Indigenous rangers from a remote South Australian community are using drones and thermal technology to care for country. The rangers in Yalata on South Australia's far west coast, have rediscovered forgotten cultural sites and found seal populations along the coast.
Indigenous rangers from a remote South Australian community are using drones and thermal technology to care for country. The rangers in Yalata on South Australia's far west coast, have rediscovered forgotten cultural sites and found seal populations along the coast. The community has invested the profits from its own roadhouse and other enterprises to fund the technology.Rangers from Yalata Aboriginal Community are flying drones at the Great Australian Bight.
The Anangu people at Yalata were forced off their homelands further inland when Britain began nuclear testing at Maralinga in the 1950s. "Some of the people they lost their memories, they can’t find the rock-holes and now they’re finding everything again.”"Rock holes is a place where we can survive for my people, if the water runs out they go look for another place."Back at the Bight, the rangers are preparing to fly a much bigger drone along the cliffs.
Jeremy Edwards says they are also using the technology for land management and to hunt feral animals.Closer to community is another discovery - a wide shallow rock hole, a bit like a children’s swimming pool, that was completely hidden from sight.Jeremy Edwards says it really pleased the community.
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