NEW EXHIBITION IN ROEBOURNE TO TELL THE STORIES OF THE ELDERS

A new exhibition at the Ganalili Centre will unveil the stories of regional elders, past, present and emerging.

Thaanggangarliyarndu, History & Heroes is open to the public from October 28th for three months, with the aim of sharing collective cultural memory through artwork, photographs, sculpture and storytelling.

Cultural Recording, Language, and Archive Manager for Juluwarlu Aboriginal Corporation, Lorraine Coppin says there are many stories that need to be shared.

“When you look at Uncle Harry, you would think that always just an old man, you know, but I'll go Harry's got

a gift like he's one of the stolen generation, but he came back into the community and he did a lot of

different things in his life when he came back, but one of the things he was really strong now about is keeping Yinjibarndi culture alive and lately, he's been putting that into his artwork and we want to showcase some of the stories. He's telling through his artwork. So the Young Generation can learn from his pass and take it into the future.

So for instance, he's a stolen generation, but he came back into our community and adapted with us and started, fighting our fights keeping the community strong and developing it and creating a positive sort of community space, So the Next Generation it'll be easy for the next generation.”

Juluwarlu Author, Jan Kapetas says younger people will be guided through the exhibition allowing them to understand the stories and people.

“We've got a couple of those activities. So that somebody will tell them the story is they walking around and they can understand more about these Heroes these special people that this town has always had we'll have to get married to bring in the kids.”