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Severe Flooding in the Fitzroy Valley Causes Huge Damage and Loss for Communities
It has been an extremely challenging start to 2023 for communities along the Martuwarra Fitzroy River who are currently experiencing the worst floods in WA history.
A look back at 2022 in the Kimberley
In 2022, thanks to your support, we made encouraging progress in our efforts to keep the Martuwarra free-flowing, but there is still work to be done in 2023 to stop the threat of large-scale irrigation....
Homecoming for Martuwarra Fitzroy River Film Festival as Fitzroy Valley community have first screening
By Cain Andrews - Broome Advertiser Cast members from the Martuwarra Fitzroy River Film Festival have finally seen themselves on the silver screen as the festival came home to Fitzroy Crossing for the first...
The beauty of the Martuwarra on display at the WA Maritime Museum
Last night we celebrated the launch of the Martuwarra Fitzroy River - Lifeblood of the Kimberley exhibition at the WA Maritime Museum in Fremantle. The exhibition, which will be on display until January 2023, showcases...
Australia's first co-designed marine parks created in the Buccaneer Archipelago
Australia’s first co-designed marine parks with Traditional Owners have been declared in the Buccaneer Archipelago off Western Australia’s Kimberley coast. The three new marine parks Bardi Jawi Gaarra, Mayala and Maiyalam marine parks– are also...
State of Environment report predicts future of the Martuwarra Fitzroy River without protection
The State of Environment report has sent a stark warning for the future of the Martuwarra Fitzroy River and other freshwater ecosystems if action isn’t taken to protect them from large-scale irrigation development. The report,...
Fitzroy River Film Festival premiere in Broome
More than 140 people gathered at The Gimme Club in Broome on Wednesday June 1 for the Fitzroy River Film Festival. The film festival which coincided with National Reconciliation Week featured a line-up of short...
New national declared in the Fitzroy Valley catchment!
Today, Gooniyandi Traditional Owners and the WA Government announced the creation of the Warlibirri National Park on Gooniyandi Country in the Fitzroy Valley! This is a historic achievement by Gooniyandi people and the first major...
Fitzroy River Film Festival in Bassendean
More than 200 community members joined us for a balmy summer evening under stars to celebrate the Martuwarra at the premiere of the Fitzroy River Film Festival in Bassendean. Viewers heard from Traditional Owners, recreational...
The West Australian: Fitzroy tourism potential worth up to $43m more, report finds
By Jenne Brammer, The West Australian The Fitzroy Valley in WA’s Kimberley could attract up to $43 million more in tourist spending annually if action to protect the region’s natural and cultural values is taken,...
Sound Telegraph: Kimberley Traditional Owners continue calls for Premier to protect region’s Fitzroy River
By Hannah Cross, The Sound Telegraph Kimberley Traditional Owners and organisations are banding together in their fight to protect WA’s largest living river system from becoming “another cultural heritage disaster”. The Kimberley Land Council, the...
Advert calls on Premier to not let the Martuwarra Fitzroy River be the next Juukan Gorge
“Don’t let the Martuwarra Fitzroy River become the next Juukan Gorge.” They are the powerful words from the Kimberley Land Council highlighted in today’s West Australian Newspaper in an advertisement calling for WA Premier Mark...
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