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Nunngoorie: Journey to Culture

I can hear my motherland say, ‘Come to me, my heart is open. I will always be around for you.’

As a child, Gary Knapp was removed from his loving family to Roelands mission, about 150 kilometres south of Perth. He was one of almost 500 Aboriginal children who suffered at the hands of missionaries. Nunngoorie: Journey to Culture tells the story of his long journey to healing and self-discovery as he sets out on an odyssey; across the Nullabor, through the heart of central Australia and towards the Western Desert, as he meets his kin and learns the secrets of the traditional healers.

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Gary Knapp

Gary Knapp, also known as Nunngoorie, is an Elder and traditional healer. He was born in 1956 at the Aboriginal reserve in Ngowanjerindj (Gnowangerup), in the southwest of Western Australia on Noongar country. His mother was Ngadju and Wongi and...

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Margaret O’Brien

Margaret O’Brien retired from a long nursing career in 2011 to pursue her passion for ospreys. Her life took a new direction in 2014, when she met Noongar woman Mrs Helen (Ing) Nellie, who invited O’Brien to become her biographer....

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