Marlukarra Ngarrkadabawurr Karnanganayi

Garrwa country begins in the area of the Wearyan River crossing and extends eastwards through the Foelsche, Calvert and Robinson River to just over the Queensland border. The Garrwa call themselves ‘fresh water’ people, a people associated also with the spring waters of their stone country as opposed to the ‘saltwater’ Yanyuwa people to the west of their country. 

The Garrwa people are ’emu hunters’ and pride themselves on their traditions associated with this bird. Marlukarra Ngarrkadabawurr: Karnanganjanyi (Emu Hunters of Excellence) story speaks to Garrwa pride in the prowess of their ancestor’s hunting skills. Marlukarra Ngarrkadabawurr: Karnanganjanyi uses both light and heavy Garrwa.