I learnt to make a spear at the age of seven or eight . I used to sit with my Grandpa and he taught me. The old man had a tremendous patience and with love and care, he would sit with me and pass on these skills. My grandpa said "When I'm gone, you become me at all times."
Roy Jingle, Napranum

This web site is the result of a collaboration between numerous groups. Australian Museums OnLine gratefully acknowledges the contributions of written and oral stories from the people of the Napranum and Thursday Island communities, video footage from Elizabeth Graetz, Brett Wiltshire, and Arts Queensland, and the contribution of object records from the James Cook University Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology and the Queensland Museum.
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