NGAARDA NEWS THURSDAY THE 30TH OF JUNE 2022

Evert Ploeg’s portrait of Ngarluma elder Tim Douglas is now hanging in Canberra’s National Portrait Gallery.

HUNDRED BUCK BUNDYS

In Fitzroy Crossing, bottles of rum are changing hands for up to $150 dollars a bottle.

NGARULMA ELDER’S PORTRAIT IN PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL SHOW

A portrait of one of Iramagadu-Roebourne’s Ngaluma Elders is hanging in Canberra’s National Portrait Gallery.

LABOR MP IN MINING SEX HARRASSMENT

The West Australian says one of the MPs behind the report to Parliament on sexual assault and harassment in WA’s mines says she, too, experienced harassment.

CELEBRATING LOST BIRTHDAYS

Many of the Pilbara and Kimberley’s old people were born out in the bush and never had their birthdays recorded.

Every year Roebourne hosts the “old people’s birthday party” on the first of July so they can celebrate too.

MARKET HOTS UP FOR AFL TRADES

The West Australian says during his career best season, Fremantle are keen to lock in Michael Frederick beyond his current deal.

‘STOMPERS’ RULE?

Society is now dominated by the kind of people that would once have been banished or even killed by small nomadic groups, according to Karratha author Gary Slee.