'We walk with our heads high': the women who care for country by fighting fire with fire

There’s no shortage of work for Australia’s Indigenous rangers – and no shortage of women who’d like to do it – but funding security is needed

“We got forgotten about, but we have come back to take our place,” says Devena Cox, who leads the Nyul Nyul female rangers, based in Beagle Bay on the Dampier peninsula of Western Australia.

Cox, a Nyul Nyul/Nimanburr Nyikina woman, is talking about the role of women in looking after country.

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