Walking Stick

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Around 1900, Aboriginal Elder Jack Woma carved this walking stick, which shows a snake encircling the walking stick’s length. As Aboriginal people didn’t use walking sticks, it’s likely he carved the stick to sell to a European. When Woma died in 1904 a newspaper obituary described him as “the last of the old Toodyay natives,” who had “attained the ripe old age of over 90 years.” The obituary goes on to describe Woma as “rather intelligent” of “excellent character” and “possessed of a keen sense of humour.... The breezy hills of Toodyay will know him no more”.

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Harsh realities of early prison life on show at Newcastle Gaol Museum

Enter Newcastle Gaol Museum and find yourself hurtling back in time to imagine life as a prisoner here from 1865 to the early 1900s. The tiny cells are most disturbing, particularly the Aboriginal...

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