Conservationists, Indigenous elders, and dancers are working with school children to ensure both the critically endangered corroboree frog and its cultural significance lives on.
abc.net.au/news/corroborree-frog-story-told-through-dance-promotes-conservation/102134218The distinctive squelching call of the northern corroboree frog, or gyak as it's known in the local Walgalu language, has special meaning for First Nations people in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales.
"Gyak is also a bringer of rain. When we hear the thunder, we see the lightning and cracks, that's the thunder and lightning calling out to gyak to call back, to give permission for the rain to fall."Indigenous elders, frog experts from the NSW Department of Planning and Environment and Taronga Zoo, and the Bangarra Dance Theatre are working together to ensure this cultural knowledge lives on.
"It's [a] system that's been in place for so long ... done with the right intention around your relationship with country, and relationship with animals and species," Ms Boyd said. Brungle Public School student Skye Burns said it had been fun to have elders spend time at the school sharing their knowledge and taking part in the dancing lessons."It's actually really pretty for a little frog, it's one of the prettiest I've ever seen.
"We've been monitoring the northern corroboree frog for about 30 years now and the trend is clear that this frog is in an ongoing state of decline towards extinction and really will rely on our help to prevent complete loss," he said.The key threat to the frog is the deadly amphibian chytrid fungus but key breeding sites were also burnt in the 2020 summer bushfires.
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