Yidumduna Bill Harney

 Well, from the beginning, I was born in the bush and growing up in the bush. First was the blackfella way. I was grown up with the story, right through till the time I moved into the European (stock) camp … Now today I put the Aboriginal lifestyle and the European lifestyle together, and I know both laws. When we first lived in the bush we were learning all about the art and all sorts of things growing up in the bush, us young ones. They were teaching us just drawing in the dirt, on the rock, onto bark of the gum tree, all that sort of thing. Then we became a stockman. We were getting motivated to be good smart workers on the white man side in the cattle work and horse work. But when we got back to our side we were very interested how to make our own spears to go hunting ... That’s what motivated me all the way.

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