3. Moving Campsites: yuudjii gaagamaa

The ease with which Aboriginal people moved between campsites was based on them being able to improvise such shelter as they needed as they went along. The cultural utility of this practice was not appreciated by many early European settlers who selectively used it to argue the idea that the land was uninhabited and hence open for their occupation. Cypress pines along the coast were especially valued as campground markers for a variety of reasons. One of these was that the burning wood repelled mosquitoes!