DOLLY LOOGATHA | ‘Thundi’ | Painting / acrylic on belgium linen | 40.5 h x 51 w cm Native Domain Nevertheless

Nevertheless

he worked as a Skipper and Pearl Diver on the lugger boats around many Islands

"I explore my lineage through the act of weaving

31 pages : colour illustrations

Mix 6 cups of self raising flour with the two mashed bananas in a bowl

DOLLY LOOGATHA | ‘Thundi’ | Painting / acrylic on belgium linen | 40.5 h x 51 w cm Native Domain Nevertheless"I was only a small child when our people were brought to Mornington Island and forced to live in the mission. I grew up in the dormitory like all the other children. My father King Alfred was killed when I was only a baby so I was really grown up by the missionaries. It was hard, they were cruel to us if we were naughty and would lock us up or cut our hair really short. As I grew into a young woman I went and worked on lots of cattle stations around