The
Hopevale Aborigine Community near Cooktown in northern Queensland
sought to develop cultural tours to their reserve. Their idea
was to eliminate the middleman, or tour operator, and arrange
for foreign tour groups to stay with Aborigine families to experience
firsthand the Aborigine way of life. As the Academy of Sciences
leads tours of this kind for its membership, the Tribal Council
invited June Anderson's input on the expectations of American
tourists and the type of folklife activities that visitors might
enjoy, such as spear fishing, ethnobotany walks, traditional
food preparation, crafts, boar hunting, boomerang skills, and
the like. Fieldwork conducted 1989-93.
Researcher:
June Anderson
Photographs: Unless otherwise noted,
photographs are by June Anderson |
|
Above:
June Anderson and community elder Peter Costello make billy
tea in the bush.
Below:
Elim Beach at Hopevale Aborigine Reserve, Cape York Peninsula.
|
Above: The annual Hopevale Rodeo
|
 |
Left:
Les Gibson prepares mullet for dinner
Below:
Nine-year-old Corey Gibson makes a three-pronged fishing spear
|
|
|
Left,
above: Marie Gibson paints traditional Aborigine designs
on pieces of rock
Left,
below: X-ray style painting on rock by Marie Gibson
|
|
Above:
Rock paintings at the Quinkan site
Below:
Dancers perform at the annual Laura Dance Festival
|
|
|
