About Djarindjin Aboriginal Corporation – DAC

The Djarindjin Story

Our People

We are a community that enjoys our privacy on the Northwest Coast of Western Australia. As a functioning community with schools and places of employment, the people of Djardinjin Community in recent times have chosen to open, in a limited capacity, to tourism. While the Community residential areas remain closed to tourism, we have opened a Campground at the Roadhouse. This will allow our people the opportunity to continue our traditional way of life, practicing cultural law and caring for country, while sharing our stories and places with visitors to the Peninsula.

We enjoy our traditional ways of living. We are saltwater people, and our lives are closely tied to the ebb and flow of the ocean tides. We have learnt the lessons of our ancestors, and we take pride in caring for and protecting our land and marine environments in the traditional ways.

We respect our flora and fauna, we are one with our land and animals, as we are with the sea and all that lives in it.

We understand our country and the close relationship between the seasons and life on the land and in the sea. In our culture we recognise 6 distinct weather seasons. As we have been taught, we only hunt and gather during the right seasons. This way is sustainable, and we only eat foods when they are at their best tasting and most nutritious.

We have ancient stories and songlines that guide us through our lives and teach us the ways of our old ones. We are Bardi and Jawi people, the people from the mainland and the people from the islands. This is our land, this is our culture, this is our way of life. The Dampier Peninsula offers many spectacular destinations and unique on Country tours that cater to the needs of visitors and showcase the unique saltwater culture of the Bardi Jawi people.