Description

The Wheatbelt Way Site 23 The Trayning Gnammas are located 18km north of Trayning and they are some of the largest in the district. Gnammas are the name for watering holes given by the aboriginal people. The Wheatbelt Way region has been home to many Aboriginal groups for millennia, giving it a rich cultural diversity and history. The three main tribal family groups are the Ballardong people (Northam to Wyalkatchem) Kelamaia (out near Mukinbudin to Southern Cross) and the Njaki Njaki (Trayning to Merredin) that tended to congregate around local water holes usually associated with Granite Outcrops, depending on the seasons and conditions. This site marks the boundary of the Ballardong and Njaki Njaki people and was a source of water for Aboriginal people of the area as they moved from place to place, as well as being a vital water supply for the early explorers and settlers of the district. Birds and other wildlife frequent the area and the perimeters of the granite near the gnammas are good places to search for orchids and wildflowers during the springtime.