Njanjma Rangers work with a wide range of partners in our Kunwardde Bim work.
​Our connections help us to achieve our goals and extend our work to benefit others.

Regional Aboriginal ranger groups

Njanjma Rangers share responsibility for country that overlaps with the Warddeken Indigenous Protected Area  (IPA) to the west. Warddeken Rangers have been pioneers in remote area rock art management and we have much to learn from and share with our neighbours. Djelk IPA to the west and Jawoyn to the south also have significant rock art programs. Njanjma Rangers intends to share resources and collaborate on programs where possible with these groups

Australian Government Working on Country Program

The Australian Government's Working on Country (WoC) Program funds 7 of the Njanjma Ranger positions. Looking after bim is part of the funded workplans of the WoC rangers, although WoC funding​ cannot be used for Njanjma activities within Kakadu National Park.

Kakadu National Park

Kakadu is inscribed on the World Heritage List specifically for the outstanding universal values of its rock art heritage.  

​Kakadu has been generous in assisting Njanjma Rangers with training and on site works as our ranger program has emerged.  We are looking forward to greater collaboration and opportunities to utilise our developing skills to provide cultural heritage services on Njanjma clan country within Kakadu National Park.

Kakadu West Arnhem Social Trust

The Kakadu West Arnhem Social Trust (KWAST) was established in February 2013  to “assist disadvantaged Aborigines in the Kakadu West Arnhem region now and in the future” and receives a portion of the royalties paid under the renegotiated Ranger agreement. KWAST is registered with the Australian Charities and Not For Profit Commission (ACNC) as a charitable trust. The development of key aspects of the Njanjma bim work is being funded by a grant from KWAST.

Stepwise Heritage and Tourism 

Stepwise Heritage and Tourism has been assisting Njanjma Rangers with planning for their country using participatory methods. Stepwise also specialises in developing cultural heritage management programs. Nicholas Hall, a Director of Stepwise Heritage and Tourism, has qualifications in rock art conservation and is passionate about improving the way rock art sites are managed in Australia and internationally.

Environmental Systems Solutions

ESS is a specialist provider of digital information management services for cultural and environmental information. ESS has implemented a range of digital management tools for rock art sites around Australia and within the west Arnhem region, including for Kakadu National Park. ESS is developing the Njanjma Information Management System that includes the Njanjma Bim Management System.

The Australian National University

Melissa Marshall from the School of Archaeology and Anthropology has been undertaking PhD Research into rock art conservation and management that has included detailed work on four rock art sites in Njanjma clan country.  She has also supported Njanjma Rangers with professional development in rock art monitoring and maintenance techniques.

Tristen Jones from the Department of Archaeology and Natural History and Associate Professor Penny King  from the Research School of Earth Sciences are conducting ongoing research with Njanjma Rangers. This research is focused on recording unknown rock art sites, rock art dating and investigating the geochemistry and mineralogy of mineral crusts associated with rock art to assist in understanding the effect of these crusts in the conservation of rock art and their potential for rock art dating.

Flinders University

The Department of Archaeology at Flinders University is conducting ongoing research in conjunction with Njanjma Rangers. This is being undertaken by past George Chaloupka Fellows Dr Daryl Wesley and Dr Ian Moffat.

​Research to date has concentrated on recording rock art in the Red Lily Lagoon area with a particular focus on new technologies such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) and 3D modelling.

George Chaloupka Collection, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

George Chaloupka devoted himself to the recognition, understanding and protection of the rock art of western Arnhem Land. Chaloupka spoke of the critical need to preserve what he called the largest and most important rock art assemblage in the world.
Some of his important work was undertaken on Njanjma clans estate. His vast collection of written and visual documentation is now held by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in Darwin. Njanjma Rangers are working with the Museum to ensure that Chaloupka's tremendously important legacy can be used for the ongoing management, protection and education programs of the region's rock art, as George would have wanted.