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An overhead view of a small town, with red dirt roads, a few houses, and a cloudy blue sky
The remote community of Warmun in the Kimberley.(ABC News: Andy Seabourne)

A person dressed in black cloak and hood with a crow's beak looks out over a town, from a hill
The Wangkarnal crow has its origins in the creation stories of the Gija people of the East Kimberley region.(ABC News: Andy Seabourne)

A woman wearing black polo shirt with Aboriginal art logo smiles outside, next to 4WD with branches.
Community chairperson Vanessa Thomas explains the origins of the Wangkarnal story.(ABC News: Erin Parke)

A mural of a nun in black and white habit is painted on a corrugated door
The community came together with the Catholic church to establish Ngalangangpun School.(ABC News: Erin Parke)
A sign with an arrow and the word RECEPTION points towards a school building
Ngalangangpun School in the remote Aboriginal community of Warmun.(ABC News: Erin Parke)
Children sit at desks in an outdoor structure with a teacher watching on
In the early days of the Ngalangangpun School, students were taught outdoors under a bough shed.(Supplied: Ngalangangpun School.)
A group of children sit in a circle on the grass outside, with adults wearing red shirts
Children at Ngalangangpun School learn from community elders.(ABC News: Erin Parke)

Eileen Bray, an older woman with curly grey hair, wearing a green and red polo shirt, smiles outside near a mural of a nun
Eileen Bray is a Gija language teacher and translator in Warmun Community.(ABC News: Andy Seabourne)

Two little girls wearing red and green uniform shirts smile together, looking up to camera
Lauren Peters and Tennielle Patrick learn via a two-way education system at the Ngalangangpun School in Warmun.(ABC News: Erin Parke)

Two people dressed in black cloaks and hoods with beaks stand in front of a 4WD covered in branches
Every year at the Ngalangangpum School Christmas party, the Wangkarnal crows arrive to give out presents.(ABC News: Erin Parke)
Two people dressed in black cloaks and hoods with beaks hand a Christmas present to a woman with baby in her arms
The Wangkarnal crows hand out Christmas presents to the children of Ngalangangpun School.(ABC News: Erin Parke)
A black feathered eye mask, with long beak-like nose, perches on the edge of a black box
For local men, it's an honour to be selected to play Wangkarnal.(ABC News: Erin Parke)

A man wearing bright red and green polo shirt stands with arms crossed in front of a 4WD covered in branches
Spencer Morgan watched Wangkarnal's arrival as a child and now helps organise the event.(ABC News: Erin Parke)

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