More elusive species include the white-quilled rock pigeon and the Australian bustard. There is at least one endemic lizard species, Lerista bungle bungle, a very rare small skink.

How can we protect the Bungle Bungles?

Significant Aboriginal art sites on the Bungle Bungle Range are safer from the ravages of bushfires following a special program of prescribed burning within Purnululu National Park.

What was purnululu once called?

The name Bungle Bungle was first given to a nearby station in 1930. And in 1983, when the Department of Lands And Surveys had to call the range something, they named it after the station.

How have the Bungle Bungles changed over time?

Originally part of an ancient river bed, the sandstone layers were compressed and then lifted to form a mountain range. Over hundreds of millions of years (The Bungles are about 350 million years old!) water and wind have eroded the sandstone into the unique shapes that we see today.

How are the Bungle Bungles protected?

Twenty million years of weathering have produced the eroded sandstone towers and banded beehive structures of the Bungle Bungle Range. The crusts help stabilise and protect the ancient and fragile sandstone towers.

Why is Purnululu National Park important?

The WA government recognised the botanical importance of the area and also its significance to the traditional inhabitants. Purnululu National Park was established in 1987. In 2003 Purnululu NP was inscribed as a World Heritage Area, thanks to its outstanding geological value and its incredible natural beauty.

Why is the Bungle Bungle Range a World Heritage Site?

The Bungle Bungle Ranges are located within the Purnululu National Park which in 2003 became a world heritage listed site. The national park became world heritage listed due to the unique nature of the formations and the cultural significance of the area to the local indigenous people.

Why are the Bungle Bungles of Purnululu important?

Why are the Bungle Bungles important? Famous for the 450 km2 Bungle Bungle Range, Purnululu has been listed as an outstanding landscape that is an incomparable natural phenomenon. It reveals the story of its formation over hundreds of millions of years, and helps unlock the story of the earth’s history. What made the Bungle Bungles?

What are the best places to see Bungle Bungles?

Highlights include Cathedral Gorge, Picaninny Gorge and Echidna Chasm with its sheer walls soaring 200 metres yet only metres apart. The Bungle Bungles hold great significance to the Traditional Custodians of Purnululu National Park, the Karjaganujaru peoples, who have lived in this region for over 20,000 years.

How did the Bungle Bungle get its colour?

While the black colour is due to algal growth resulted in the deep moisture, whereas the orange colour is due to the deposition of minerals like iron and manganese. It is said that the circular seven km diameter features are the result of the remains left behind by a meteorite hit which happened 250 million years ago.