PETER B MORRISON | ‘Brain Coral’ | Pen + Ink drawing Ninney Murray My dad worked in the

My dad worked in the stockyard before he met my mum

For a basket I might use a whole black palm

The fences and the cane farmer stop us from going on the land to go to the fishing spots

by warming two natural beans together until they heated up as the basis for a tag game

'Jean's Mother's Country (Series 2/7)'

PETER B MORRISON | ‘Brain Coral’ | Pen + Ink drawing Ninney Murray My dad worked in thePeter Bertie Morrison was born on Thursday Island and grew up in Cairns. After he finished school, like many Torres Strait Islanders at the time, he moved to Western Australia to work on the railways. This work saw him travelling Australia for work for many years, before he returned to his familys place, Wug Village, Saint Pauls Community on Moa Island in the Western Island cluster. This is where I learnt our traditional customs, on the Island. My