Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that this recording contains the voices of people who have died.
A three-part series recorded in the late 1990s at Radio 4 Meriba Wakai (4MW), in which the late Dana Ober interviews the late Adhi Ephraim Bani and the late Getano Lui Snr about dugong hunting practices in the Torres Strait Islands.
Presented by the late Dana Ober for Radio 4 Meriba Wakai (4MW), with the late Adhi Ephraim Bani and the late Getano Lui Snr.
Curated by Diat Alferink. Diat is a performing artist, festival director, comedian and creative producer from the Kala Lagaw Ya language group of the Western Torres Strait Islands. She’s a skilled project manager with extensive experience leading, developing and directing community arts organisations, large scale festivals and events, and community and youth arts projects. Born in Port Augusta and raised in Lyndhurst, Diat’s mum Daisy was from the Badu and Mabuiag Islands and her dad is well known South Australian sculptor Cornelis Alferink, also known as TALC ALF. Diat now lives with her partner and three young children on Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, where she’s CEO of the Torres Strait Islander Media Association (TSIMA). She’s passionate about the positive contribution Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts and media can make to the lives of all Australians.