Introduction to Sista Speak at Macksville High School
On the Friday of week one, we took a group of female Aboriginal students from Macksville High School on a…
History
Scotts Head PS Bush Tucker Track, NAIDOC 2016
Scotts Head Public School celebrated NAIDOC Week 2016! We had an amazing cultural day in celebration of education week, the…
The history and importance of the Aboriginal flag and the Torres Strait Islander flag
Aboriginal flag Harold Thomas, a Luritja man from Central Australia, designed the Aboriginal flag. It was created as a symbol…
Eileen Marshall – childhood memories
Eileen Marshall speaks about the impact her grandparents had on her life. She tells us how her grandmother raised her…
Emily Walker – childhood memories
Emily Walker shares stories about her childhood in Smithtown, on the banks of the Macleay River. They lived in an…
Barry Phyball, the ‘bush baby’
Barry Phyball talks about his mum’s journey from the bush to the registration office. After he was born in the…
Gary Williams – childhood memories
Garry Williams talks about his childhood memories. He talks about the weekends he spent in the bush with his friends….
Stan ‘Pompe’ Marshall – childhood memories
Stan Marshall shares stories about his childhood on Stuart Island. He remembers how they would play in the mud after…
Rosie Boston – childhood memories
Rosie Boston shares stories about her childhood and living off the land. She talks about being taught which plants were…
Jesse Williams – childhood memories
Jesse Williams speaks about the meeting of her parents and the initiation of her father into the Gumbaynggirr tribe. She…
Neville Buchanan – childhood memories
Neville Buchanan talks about his life growing up in the Nambucca area. He talks about his father and being taken…
Ken Walker talks about the history of Gumbaynggirr country
Elder Ken Walker talks about the history of Gumbaynggirr country and the territory it covers. He focuses on the area…
Dreaming story: the emergence of the different Aboriginal languages
Gumbaynggirr Elder Ken Walker tells us a Dreamtime story of his people. This story has been passed down for generations…
Aunty Violet
Aunty Violet Williams is the eldest daughter and second eldest of nine children (six girls and three boys) to Clive…
About Gumbaynggirr
The Gumbaynggir people Perhaps one thousand Gumbaynggir people lived on the coast of south-east Australia before the disruption of white…