A days’ long canoe voyage along the Arnhem Land coast can now be completed within hours in a tinnie, but accelerating movement has unique and complex implications for Indigenous peoples’ relationship with their ancestral Country, according to a new research paper.
The research focuses on the impact of technological advancements on maritime transport, examining historic and contemporary journeys between the Northern Territory towns of Warruwi and Maningrida in north central Arnhem Land, a voyage of more than 250km.
