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Jindalee Songline

Placename
Wal kwetjang 
Layer
WA Journey Ways - Jindalee Songline
Link back to source:
https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/community-environment/aboriginal-engagement/aboriginal-journey-ways/
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Latitude
-31.181389
Longitude
117.381944
Start Date
End Date

Description

Jindalee tried to put the children back on the land but they turned to stone. She let go of her hair and Spirit Children tumbled to the ground turning to stone, the stones became higher and higher. She began to run, weeping, moving into land that she had not been in before, the Spirit Children still in her hair were screaming in fear…More children were falling and turning to stone, the piles of stones grew higher and higher. Where Jindalee roamed over the land in great distress, there are now chains of salt lakes. These are vestiges of ancient river systems. When seen on satellite image these little salt lakes look like strings of tears. The area is now known as Wyalkatchem but when it was first recoded in 1876 it was as Wal kwetjang, an approximation of what the local Nyoongars called it, which translates as land of ancient tears. 

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