Wik-Mungkan

Teaching totems in Aurukun (Wik Mungkan, English subtitles)

Community News Segments_Community Weather 2/9/22

Walkalan - Story of the Bonefish is a short film about Winchanam Clan elder and artist Alair Pambegan who shares with us an important part of his heritage and connection to Country. Walkalan is an important Story Place and totem for members of the Winchanam Clan. Their …

Pam Wanch (men and women) from the Wik Nation, Aurukun, visited Quinkin Country for the 2021 Laura Aboriginal Dance Festival. About 30 Aurukun community members from the Putch, Apalech and Winchanam Clan's made their mark on the bora grounds at Laura.

The ICTV Community News is an Indigenous language news program currently in development by ICTV. This is a small segment from our initial pilot episode. This segment features a story created by the team at the Woyan-min Bio-cultural Project in Aurukun, Queensland. Reported by …

Enjoy a short Wik-Mungkan film production on a local delicacy found here in Aurukun. "Ma'wunth", the Wik name for the freshwater crayfish (Macrobranchia Species), is a seasonal food that swims down with the fresh floodwaters of KAAP (wet season).

These disclaimers are used on ICTV and the ICTV PLAY website to warn people watching that the upcoming video contains images, voices and names of deceased people. This project was made possible thanks to project support from The Community Broadcasting Foundation.

These disclaimers are used on ICTV and the ICTV PLAY website to warn people watching that the upcoming video contains images, voices and names of deceased people. This project was made possible thanks to project support from The Community Broadcasting Foundation.

Wik Artist Irene Pootchemunka is an Apalech Clan Elder and a master weaver based out of the Wik and Kugu Art Centre in Aurukun on Queensland's Cape York Peninsula. Join ICTV for Episode 1 of Aurukun Indigenous Knowledge Centres latest Biocultural film series titled: …

Our bio-cultural project has teamed up with @statelibraryqld for SPOKEN, an exhibition promoting the importance of preserving some of the few remaining Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages still alive in Queensland. 'Wik.Thayanam.Thawan’ is a short documentary …

Minh puuy is the Wik-Mungkan name for the giant Cape York mud crab found here in Aurukun. Join locals Rufus, Rosie and young Jonny as they take us deep into the mangroves for some serious bush tucker... and keep your ears open for a lesson in their Wik-Mungkan …

The Aurukun Indigenous Knowledge Centre received some great footage of a croc (Pikkuw in Wik language) attack on the weekend.

Pach Puchalam, a wild bush orchid growing on the Wik lands of Cape York, is a plant with many uses. Some of these uses will be explained in this short film. Join the Aurukun Indigenous Knowledge Centre for a cultural insight into pach puchalam and the important knowledge that …

The Aurukun bio-cultural project heads to the swamps again in search for a type of bush potato known as 'may umpiy' in Wik-Mungkan language. This film has been produced in part to celebrate the International Year of Indigenous Languages and also to share and promote the …

The Aurukun Indigenous Knowledge Centres 'bio-cultural program' heads north of the community to collect ceremonial clay to be used for an upcoming reconciliation day event. Wik Elders discuss the history of the well known 'Ikeleth' clay site, a spectacular wall of white and …

Wik boys head out bush during the season of Kaarp (wetseason) for some bush fruits known in language as 'may yoorp'. These berries are very sweet and are part of a healthy bush-tucker diet. The boys then enjoy a fun afternoon in the peak of Kaarps big wet at a local waterhole …

Minh puuy is the Wik-Mungkan name for the giant Cape York mud crab found here in Aurukun. Join locals Rufus, Rosie and young Jonny as they take us deep into the mangroves for some serious bush tucker... and keep your ears open for a lesson in their Wik-Mungkan …

Minh puuy is the Wik-Mungkan name for the giant Cape York mud crab found here in Aurukun. Join locals Rufus, Rosie and young Jonny as they take us deep into the mangroves for some serious bush tucker... and keep your ears open for a lesson in their Wik-Mungkan …

At the end of 2008 dry season three senior Anangu-Pitantjara artists and weavers from the remote community of Kalka, Central Australia visited the remote community of Aurukun in Far North Queensland to share with community members their skills and knowledge on the creation of …

Stanley Kalkeeyorta singing.