Places in the Kimberley.

where I have worked

Birlirr Ngawiyiwu School,
Yaruman (Ringer Soak)
Gordon Downs Station  via HALLS CREEK
PMB 19, HALLS CREEK 6770

 

LOCATION:
Ringer Soak is an Aboriginal Community built on land excised from Gordon Downs Station.  The aerial photo shows the teachers' housing in the foreground, the school in the centre with the community buildings and houses and oval completing the view which is looking towards the South-West.  Ringer Soak is close to the Northern Territory border and on the northern edge of the Great Sandy Desert.  The nearest town is Halls Creek, 170 km to the North-West. From Halls Creek road travel is along the Duncan via Flora Valley and Gordon Downs Stations. The school is called Birlirr Ngawiyiwu.

 

Some Links:

  
Birlirr Ngawiyiwu Website  
Reachout in Ringer Soak Painting by Georgina Mandijarra
Robert Raala
1940s - Gordon Downs photos (especially 22 and 26)