A together story: Compassion

With Chris Malcolm, Curator of Once Known, and Dr Neeti Sethi, Gallery Education Coordinator, JCG

Discussing Carrolup teachers Noel and Lily White and their role in championing the children, the power of art, reconciliation, and how people can play active roles in today’s world.

Facilitator: Ron Bradfield Jnr, a Bardi, Jawi Aamba (Man) and Community Cultural Advisor for John Curtin Gallery

A Together Story Speaks Truth to Power

JCG Reconciliation Week to NAIDOC Week Program

A Together Story is a series of discussions and truth telling talks about the children of The Carrolup Native Settlement's lives and the people that impacted them. The series is being held against the backdrop of the Once Known exhibition from Reconciliation Week to NAIDOC Week 2025.

Come share stories of the past, learn about the present, then, let’s move forward together on this path of Reconciliation. This series of conversations will introduce you to Stolen Generations community members, survivors of Carrolup, professional allies of these artworks, John Curtin Gallery staff who care for these works, and people who have become a living part of these stories themselves, through their own family connections in the area.

This series invites you to gain a deeper understanding and make the stories of these children part of your story. Attendance to all events is not necessary, however each event hopes to paint a bigger picture—whether you know a little or a lot, you're sure to leave learning more.

This series is made possible by Brookfield Place and Lotterywest.

Header image: (Left to Right) Mr Noel White, Mrs Florence Rutter, Mrs Lily White, 31 July 1949, outside schoolroom Carrolup Native Settlement. Carrolup Research Archive. Digital scan from Child Artists from the Australian Bush, Mary Durack Miller in association with Florence Rutter (1952, p.17). © Australasian Publishing Co. Harrap.