Carrolup Located on Noongar Country near Katanning, Western Australia, Carrolup was established as an Aboriginal reserve in the early 1900s. The introductio ...

Exclusive: More than 740 First Nations people, the majority of them very young, are believed to have been buried with no record at Moore River, Carrolup and New Norcia

Exclusive: More than 740 First Nations people, the majority of them very young, are believed to have been buried with no record at Moore River, Carrolup and New Norcia

Exclusive: More than 740 First Nations people, the majority of them very young, are believed to have been buried with no record at Moore River, Carrolup and New Norcia

Exclusive: More than 740 First Nations people, the majority of them very young, are believed to have been buried with no record at Moore River, Carrolup and New Norcia

Exclusive: More than 740 First Nations people, the majority of them very young, are believed to have been buried with no record at Moore River, Carrolup and New Norcia

Exclusive: More than 740 First Nations people, the majority of them very young, are believed to have been buried with no record at Moore River, Carrolup and New Norcia

Exclusive: More than 740 First Nations people, the majority of them very young, are believed to have been buried with no record at Moore River, Carrolup and New Norcia

Exclusive: More than 740 First Nations people, the majority of them very young, are believed to have been buried with no record at Moore River, Carrolup and New Norcia

Exclusive: More than 740 First Nations people, the majority of them very young, are believed to have been buried with no record at Moore River, Carrolup and New Norcia

Exclusive: More than 740 First Nations people, the majority of them very young, are believed to have been buried with no record at Moore River, Carrolup and New Norcia

Exclusive: More than 740 First Nations people, the majority of them very young, are believed to have been buried with no record at Moore River, Carrolup and New Norcia

Exclusive: More than 740 First Nations people, the majority of them very young, are believed to have been buried with no record at Moore River, Carrolup and New Norcia

Exclusive: More than 740 First Nations people, the majority of them very young, are believed to have been buried with no record at Moore River, Carrolup and New Norcia

Exclusive: More than 740 First Nations people, the majority of them very young, are believed to have been buried with no record at Moore River, Carrolup and New Norcia

An artwork drawn by a child of the Stolen Generations has been discovered after decades in the trunk of a regional museum.

Exclusive: More than 740 First Nations people, the majority of them very young, are believed to have been buried with no record at Moore River, Carrolup and New Norcia

Exclusive: More than 740 First Nations people, the majority of them very young, are believed to have been buried with no record at Moore River, Carrolup and New Norcia

An artwork drawn by a child of the Stolen Generations has been discovered after decades in the trunk of a regional museum.

Exclusive: More than 740 First Nations people, the majority of them very young, are believed to have been buried with no record at Moore River, Carrolup and New Norcia

"The story of the pictures on these pages is as pitiful and heart-warming as any you could find." Those were the words used in a 1949 magazine article about artwork created by Aboriginal children in Western Australia’s Great Southern, and 77 years later, they still resonate. The story of these child artists taken from their families to Carrolup Native School, is one that is close to Menang and Wajarri woman, Patricia Ryder's heart. The community engagement facilitator at Curtin University's John Curtin Gallery shared the stories of their artwork as part of Reconciliation Week and the Once Known exhibition. Ryder had heard of Carrolup Native School as a child. Her mum referred to it as "cattle yards", a place Aboriginal children who were taken from their families would be sent for 'formal education', and from where those with lighter skin might be moved on to another institution or setting. Throughout the past two decades Ryder has researched the artists from Carrolup, whose work once drew international acclaim and was displayed in galleries where masters such as Henri Matisse have also hung. As well as uncovering a family connection, Ryder has learnt about the experiences of the children and gained an...

Exclusive: More than 740 First Nations people, the majority of them very young, are believed to have been buried with no record at Moore River, Carrolup and New Norcia

Concerns have been raised about the state of former mission sites in Western Australia's south west.Sites including Marribank, formerly known as Carrolup Native Settlement, Wandering Mission and…