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Repatriation
Hopevale visit #3 – digital versions of Milbi
Checkout this little digital story, (Click here) one of a set that John Haviland edited during our visit to Hopevale. This is the story of the Night Owl, or Bunja, told in Guugu Yimmithir by Tulo Gordon and illustrated by Tulo’s paintings. Milbi is the Guugu Yimithirr word for Story. In the mid 70’s John Haviland... »
Hopevale visit #2
Over the past several days we have organised Dad’s old photographs and video from Hopevale into family groups and have been visiting different families to show them what we have. In many ways these images are not all that old, others have pulled out old photos that are kept in the Lutheran Archives in... »
Visit to Hopevale QLD #1
In the ’70’s and ’80s my parents worked as anthropologists (and linguist) in the Aboriginal community of Hopevale. My father, John Haviland, first visited Hopevale in 1970, coming up as a young linguist to work on a detailed study of the Guugu Yimithirr language. Over the next two decades Mum (Leslie Devereaux) and Dad... »