RURAL LIFE Sandalwood a balm for forgotten farmers*

They call this Wodjil land. It’s sandy, dusty and very pale and not much good for growing crops.
The name “Wodjil” is likely to be associated with the Noongar name for white fellas, “wodjila”. The Noongars inhabited the southwest of Western Australia for some 45,000 years before the white fellas arrived. This Wodjil land now mainly bears stunted acacias. Of the acacias, Old Man Wodjil stands out.


Sandalwood logs.

Few indigenous peopl…

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