Noelene White is daughter of Noel White, the teacher who inspired Aboriginal children of the Carrolup Native Settlement in South West Australia to create beautiful artworks in the late 1940s. These artworks inspired a new art movement that still thrives today. The child artists of Carrolup include Revel Cooper, Reynold Hart and Parnell Dempster.
Noelene describes various aspects of life in Carrolup, including development of the art, improved education standards and the famous football team. She highlights the impact of the school's closure at the end of 1950.
This was a very special moment of time in Western Australian history, a real opportunity to create massive societal change. The relationship between Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals in Western Australia could have been very different had the state government reacted to the successes of Carrolup in a different way.
You can learn more here: http://www.revelcooper.com/carrolup.html. Please also check out other Noelene White film clips.
Noelene describes various aspects of life in Carrolup, including development of the art, improved education standards and the famous football team. She highlights the impact of the school's closure at the end of 1950.
This was a very special moment of time in Western Australian history, a real opportunity to create massive societal change. The relationship between Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals in Western Australia could have been very different had the state government reacted to the successes of Carrolup in a different way.
You can learn more here: http://www.revelcooper.com/carrolup.html. Please also check out other Noelene White film clips.