Woorabinda dancer Milton Williams
Woorabinda dancer Milton Williams took part in celebrations at the completion of the walk from Taroom to Woorabinda. Trek organiser Lesley Purcell says they may have reached the end of their journey...
View ArticleWoorabinda dancers perform for the whole community
Woorabinda dancers perform for the whole community at the completion of an eight day trek by about 50 young people from the township. Elder Wally Sanders says the walk showed many of the younger...
View ArticleSixteen-year-old Toulianna Hill
Sixteen-year-old Toulianna Hill says she feels proud she was able to complete the walk. "Seeing all the elders breaking down is really sad, it just makes me want to cry but then they pull themselves up...
View ArticleThe Woorabinda community holds hands to remember their ancestors
The Woorabinda community pays their respects to those who were separated from their ancestoral lands and forced to move to the Taroom and Woorabinda Aboriginal Settlements. Elder Wally Saunders says...
View ArticleWoorabinda dancer Binjew Tiers
Binjew Tiers performed with a group of young Woorabinda dancers for those returning home after an eight day trek. In the 1920s, at both the old Taroom Aboriginal Settlement and the Woorabinda...
View ArticleWoorabinda dancers performed at the completion of the eight day trek
Woorabinda dancers perform at the completion of the eight day trek from the old Taroom Aboriginal Settlement to Woorabinda. T-shirts given to each of the 50 odd walkers highlighted the aim of the trek,...
View ArticleA plaque commemorates the first wave of Aboriginal people to be moved to...
A plaque commemorates the first wave of Aboriginal people to be moved to Woorabinda in 1926 and 1927. The Red Cross' Shane Wilkie says it's been a good chance for the younger generation to talk about...
View ArticleElder Bill Thaiday joins walkers for the final leg of the Taroom to...
Elder Uncle Bill Thaiday joins both the young and the old for the final leg of an eight day trek from the old Taroom Aboriginal Settlement to the Woorabinda Aboriginal Settlement. Fifteen-year-old Jobe...
View ArticleIndigenous elder Aunty Ivy Booth
Indigenous elder Aunty Ivy Booth, who is the last known survivor of the old Taroom Aboriginal Settlement, met the walkers in their final few kilometres of the eight day trek. She says when she arrived...
View ArticleSixteen-year-old Latonya Adams says the walk was confronting for the younger...
Sixteen-year-old Latonya Adams says the 240 kilometre trek was confronting, not only for the elders but the young people as well. "It was a struggle but we all stayed strong and kept pushing ourselves...
View ArticleWoorabinda elder Wally Saunders
Woorabinda elder Wally Saunders, or Agwar by his traditional name, says he felt like he was being guided by his ancestors. "I started to ask myself why wasn't I feeling these aches and pains from the...
View ArticleAbout 50 young people walked more than 200km
About 50 young people walked more than 200km from the old Aboriginal settlement at Taroom to Woorabinda; a journey hundreds of Aboriginal people were forced to make by the Government in 1926. The youth...
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