Wujal Wujal

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Wujal Wujal

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Wujal Wujal

Wujal Wujal is on the Bloomfield River, 172 km north of Cairns and 70 km south of Cooktown. Roads are cut frequently during the wet season due to flooding.

The community at Wujal Wujal is thought to have existed on the site for thousands of years and is set around the highly sacred waterfalls of Wujal Wujal meaning many falls in the local language. Wujal Wujal is a DOGIT community, originally known as Bloomfield and then later as Bloomfield River Mission. It was founded in 1886, by Lutheran Missionaries who withdrew from the area because of the difficulties of isolation. The site was dismantled and residents moved to camps in the area. It re-opened in 1957 and was administered by the Hope Vale Mission Board, a branch of the Lutheran Church of Australia. In 1979, the community became known as Wujal Wujal and in the following year the Aboriginal Council was formed.

Wujal Wujal belongs to the following groups:

Colors of Water, Green!, Happy Haven, Landscape Photography, Live, Love, Dream, Queensland and Safe Haven

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