Nyaparu Margaret Rose

“For old people and the Nyangumarta people country is like medication… It gives you a bit of a boost, you feel healthy on country,” she told NITV News.

“A lot of our young people are juveniles, they go to prison, and that (the ranger programs) will keep them away from prison.”

“That is where our heart is on our land, that’s why we have to protect it and take care of it – because country is always calling.”

Nyaparu Margaret Rose, CEO of the Nyangumarta Warrarn Aboriginal Corporation.

5 December 2018. NITV News Online.

Country Needs People is a national not-for-profit organisation born from the support of hundreds of Traditional Owners around the country.

We pay our respects to all the First Nations people around Australia and their unbroken commitment to keep Country strong on land and sea. We acknowledge Indigenous partners, Traditional Owners, Elders past, present and emerging and extend our appreciation of their support and guidance of our daily work.

Nyaparu Margaret Rose Slider

Country Needs People is a national not-for-profit organisation born from the support of hundreds of Traditional Owners around the country.

ALWAYS WAS, ALWAYS WILL BE, ABORIGINAL LAND.