Darren Clark Wujal Wujal photographs

Photographs of Wujal Wujal elder Alan Baird, who is the traditional owner of China Camp, which is roughly 10km from Wujal Wujal deep in the Monkhouse Timber Reserve. The photographs feature the mango tree that he was born under, his cousin Brian Madsen, who makes indigenous spears and shields, and the interior of Brian’s small two roomed shack at China Camp.

Photographs of children from the Wujal Wujal community attending the Bloomfield River State School.

Photographs of Wujal Wujal elders, Bobby and Jacky Ball, making mullet spears at Thompson Creek. The spears are used by the younger boys of the community to hunt with during the mullet season in September. The spears are made from old stems of bamboo so that they float in the water. Each stem is heated in a fire and hand straightened using a fork in a tree. The end of the stem is then hollowed out and four wire prongs are placed in position. Araldite is then added to hold the prongs in place and grass tree resin is heated over a fire and moulded around the end of the spear. The whole process takes an average of two weeks to complete.

Photographs of the opening of the new Bloomfield River Bridge.

Photographs of Cape Tribulation, Bloomfield River, Thompson Creek, Weary Bay, Woobadda Creek Bridge and Wujal Wujal.

Photographs of Charlie Walker spearing stingrays at Cowy Bay. Charlie and his older brother Stanton are the traditional owners of this part of Cape Tribulation.

Photographs of Cliff Harrigan, the mayor of Wujal Wujal.

Photographs of Leslie Walker and Jacky Ball removing honey-comb from a bloodwood tree near Thompson Creek.

Photographs of Stanton Walker and Trevor Barlow butchering sea turtles on the banks of the Thompson River.

Photographs of Dylan Harrigan exploring the Bull Creek rock art site in Lakefield National Park.

Photographs of Kristen Jeffries having breakfast inside Fruity’s shed at Harrigans Landing next to the Bloomfield River State School.

Photographs of school children using the Indigenous Knowledge Centre in Wujal Wujal. Indigenous Knowledge Centres are owned, managed and staffed by local Aboriginal councils or the Torres Strait Island Regional Council. The State Library of Queensland funds and facilitates the establishment of these centres, and provides ongoing support through staff training and delivery of programs to sustain the transfer of knowledge.

Photographs of Leslie Walker spear fishing bream in the Bloomfield River.

Photographs of new homes being built in Wujal Wujal by Patrick Nandy, Mark Kenta and his partner Julie Lyagh.

Photographs of community elder Ronnie and his wife Rose Harrigan and other members of the Harrigan family.

Photographs of the Walker family’s house, which is about 5km out from the Wujal Wujal community along the Cape Tribulation track on the southern side of the Bloomfield River.

Photographs of members of the Jabalbina rangers.

Photographs of Wujal Wujal including the art centre, Lutheran Church and the Bloomfield River.

Photographs of the Wujal Wujal Primary Health Care Centre.