Ngilgi Cave, previously known as Yallingup Cave, is a Karst

KARST

Kilometer-square Area Radio Synthesis Telescope is a Chinese telescope project to which FAST is a forerunner. KARST is a set of large spherical reflectors on karst landforms, which are bowlshaped limestone sinkholes named after the Kras region in Slovenia and Northern Italy. It will consist of...

 cave to the northeast of Yallingup, in the southwest of Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

. It was discovered by Edward Dawson in 1899 when searching for stray horses.Ngilgi Cave/Yallingup Cave Retrieved 27 April 2007. He acted as a guide to the cave from December 1900 to November 1937.

In many sections of the cave a red layer of soil can be seen, this is called Paleosol

Paleosol

In the geosciences, paleosol can have two meanings. The first meaning, common in geology and paleontology, refers to a former soil preserved by burial underneath either sediments or volcanic deposits , which in the case of older deposits have lithified into rock...

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A cavewoman beauty expert [Articles]
The Straits Times, 28 August 1963, Page 3, REUTER
A cavewoman beauty expert PERTH. (Western Australia). Tues. Miss Dorothy Williams, a 35-year-old beauty expert yesterday claimed the world cave-sitting record after completing her 88th consecutive day In Ngilgi cave near Yallingup. 120 miles south of Perth. The record was formerly held by Mr Wyndham Rendell. of Bunbury, 100 miles south of Perth, who stayed there 87 days. Mr Rendell completed the world record on 23 May 1963 and was sponsored by Radio 6TZ-CI Bunbury and Bill Copley's Caves House Hotel Yallingup.

Naming

It was originally named for the nearby town of Yallingup but later renamed to acknowledge the cave's part in Australian Aboriginal mythology

Australian Aboriginal mythology

Australian Aboriginal myths are the stories traditionally performed by Aboriginal peoples within each of the language groups across Australia....

. Ngilgi was a good spirit who triumphed in battle against an evil spirit Wolgine.

The story is part of the heritage of the Wardandi people who are the custodians of the caves in the area.

External links

• Ngilgi Cave Tourism Western Australia

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