Yarning with young ladies from Menindee.
Having a yarn with the young ladies from Menindee Central School, they shared a bit about themselves. They told us…
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Having a yarn with the young ladies from Menindee Central School, they shared a bit about themselves. They told us…
Storylines traveled to Menindee to catch up with the mob from Menindee Central School – what a contrast from the…
This is the story of Wantaali, the Porcupine, as told by Jack Johnson in 1971, and narrated by Andrew Sloane….
Kayleen teaches Andrew the Paakantyi language while making Johnny cakes (nhiki manhu). Paakantyi is spoken by Aboriginal people along the…
Paakantyi language teacher Kayleen tells Andrew the Paakantyi words for some parts of his body. Paakantyi is the language spoken…
Andrew and Golly are talking in the backyard. Golly asks Andrew where some people are. They are speaking Paakantyi, the…
Kayleen, Andrew and Golly go out to the Menindee Mission. They all have relatives who were in the past confined…
Many schools travelled to and participated in the Menindee Schools Spectacular The event celebrates culture and diversity. Students are encouraged…
Andrew wants to find out what ‘meat’ means to the Paakantyi people of western New South Wales. He asks Kayleen…
A group of Aboriginal women from Menindee go to Belmore Boys High School to be introduced to Arabic Muslim culture….
Geraldine (Eileen’s sister) said that the only time she ever wagged school with her friends they went to the sand…
Eileen (Susie) Williams says she was a perfect student, she did what she was told. They had the cane then…
In 1938 there were big celebrations for the 150th anniversary of British settlement. The Aboriginal people had a Day of…
On their country away from the river, the Ngiyampaa people continued to be in charge of their ngurrumpaa (country) in…
When squatters set up outstations along the Darling in the 1850s, at Tintinallogy and elsewhere, the Paakantyi people resisted and,…
Beryl was born at the Menindee Mission Station in 1935 to Jack Kelly and Louisa Kelly (nee Briggs), remaining at…
Doonie is the last of the full-blooded Aboriginals left in Menindee. Robin was born on the Menindee Mission to Bridget…
Willy Philp is another of Menindee’s unsung heroes. He was born William Gregory Philp in 1953 and has lived here…
Elizabeth Ann Kelly (née King) or Lizzy as she is affectionately known, was born in 1945, the last child born…
Karl Williams was born in Condobolin on 24th January 1954. He Was the eldest Child of John and Coral (née…
Carmel King was born in Lake Cargelligo in 1967 and she comes from a large family that includes 11 siblings….
Pearl (Johnson) Ferguson was born in Broken Hill on the 18th of May 1940. Her early years were spent with…
Born in Broken Hill in 1934, Marie spent much of her childhood there before marrying and settling in Menindee, where…
In 1914 Bill signed up to join the Australian Infantry Forces in World War 1. Bill had to raise his…
Mrs Evelyn Bates (née O’Donnell) is a spritely 71 year old whose mother came from the Bourke-Louth district and Toorale…
Mrs King is a feisty 89 year old who was born in Broken Hill and is a member of the…
Meet William, an Aboriginal student from Menindee. William speaks about his wish to learn more about his culture and his…
Isobel Bennett grew up on the Menindee Mission where she attended school. She remembers some of the teachers, like Mr…
In the 1920s and 1930s Aboriginal children who lived on the government mission stations at Carowra Tank (1926-33) and Menindee…
The provision of education for the children of Menindee was an arduous and difficult process. In March 1868, a petition…
In the early days there was plenty of station work available. These photos show Paakantyi people who lived at Momba…
Smallpox came first. Possibly in the 1790s and certainly in the 1820s, before any British came. There were many deaths,…
In 1863, Nanya, a Paakantyi man, left Cuthero station with two women and a steel axe. He went into the…
In September 1933, The Aboriginal Protection Board moved 250 or so Ngiyampaa people from the Carowra Tank mission to Menindee…
Amanda from the Barkanji Menindee community shows us how to make fried bread, or Johnny cakes.