Photographic Journey Through Goolarabooloo Culture and Country

Photo credit: Damian Kelly Photography | Teresa Roe in 2012 urging people to protect the living Country of the songline.

Photo credit: Damian Kelly Photography | Teresa Roe in 2012 urging people to protect the living Country of the songline.

Photo credit: Jim Sinatra | Able to see a long way in both directions – past and future – Lulu knew others with no feeling for Country would come one day with plans to take it for the principal purpose of profit. It was a mystery to him why “whitefel

Photo credit: Jim Sinatra | Able to see a long way in both directions – past and future – Lulu knew others with no feeling for Country would come one day with plans to take it for the principal purpose of profit. It was a mystery to him why “whitefella got no Dreamin’.”

Photo credit: Goolarabooloo Millibinyarri Indigenous Corporation | Sundown country: Goolarabooloo boy practising spear-throwing.

Photo credit: Goolarabooloo Millibinyarri Indigenous Corporation | Sundown country: Goolarabooloo boy practising spear-throwing.

Photo credit: Damian Kelly Photography | The three Goolarabooloo majas in 2012 at the height of the battle to preserve Walmadany (James Price Point): (L-R) Phillip Roe, JR and Richard Hunter.

Photo credit: Damian Kelly Photography | The three Goolarabooloo majas in 2012 at the height of the battle to preserve Walmadany (James Price Point): (L-R) Phillip Roe, JR and Richard Hunter.

Photo credit: Julia Rau | An extensive midden on the Lurujarri Heritage Trail, showing remnants of seafood meals from long ago.

Photo credit: Julia Rau | An extensive midden on the Lurujarri Heritage Trail, showing remnants of seafood meals from long ago.

Photo credit: Goolaraboo Indigenous Corporationloo Millibinyarri | Teresa Roe with Goolarabooloo Lawmen after ceremonial business at One Arm Point, 2001.

Photo credit: Goolaraboo Indigenous Corporationloo Millibinyarri | Teresa Roe with Goolarabooloo Lawmen after ceremonial business at One Arm Point, 2001.

Photo credit: Julia Rau | Goolarabooloo maja JR at the Walmadany tent embassy, 2012.

Photo credit: Julia Rau | Goolarabooloo maja JR at the Walmadany tent embassy, 2012.

Photo credit: Damian Kelly Photography | Walmadany (James Price Point), 2012

Photo credit: Damian Kelly Photography | Walmadany (James Price Point), 2012

Photo credit: Julia Rau | Traditional grinding stone in situ on the Lurujarri Heritage Trail

Photo credit: Julia Rau | Traditional grinding stone in situ on the Lurujarri Heritage Trail

Photo credit: Julia Rau | Folmer Frans Hoogland (Frans) under Lulu’s tamarind tree, 2019

Photo credit: Julia Rau | Folmer Frans Hoogland (Frans) under Lulu’s tamarind tree, 2019

Photo credit: Damian Kelly Photogaphy | The pindan cliffs of Walmadany (James Price Point) at sundown

Photo credit: Damian Kelly Photogaphy | The pindan cliffs of Walmadany (James Price Point) at sundown

Photo credit: Goolaraboo Indigenous Corporationloo Millibinyarri | Indigenous and non-Indigenous people (author third from left) in a public corrboree on the final evening of the July 1993 Lurujarri Heritage Trail walk.

Photo credit: Goolaraboo Indigenous Corporationloo Millibinyarri | Indigenous and non-Indigenous people (author third from left) in a public corrboree on the final evening of the July 1993 Lurujarri Heritage Trail walk.

Photo credit: anonymous | Yanijarri section of the of the Lurujarri Heritage Trail, north of Walmadany.

Photo credit: anonymous | Yanijarri section of the of the Lurujarri Heritage Trail, north of Walmadany.

Photo credit: Julia Rau | The red pindan cliffs of Walmadany (James Price Point), 2012

Photo credit: Julia Rau | The red pindan cliffs of Walmadany (James Price Point), 2012

Photo credit: Damian Kelly Photography | Aerial view of Walmadany, 2012

Photo credit: Damian Kelly Photography | Aerial view of Walmadany, 2012

Photo credit: anonymous | Whale breaching off Walmadany (James Price Point)

Photo credit: anonymous | Whale breaching off Walmadany (James Price Point)

Photo credit: anonymous | Renowned senior Aboriginal maja (Law boss) and maban, Paddy (Lulu) Roe OAM (1912-2001)

Photo credit: anonymous | Renowned senior Aboriginal maja (Law boss) and maban, Paddy (Lulu) Roe OAM (1912-2001)

Photo credit: anonymous | Goolarabooloo maja, Richard Hunter, aboard the Steve Irwin

Photo credit: anonymous | Goolarabooloo maja, Richard Hunter, aboard the Steve Irwin

Photo credit: Goolarabooloo Millibinyarri Indigenous Corporation | Lulu (carrying six boomerangs) with Janice Roe and her three sons, (L-R) Daniel, Jason and Errol, after Jason’s angui (1st stage male initiation) at Julirri, 1990.

