Oral Histories
Elder Doolann Leisha Eatts talks about her earliest memories of being Nyungah
Elder Doolann Leisha Eatts talks about her father working on farms and getting ‘rooked’ (cheated)
Elder Doolann Leisha Eatts talks about her totem the bobtail
Elder Doolann Leisha Eatts talks about hunting and gathering
Elder Doolann Leisha Eatts talks about her Grandmother’s story of contact with the Europeans
Elder Doolann Leisha Eatts talks about Noongar ways of knowing
Pop Gus Ryder talks about the Northam floods, 1949 or 50
Pop Gus Ryder talks about a lily that grew on the grave of his grandmother
Pop Gus Ryder talks about his father teaching him how to hunt & trapping with wild ponies
Pop Gus Ryder talks about his infinite love of family
Pop Gus Ryder talks about his mother buying a home
Pop Gus Ryder talks about his parents working around the Northam area
Pop Gus Ryder reads his poem My Miya Miya Home
Kayang (Hazel) Brown talks about bush tucker
Kayang (Hazel) Brown talks about family
Kayang (Hazel) Brown talks about getting food from farms
Kayang (Hazel) Brown talks about making fire
Kayang (Hazel) Brown talks about respecting the Elders
Kayang (Hazel) Brown talks about the foods available growing up
Joe Northover talks about Minningup Pool on the Collie River
Joe Northover talks about childhood, and his family living in the bush
Joe Northover talks about Citizenship Papers, part 1
Joe Northover talks about Citizenship papers, part 2
Joe Northover talks about different types of berries
Joe Northover talks about family celebrations
Joe Northover talks about his Mum’s work for Native Welfare
Joe Northover talks about his work as a police officer and school teacher
Joe Northover talks about working as an Ambulance Officer and State Emergency Service volunteer
Martha Borinelli talks about escaping the mission and going bush
Martha Borinelli talks about setting up an Aboriginal dart team
Martha Borinelli talks about the Noongar culture of sharing
Martha Borinelli talks about eating bush food as a child
Peter Farmer snr. talks about Damper and Dip
Peter Farmer snr. talks about sharing kangaroo meat
Peter Farmer snr. talks about using tools to scrape kangaroo skin