The importance of kakadu to aboriginal people?

Aboriginal people believe that Kakadu was shaped by their spiritual ancestors during theCreation Time. These ancestors, or 'first people', journeyed across the country creating landforms, plants & animals. They brought with them laws to live by including ceremony, language, kinship and ecological knowledge.

The indigenous people of Kakadu are from a number of different clans who speak different languages and, in some cases, uphold different traditions.

The name 'Kakadu' comes from an Aboriginal floodplain language called Gagudju which was one of the languages spoken in the north of the park at the beginning of the twentieth century. Although languages such as Gagudju and Limilngan are no longer regularly spoken, descendants of these language groups are still living in Kakadu