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BA2840/832: Shirley Purdie searching for wild honey near Warmun in the Kimberley, September 2018
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BA2840/833: Shirley Purdie with her axe for chopping hollow branches down to get wild honey, near Warmun, September 2018
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BA2840/834: Wild honey found in a hollow branch by Shirley Purdie near Warmun, September 2018
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BA2840/835: Shirley Purdie points to a line of hills on Mabel Downs Station where her elders' remains have been placed for thousands of years, September 2018
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BA2840/836: Shirley Purdie leads her granddaughter Lola Purdie to the dry riverbed to show Lola where she was born on Mabel Downs Station, September 2018
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BA2840/837: Shirley Purdie leads her granddaughters Lola (left) and Salley Purdie along the dry riverbed on Mabel Downs Station, September 2018
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BA2840/838: Lola Purdie stands on the rock where her grandmother Shirley Purdie was born on Mabel Downs Station, September 2018
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BA2840/839: Lola Purdie contemplates the country as her grandmother Shirley Purdie walks on Mabel Downs Station, September 2018
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BA2840/840: The remains of the Aboriginal accommodation on Mabel Downs Station, September 2018
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BA2840/841: Shirley Purdie shows her granddaughter Lola Purdie where she and her family lived on Mabel Downs Station, September 2018
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BA2840/842: Salley and Lola Purdie in the remains of the Aboriginal accommodation on Mabel Downs Station, September 2018
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BA2840/843: The remains of the Aboriginal accommodation on Mabel Downs Station, September 2018
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BA2840/844: Shirley Purdie and Gordon Barney with their granddaughters Lola and Salley Purdie, Mabel Downs Station, September 2018
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BA2840/845: Shirley Purdie and Gordon Barney with their granddaughters Lola and Salley Purdie, Mabel Downs Station, September 2018
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BA2840/846: Shirley Purdie sitting in the remains of her family home on Mabel Downs Station, September 2018
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BA2840/847: Shirley Purdie sitting in the remains of her family home on Mabel Downs Station, September 2018
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BA2840/848: Shirley Purdey walks to the Mabel Downs mess hall, September 2018
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BA2840/849: Shirley Purdie with granddaughters Lola (left) and Salley inside the Mabel Downs mess hall, September 2018
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Summary
Photographs of Elder and celebrated Warmun artist Shirley Purdie and her husband Gordon Barney. Shirley Purdie collects wild honey. She then shows her granddaughters Lola and Salley where she and her family lived on Mabel Downs Station. Photographs of Shirley Purdie and Gordon Barney with paintings.
Warnings and disclaimer
Title and captions supplied by photographer. "Dedicated to my mother Zoe Clark whose help and inspiration has encouraged me to follow my dreams and achieve meaning in my life"
Subjects
- Artists, Aboriginal Australian -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- Honey -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- View more on SLWA catalogue
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