00:02On Eastern Erenda Country, outside Alice Springs, the first ever women-only ranger camp held by the Central Land Council.
00:11It's been a very male-dominated space, but there are women's sites, you know.
00:16There's women's law and culture, and we have to look after that and uphold that.
00:22Rangers play a crucial role, helping to protect the environment and continue culture.
00:28Dozens gathered from across Central Australia for training and skill swaps and wellbeing workshops.
00:35A space for rangers to feel recharged and empowered.
00:40We're going out to sacred sites, we're putting up fences, protecting them, checking water, you know, controlling pests, burning country
00:47the right way too.
00:48These are just a few things that, you know, what our rangers do and that's why we need more women
00:55rangers.
00:55Here on Eastern Erenda Country, these women are gathering and sharing knowledge, showing each other how to make bush medicine
01:02and talking about the significance of this place.
01:05Senior rangers shared skills with younger women.
01:09My grandmother and my mum and dad and the elders told me and taught me how to collect and how
01:26to make it.
01:27It's very important so other ladies who haven't had the chance to, who haven't had the opportunity to sit down
01:37and do bush medicine, to watch and learn from the elders.
01:41For me, it's a good opportunity to learn from other rangers or teals. We all look after country and we
01:53represent our ancestors and ourselves and our rangers and our community.
01:58Learning from country and each other.
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