00:08The Butchula people of Guri Island call the wild dingo wongari,
00:13while dingoes living with the Butchula people are called Wadda.
00:19Dingo companions that helped hunt and protect the relationship between Guri Island dingoes.
00:26And the Butchula people is rooted in deep spiritual creation and has been for 50,000 years since the dreaming.
00:38The legend of the sand dingo.
00:55The Butchula people existed for thousands of years,
01:00keeping what the camp dingoes with them, keeping them near.
01:04Wongari wild dingoes ran wild inland and by the sea.
01:10Guri sand, doomed dingoes hunting wild, bold and free.
01:25The Butchula legend speaks of creation,
01:29times of Princess Guri wanting to stay to be left behind.
01:34She was turned into Guri Island and clothed in forest.
01:40Wongari was one of the animals sent to keep her company.
01:49Wongari are an integral part of Butchula law and creation stories governed by the core law.
01:56What's good for the country comes first.
02:00Wongari keeps pests and rodent numbers down by hunting and eating them where they are found.
02:11Wongari's standing, go running wild, bold and free.
02:15Wongari, I see you, and you see me.
02:20You've existed for thousands of years on Guri Island.
02:26Part of the land and part of country.
02:30When a Guri Island dingo dies, Butchula helps send them to the sky country.
02:35A smoking ceremony to help them get on their way.
02:40Burning eucalypt leaves and aromatics Connecting Wongari spirit with the sky country.
03:13Wongari are of the purest bloodlines on Guri Island.
03:17They are fine, isolated and protected from inbreeding over timelines.
03:23Established clans of Wongari family.
03:28Throughout Guri Island and Butchula history.
03:34Wongari's standing, go running wild, bold and free.
03:38Wongari, I see you, and you see me.
03:43You've existed for thousands of years on Guri Island.
03:49Part of the land and part of country.
03:55Wongari howls at the full moon at night.
03:59An ancient legend, part of Guri Island's might.
04:04Protecting the island from pests and disease.
04:07Cleaning up, carrying, washed up, on the shore, deceased.
04:15Wongari, you have a right to be there.
04:18For thousands of years you existed on Guri Island.
04:23Part of Butchula legend and history, color and life.
04:27Still living, still living, still alive after trouble and strife.
04:34Wongari Island, in Queensland, here in Australia.
04:39Wongari Island, in Queensland, here in Australia.
04:57Wongari Island, here in Australia.
04:58Wongari Island, in freshwater water,燈, on the shore of the beach.
