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 …
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.
On the Black Chair is a video and web-based project which captures ten stories from community members both elders and young people. Community members were invited to sit in a 'black chair' that had been allocated for storytelling, and share a story of their choice. The …
Granddaughter Joeline Wise films her grandmother Ningie Nanala and aunty Sadie Padoon at Old Balgo Mission in front of the ruins. They reminisce about the old days living at the Catholic mission and tell stories from the past.
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