Photo credit: Goolarabooloo Millibinyarri Indigenous Corporation | Lulu (carrying six boomerangs) with Janice Roe and her three sons, (L-R) Daniel, Jason and Errol, after Jason’s angui (1st stage male initiation) at Julirri, 1990.

Photo credit: anonymous | Lurujarri Heritage Trail walkers traversing the centre of Wibijagun, July 2014.

Photo credit: anonymous | Lurujarri Heritage Trail walkers traversing the centre of Wibijagun, July 2014.

Photo credit: Goolarabooloo Millibinyarri Indigenous Corporation | Lulu under his tamarind tree in 1996 making a shield with one of his great-grandchildren, Janelle Cox.

Photo credit: Goolarabooloo Millibinyarri Indigenous Corporation | Lulu under his tamarind tree in 1996 making a shield with one of his great-grandchildren, Janelle Cox.

Photo credit: anonymous | Lurujarri Heritage Trail walkers making clapping sticks under Richard Hunter’s guidance.

Photo credit: anonymous | Lurujarri Heritage Trail walkers making clapping sticks under Richard Hunter’s guidance.

Photo credit: Folmer | Lulu in 1992 visiting a jila (permanent freshwater hole) on Roebuck Plains where his rayi (spirit self), a manifestation of the Rainbow Serpent, incarnated. Behind him is the author followed by archaeologists Dr Sue O’Conner an

Photo credit: Folmer | Lulu in 1992 visiting a jila (permanent freshwater hole) on Roebuck Plains where his rayi (spirit self), a manifestation of the Rainbow Serpent, incarnated. Behind him is the author followed by archaeologists Dr Sue O’Conner and Dr Peter Veth.

Photo credit: Jim Sinatra | Lulu in 1993 sharing cultural knowledge with the first group of students from RMIT University to walk the Lurujarri Heritage Trail.

Photo credit: Jim Sinatra | Lulu in 1993 sharing cultural knowledge with the first group of students from RMIT University to walk the Lurujarri Heritage Trail.

Photo credit: anonymous | Maja and maban (Butcher) Joe Nangan OAM (1900-1989), Lulu’s tribal brother and mentor

Photo credit: anonymous | Maja and maban (Butcher) Joe Nangan OAM (1900-1989), Lulu’s tribal brother and mentor

Photo credit: Goolarabooloo Millibinyarri Indigenous Corporation | Goolarabooloo boys dancing to the song and rhythm of songman Phillip Roe as the maja taps his boomerangs on the final night of the August 2015 Lurujarri Heritage Trail walk.

Photo credit: Goolarabooloo Millibinyarri Indigenous Corporation | Goolarabooloo boys dancing to the song and rhythm of songman Phillip Roe as the maja taps his boomerangs on the final night of the August 2015 Lurujarri Heritage Trail walk.

Photo credit: anonymous | Sundown on the Lurujarri Heritage Trail

Photo credit: anonymous | Sundown on the Lurujarri Heritage Trail

Photo credit: Julia Rau | Teresa Roe and supporters at the James Price Point blockade, May 2011

Photo credit: Julia Rau | Teresa Roe and supporters at the James Price Point blockade, May 2011

Photo credit: Goolaraboo Indigenous Corporationloo Millibinyarri | Indigenous and non-Indigenous people (author third from left) in a public corrboree on the final evening of the July 1993 Lurujarri Heritage Trail walk.

Photo credit: Goolaraboo Indigenous Corporationloo Millibinyarri | Indigenous and non-Indigenous people (author third from left) in a public corrboree on the final evening of the July 1993 Lurujarri Heritage Trail walk.

Photo credit: anonymous | Lurujarri Heritage Trail: Location

Photo credit: anonymous | Lurujarri Heritage Trail: Location

Photo credit: anonymous | The renowned NGO marine conservation activist, the Sea Shepherd Conservaton Society, deployed their vessel, Steve Irwin to Walmadany (James Price Point) in 2011 to help in the battle to save Walmadany from industrialisation.

Photo credit: anonymous | The renowned NGO marine conservation activist, the Sea Shepherd Conservaton Society, deployed their vessel, Steve Irwin to Walmadany (James Price Point) in 2011 to help in the battle to save Walmadany from industrialisation.

