Lyn interviews Daniel at Menindee Central School
Storylines traveled to Menindee to catch up with the mob from Menindee Central School – what a contrast from the…
Country
Wintya: where?
Andrew and Golly are talking in the backyard. Golly asks Andrew where some people are. They are speaking Paakantyi, the…
Visiting Menindee Mission
Kayleen, Andrew and Golly go out to the Menindee Mission. They all have relatives who were in the past confined…
Eileen ‘Susie’ Williams
Eileen (Susie) Williams says she was a perfect student, she did what she was told. They had the cane then…
Day of Mourning
In 1938 there were big celebrations for the 150th anniversary of British settlement. The Aboriginal people had a Day of…
The Ngiyampaa people
On their country away from the river, the Ngiyampaa people continued to be in charge of their ngurrumpaa (country) in…
Beryl Carmichael
Beryl was born at the Menindee Mission Station in 1935 to Jack Kelly and Louisa Kelly (nee Briggs), remaining at…
Isobel Bennett on school at the Menindee Mission
Isobel Bennett grew up on the Menindee Mission where she attended school. She remembers some of the teachers, like Mr…
Nanya’s Country
In 1863, Nanya, a Paakantyi man, left Cuthero station with two women and a steel axe. He went into the…