Episode 2 | Not a Hard Life

Aunty Lottie Bamblett joins Luke Wighton and with great humour recounts her journeys from Brungle Mission Station to 3 Ways Camp to Wagga Wagga and to Canberra. She talks of her mother who was always on the move, one step ahead of the Government with the threat of her children being taken at every turn, her use of language and a stoic face to the world. Lottie learns to swim in an irrigation canal, picks fruit for work, marries Carl Bamblett, raises a family in Wagga Wagga and rises above the racism and traumas she encounters.Complete episode transcripts can be found at https://museumriverina.com.au/explore/podcasts/resettlement Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.