Description Bardi language oral history animation about police reprisals on the Dampier Peninsula following the spearing of two white pearlers at Cygnet Bay in May 1885.
Under Thamarrurr, all land owning groups have traditional rights and responsibilities over their land. Some families ancestral homelands are hundreds of kilometres away and it can be difficult for them to pass knowledge on to the next generation. Having a dedicated space in the …
In 1923 a policeman, Constable McLeay and a police boy came to the Dampier Peninsula WA to arrest a Bardi man, John Boxer, who had been accused of stealing from white settlers. They took him in a dinghy across rough tidal waters to an island in search of the stolen property. The …
Right Wrongs: 50th Anniversary of the 1967 Referendum.
On May 27, 1967, Australians voted in a referendum to change how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were referred to in the Constitution. Explore these personal stories, opinions and historical recordings of what …
A range of short videos of Daniel Wilfred (Ngukurr, NT), and Warlpiri Elder, Wanta Jampijinpa Pawu (Lagamanu, NT) sharing on significant cultural themes. These have been developed as part of a funded research project (Openings for collaborative theology through classical Yolŋu …
Ena Oscar Majapula Nanaku speaks about her painting Ena’s Ngapuju [Nanna] carrying toilet waste for kartiya at Jinparrak, 2015, synthetic polymer paint on canvas.
“This painting is about is my nanna, Judy Kutuwumpu, who used to carry a yoke and buckets to get toilet waste …
Brendan Chaquebor is a Bardi elder of the Djarindjin community on the Dampier Peninsula, north of Broome. Brendan's passion in life is upholding traditional knowledge, law and culture.
Brendan talks about early mission life at Lombadina, pre-contact survival, use of plants for …
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