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Indigenous Heritage

Robinvale has a proud Indigenous history stretching back long before European settlement, with traditional ownership of the land belonging to the Latje Latje and Dadi Dadi people.

The Robinvale region is home to at least five indigenous groups, and still houses a large number of culturally significant sites and heritage items, particularly Bumbang Island Reserve, north-east of Robinvale which has been described as a “time-capsule” of history of Indigenous life before white settlement.
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Here, evidence of burial and camping grounds and canoe trees can still be found. Today, hundreds of Aboriginal people and families still call Robinvale home, sharing their knowledge and culture and resulting in a rich and thriving community network.
RDHS Artwork by Indigenous Artist Stephanie Lingwoodock
Title Community and Family
Medium Acrylic on Canvas
Artist Stephanie Lingwoodock

This painting tells a story of community, connection and family on the Murray River as Robinvale is a small town where everyone is connected to someone somehow. We are a community able and ready to help one another anytime we can. We have families from a lot of different backgrounds that see Robinvale as home.

Above on the left is Euston, to the right is Balranald, and below Balranald is Tooleybuc.

On the south of the Murray River are Robinvale, Wemen and Boundary Bend. The animals surround us: the fish in the Murray, the goanna on the left, the kangaroo above, the emu and the frogs on the bottom left. The footprints between Robinvale and Wemen are the area frequently used by the locals, the section where Easter Camp is held every year.
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RDHS acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we meet upon and pays respect to their Elders, past and present. We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, sexualities, cultures, bodies and abilities.
RDHS would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land we meet upon today and acknowledge their spiritual connection to land and water, and pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging.