Episode 6 | Sitting on a Barbed Wire Fence

Geoff Simpson catches up with Luke Wighton to talk of journeys and connection with land, how he is bribed to leave Walgett in 1981 and is astonished by pizza, how the public housing was pretty flash - better services but less community. He finds a path in sport, begins work, and joins a band, A Foot Full of Bindis, and never looks back. A shift to Land Conservation Services sees a change in perspective fed by snippets from Elders and a deeper understanding of species, their resilience, and cool burns. He sees the horizons of Lake Mungo and introduces a Corroboree.Complete episode transcripts can be found at https://museumriverina.com.au/explore/podcasts/resettlement Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.