Welcome to Our Country. 

Our country stretches from the home of the yakka skink in the east to the slopes of the Great Dividing Range in the west, and from the sacred life-giving waters of the Doongmabulla Springs in the north to the dry lands of the ornamental snake in in the south.

The Indigenous Land Use Agreement with the Carmichael mine covers only a small part of our beautiful traditional lands.

Caring for Our Totems

The Black-throated Finch is a Wangan and Jangalingou totem animal that embodies our deep spiritual connection to the land, our family groups, and the Dreaming.

Distinguished by a black mark beneath its beak, this rare native bird lives on our ancestral homelands, which include Bravus Mining and Resources’ Carmichael Mining Lease, as well as on other parts of Queensland known as the Brigalow Belt and Desert Uplands bioregions.

Responsible mining on our Country has allowed us to be actively involved in protecting our totem animals while creating new employment and training opportunities for Indigenous people.

We work with Bravus Mining and Resources to educate members of the Carmichael mine’s workforce about the Black-Throated Finch’s cultural significance to us as Traditional Owners, while, as part of the Queensland Government approvals for the mine, the company carries out a targeted Management Plan to protect finches and their habitat on its conservation area and the non-mined areas of the Mining Lease.

The scientific research for the Black-Throated Finch Management Plan is done by third party experts who hold the necessary Australian and Queensland government permits and qualifications, and these ecologists are supported by First Nations rangers who conduct land and weed management, fencing to protect important and sensitive habitat, and fire management, fire control, and post-fire monitoring.