“That Was My Home”: Voices from the Noongar Camps in Perth’s Western Suburbs
Past Event
(Lake Monger Camp. Photo credit: State Library of Western Australia, 54500P, permission Whadjuk Working Party)
Many Perth suburbs have a hidden history of Noongar camps that is as recent as the 1950s. Join Dr Denise Cook as she discusses her PhD research about the camps in Shenton Park and Swanbourne, along with Lynnette Coomer, who shares personal memories of the Shenton Park camps. Denise will also discuss the importance of following Aboriginal cultural protocols in cross-cultural research.
About Denise Cook and Lynnette Coomer
Denise Cook is an historian, oral historian, museum curator and interpretation specialist. She is particularly interested in researching, recording and telling stories that might not otherwise be heard.
Lynnette Coomer lived in the Shenton Park camps in the 1950s with her parents, grandmother Melba Bodney, and siblings. She went to Jolimont Primary School until she, and the next youngest children, were taken to Roelands Mission when Lynnette was seven.
Bookings essential.
Venue: City of Vincent Library
Cost: Free
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Email: libadmin@vincent.wa.gov.au
Phone: 9273 6090
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