NETTA LOOGATHA | ‘Fish Net – Mijilda II' | Painting / acrylic on linen board Moa Island but individual islanders and island

but individual islanders and island clans did have land under crop

This image depicts an uncle and two boys resting during the midday heat

My sons often come home sharing images of their day at sea filmed on a gopro

located between the tip of Cape York Peninsula and Papua New Guinea

presenter and educator at Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park in Cairns

NETTA LOOGATHA | ‘Fish Net – Mijilda II' | Painting / acrylic on linen board Moa Island but individual islanders and island"Fish nets were made from native hibiscus fiber, which is very common. The fiber was stripped from the branches and soaked in the sand near the running water creek. After three to four weeks it was taken up, dried, and then processed into a string, and finally woven into a fish net. These were then used to trap large sea prey such as dugongs and turtles." "I was only a small child when our people were brought to Mornington Island and forced to live in