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BA2840/406: Jodie Hall and children clearing the cooking site in front of their old house in the Ord Valley, 28 July 2017
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BA2840/407: The Hall family waiting for the billy to boil, Ord Valley, 28 July 2017
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BA2840/408: The Hall family waiting for their tea to be cooked, Ord Valley, 28 July 2017
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BA2840/409: Dawn in the old community in the Ord Valley, 29 July 2017
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BA2840/410: The old Aboriginal community is beginning to go back to the earth, Ord Valley, 29 July 2017
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BA2840/411: Davis Hall with a rock cod caught for breakfast in the Ord Valley, 29 July 2017
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BA2840/412: The abandoned Aboriginal community in the Ord Valley, 29 July 2017
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BA2840/413: Slide marks where a crocodile has slipped back into the dam in the Ord Valley, 29 July 2017
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BA2840/414: Jodie Hall digging up turtle holes in the Ord Valley, 29 July 2017
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BA2840/415: Jodie Hall checking a hole for goannas, Ord Valley, 29 July 2017
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BA2840/416: Jodie Hall killing a newly caught fish, Ord Valley, 29 July 2017
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BA2840/417: Jodie Hall inspecting a goanna hold in the Ord Valley, 29 July 2017
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BA2840/418: Marcus Hall digging up a goanna in its hole in the Ord Valley, 29 July 2017
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BA2840/419: Angus Griggs dragging a goanna from its hold in the Ord Valley, 29 July 2017
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BA2840/420: Angus Griggs killing a goanna in the Ord Valley, 29 July 2017
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BA2840/421: Angus Griggs casting a net in the Ord River Dam to catch bait fish, 29 July 2017
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BA2840/422: Angus Griggs casting a net in the Ord River Dam to catch bait fish, 29 July 2017
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BA2840/423: Boys from Kununurra showing off a goanna they have caught in the Ord Valley, 29 July 2017
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Summary
The photographer travelled with Jodie Hall and some of her children from Kununurra to an old abandoned Aboriginal community in the Ord Valley. They were joined by Angus Griggs and a group of boys on a course called "Back to country" run by the Kununurra Waringarri Aboriginal Corporation. The boys are taught about their country and learn bush craft skills. Goanna are hunted, killed, cooked and eaten. Fish are caught and eaten.
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Subjects
- Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Ord Valley -- Photographs.
- Hunting -- Western Australia -- Ord Valley -- Photographs.
- Youth, Aboriginal Australian -- Western Australia -- Kununurra -- Photographs.
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Call Number
BA2840/406-436
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