MORNINGTON ISLAND POSTCARDS - Karen Chong | 'Nithalunn' | Small Framed Image Sculpture shiny brown in colour and

shiny brown in colour and silky smooth to touch

ARONE MEEKS (Kuku Midigi

during their journey they sang and danced

The dugong is another totem of my family on my mothers’ side

Mother of seven and grandmother to eight children

MORNINGTON ISLAND POSTCARDS - Karen Chong | 'Nithalunn' | Small Framed Image Sculpture shiny brown in colour andI was born on Mornington Island. My father was Waanyi a mainlander and my mother Lardil. I went to school and I stayed with my grandparents as my mother was away working on a station on the mainland. When I was in my twenties I went to live in Normanton and Croydon. I returned to Mornington in 1982 to marry my late husband Bruce Chong. We have 6 children, 2 girls and 4 boys and 17 grandchildren. "I used to do a lot of shell work making pictures by