Aboriginal Child Artists of Carrolup: Healing Trauma

10/04/2022

Author: The Carrolup Story on 10/04/2022

Michael’s 44th Sober Anniversary, and an Update

My good friend Michael (Mike) Scott from Perth, Western Australia, last had a drink of alcohol 44 years (16,060 days) ago today. This morning, I’m going to celebrate his achievement with a blog post. Mike first contacted me about our Daily Dose website back in 2002 when I […]

22/04/2021

Author: The Carrolup Story on 22/04/2021

‘Aboriginal Children Show Amazing Skill in Art’: Max Praed

In an earlier blog, Early Public Acclaim, I described briefly how the Aboriginal child artists of Carrolup gained public attention in Western Australia. A major factor in this development was the acceptance by editor John Stokes of three articles by Carrolup children (Reynold Hart, Dulcie Penny and Vera Wallam) […]

20/11/2018

Author: The Carrolup Story on 20/11/2018

‘My Family’s Story’ by Wazza Jones

‘Here is a film clip from The Healing Foundation that helps us understand why many of our Bibbullmun / Noongar people and our communities are broken. This is My Dad’s RIP story, my sister’s story, my story and our family’s story. Yes, life is not easy and everyone is dealing […]