Yarn Up participants
Julie Walker
Julie Walker discusses her childhood living a semi-traditional life, and her parents who worked on stations mustering cattle and doing farmwork, and the stories they shared with her about their experiences of war time at home. Julie also explains her opinions on Aboriginal service, and how she...
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Rosie Ware
Rosie Ware talks about the men in her family who served in the Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion in World War 2, and the women and other family members who had to cope on the outer islands home front while the men were serving.
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Gladys Waters
Gladys Waters describes her husband Len Waters’ life during the 1970s. Len was a World War 2 fighter pilot who left the air force in 1946.
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John Watson
John Watson talks about the area around Jarlmadangah, Nookanbah and Derby in the Kimberley during World War 2 - about people, including his father who helped the army and stories of army trucks and military aircraft in the area during World War 2.
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Thelma Weston
Thelma Weston was born on Murray Island (now Mer) in the Torres Strait in 1936. In 2017, Thelma was still working at Winnunga Nimmityjah Health Service, an Aboriginal community controlled health organisation in Canberra. A strong advocate for the Indigenous health sector, Thelma’s life-long...
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Bradley Whip
Bradley Whip speaks about his experience in NORFORCE’s Army Indigenous Development Program, and his aspirations for enlisting in the Army.
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Paulette Whitton
Paulette Whitton discusses the service of men in her family including her Uncle William George Chapman (Bill) who served in World War 2.
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Clarence Williams
Clarence Williams discusses his service in the navy from 1959 to 1971, including time serving during Konfrontasi and the Vietnam War. Clarence completed an apprenticeship with the navy, and was a head engineer by the age of 22.
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David Williams
David Williams, of Indigenous and Indonesian/Dutch descent, grew up in New South Wales and joined the Navy at age 18 and served for close to 30 years. David first worked on ships patrolling around Borneo during Konfrontasi, and from 1966 on ships escorting troop carriers to and from...
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Laurel Williams
Laurel Williams speaks about the service of Indigenous men and women from around the NSW Central Coast area, including Forster, Coffs Harbour and Taree. Working from a collection of photos, she speaks about family and wider community members who have served in all the major conflicts from World...
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