Cultural information Cultural information You can now purchase a unique multimedia CD which contains hundreds of hours of information, images, movie and sound files about Yolngu culture relating to Nanydjaka. Visit the CD site now. The flora of Manydjarranga-Nanydjaka represents a rich and diverse natural resource and is fairly typical for the Northeast Arnhem Land region.
Available species have a range of potential uses.
These include subsistence, medicinal and utilitarian functions. Plants also play an important role in ceremonial and ritual aspects of Yolngu life. Plant names and uses were bestowed by ancestral creation figures. There is a diversity of vegetation types and habitats found in this area and ten distinctive vegetation communities have been defined by Gambold et al. This is fairly typical of many of the recreation areas found in northeast Arnhem Land, though other vegetation types occur.