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'Ambrose Mungala Chalarimeri was born at Oomarri Waterhole, King George River in the Kimberley. He lived in the bush until he and his family moved onto Kalumburu Mission formerly known as Drysdale River Mission.

'Chalarimeri worked at Argyle Station as a ringer for which he was paid about twelve pound a month. He also worked at Rosewood, Mount Hart and Silent Grove stations. Like many other Aboriginal people, he liked station life because he could maintain close connections to the bush and hunt on the weekends.

'Because of the Balngarra Native Title Claim, one of the biggest in Western Australia, Chalarimeri became recognised as a traditional owner. Chalarimeri's Country stretches from Kalumburru to Sir Graeme Moore Island and near Wyndham, down to Oombulgurri and west to Drysdale National Park and up to Carson River station.'