Painting by Folmer | Lurujarri Heritage Trail: Map

Painting by Folmer | Lurujarri Heritage Trail: Map

Photo credit: Julia Rau | Goolarabooloo maja, Richard Hunter, story-telling on the Lurujarri Heritage Trail

Photo credit: Julia Rau | Goolarabooloo maja, Richard Hunter, story-telling on the Lurujarri Heritage Trail

Photo credit: Goolarabooloo Millibinyarri Indigenous Corporation | Lulu boomerang-making under his tamarind tree.

Photo credit: Goolarabooloo Millibinyarri Indigenous Corporation | Lulu boomerang-making under his tamarind tree.

Photo credit: Greg Campbell | Ngagayalya (Riddell Beach, aka Reddell Beach), on the south side of Minyirr (Gantheume Point), Broome

Photo credit: Greg Campbell | Ngagayalya (Riddell Beach, aka Reddell Beach), on the south side of Minyirr (Gantheume Point), Broome

Photo credit: Goolarabooloo Millibinyarri Indigenous Corporation | Lulu (carrying six boomerangs) with Janice Roe and her three sons, (L-R) Daniel, Jason and Errol, after Jason’s angui (1st stage male initiation) at Julirri, 1990.

Photo credit: Goolarabooloo Millibinyarri Indigenous Corporation | Lulu (carrying six boomerangs) with Janice Roe and her three sons, (L-R) Daniel, Jason and Errol, after Jason’s angui (1st stage male initiation) at Julirri, 1990.

Photo credit: Goolarabooloo Millibinyarri Indigenous Corporation | Lulu in the 1970s, singing to the rhythm of the tapping of his boomerangs.

Photo credit: Goolarabooloo Millibinyarri Indigenous Corporation | Lulu in the 1970s, singing to the rhythm of the tapping of his boomerangs.

Photo credit: anonymous | Dr Anne Poelina, Nyikina Warrwa Traditional Custodian of the lower Martuwarra (Fitzroy River), aboard the Sea Sheperd’s vessel Steve Irwin in 2012, in the battle to preserve Walmadany from destruction.

Photo credit: anonymous | Dr Anne Poelina, Nyikina Warrwa Traditional Custodian of the lower Martuwarra (Fitzroy River), aboard the Sea Sheperd’s vessel Steve Irwin in 2012, in the battle to preserve Walmadany from destruction.

Photo credit: Folmer | Lulu in 1992 visiting a jila (permanent freshwater hole) on Roebuck Plains where his rayi (spirit self), a manifestation of the Rainbow Serpent, incarnated. Behind him is the author followed by archaeologists Dr Sue O’Conner an

Photo credit: Folmer | Lulu in 1992 visiting a jila (permanent freshwater hole) on Roebuck Plains where his rayi (spirit self), a manifestation of the Rainbow Serpent, incarnated. Behind him is the author followed by archaeologists Dr Sue O’Conner and Dr Peter Veth.

Photo credit: Julia Rau | Goolarabooloo maja, Richard Hunter, in hunting mode, 2012.

Photo credit: Julia Rau | Goolarabooloo maja, Richard Hunter, in hunting mode, 2012.

Photo credit: anonymous | Lurujarri Heritage Trail walkers heading north from their night camp near Baljargurugun lagoon.

Photo credit: anonymous | Lurujarri Heritage Trail walkers heading north from their night camp near Baljargurugun lagoon.

Photo credit: Damian Kelly Photogaphy | Goolarabooloo maja, Richard Hunter, showing Lurijarri Heritage Trail walkers how to grind seeds using a grinding stone

Photo credit: Damian Kelly Photogaphy | Goolarabooloo maja, Richard Hunter, showing Lurijarri Heritage Trail walkers how to grind seeds using a grinding stone

Photo credit: Damian Kelly Photography | Goolarabooloo maja Richard Hunter sitting with Country, 2012.

Photo credit: Damian Kelly Photography | Goolarabooloo maja Richard Hunter sitting with Country, 2012.

Photo credit: anonymous | Goolarabooloo men and boys at Walmadany, 2011.

Photo credit: anonymous | Goolarabooloo men and boys at Walmadany, 2011.

Photo credit: anonymous | Goolarabooloo maja Phillip Roe at Walmadany, 2012.

Photo credit: anonymous | Goolarabooloo maja Phillip Roe at Walmadany, 2012.

Photo credit: Jim Sinatra | Lulu

Photo credit: Jim Sinatra | Lulu

Photo credit: Steven Salisbury | Gooalarabooloo maja, Richard Hunter, on the Lurujarri Heritage Trail, laying beside 1.7 metre footprint of the giant Sauropod dinosaur.

Photo credit: Steven Salisbury | Gooalarabooloo maja, Richard Hunter, on the Lurujarri Heritage Trail, laying beside 1.7 metre footprint of the giant Sauropod dinosaur.