Wantaali — the story of the porcupine
This is the story of Wantaali, the Porcupine, as told by Jack Johnson in 1971, and narrated by Andrew Sloane….
History
Yunpuru Parnti
Paakantyi language teacher Kayleen tells Andrew the Paakantyi words for some parts of his body. Paakantyi is the language spoken…
Wintya: where?
Andrew and Golly are talking in the backyard. Golly asks Andrew where some people are. They are speaking Paakantyi, the…
Wan.ga: meat and the meaning of it to the Paakantyi People
Andrew wants to find out what ‘meat’ means to the Paakantyi people of western New South Wales. He asks Kayleen…
Geraldine ‘Tub’ and Shannon Rolton
Geraldine (Eileen’s sister) said that the only time she ever wagged school with her friends they went to the sand…
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…
Frontier violence
When squatters set up outstations along the Darling in the 1850s, at Tintinallogy and elsewhere, the Paakantyi people resisted and,…
Beryl Carmichael
Beryl was born at the Menindee Mission Station in 1935 to Jack Kelly and Louisa Kelly (nee Briggs), remaining at…
Robin ‘Doonie’ Murray
Doonie is the last of the full-blooded Aboriginals left in Menindee. Robin was born on the Menindee Mission to Bridget…
Willy Philp
Willy Philp is another of Menindee’s unsung heroes. He was born William Gregory Philp in 1953 and has lived here…
Elizabeth Ann Kelly
Elizabeth Ann Kelly (née King) or Lizzy as she is affectionately known, was born in 1945, the last child born…
Mr Karl Williams
Karl Williams was born in Condobolin on 24th January 1954. He Was the eldest Child of John and Coral (née…
Ms Carmel King
Carmel King was born in Lake Cargelligo in 1967 and she comes from a large family that includes 11 siblings….
Mrs Pearl Ferguson
Pearl (Johnson) Ferguson was born in Broken Hill on the 18th of May 1940. Her early years were spent with…
Marie Dawn Halls
Born in Broken Hill in 1934, Marie spent much of her childhood there before marrying and settling in Menindee, where…
Mr Bill ’Cobar’ Williams
In 1914 Bill signed up to join the Australian Infantry Forces in World War 1. Bill had to raise his…
Mrs Evelyn Bates
Mrs Evelyn Bates (née O’Donnell) is a spritely 71 year old whose mother came from the Bourke-Louth district and Toorale…
Mrs Lorraine King
Mrs King is a feisty 89 year old who was born in Broken Hill and is a member of the…
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…
Mission Schools
In the 1920s and 1930s Aboriginal children who lived on the government mission stations at Carowra Tank (1926-33) and Menindee…
Bringing formal education to Menindee
The provision of education for the children of Menindee was an arduous and difficult process. In March 1868, a petition…
Station Life
In the early days there was plenty of station work available. These photos show Paakantyi people who lived at Momba…
The coming of the British
Smallpox came first. Possibly in the 1790s and certainly in the 1820s, before any British came. There were many deaths,…
Nanya’s Country
In 1863, Nanya, a Paakantyi man, left Cuthero station with two women and a steel axe. He went into the…
Menindee Aboriginal Mission
In September 1933, The Aboriginal Protection Board moved 250 or so Ngiyampaa people from the Carowra Tank mission to Menindee…