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Jewish Students Society ANUJSS and the Nulla Nullas The Nulla Nullas was a children's Club run at Wallaga Lake Aboriginal Reserve, south coast of NSW, during 1964-1966 |
There is a "sense of shared experiences between the Jewish community and Aborigines,
epitomised by the pioneering legal work of the late Ron Castan QC and Jewish
involvement in the key High Court land-rights cases of Mabo and Wik."
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 Contact was maintained until his death with Nulla Nulla member Stephen Kelly. In this image he is shown with sister Lorraine (Kelly) Naylor - another Nulla Nulla member, and her husband Eric. A discusion of the long term impact on Wallaga of the Nulla Nulla club is here. |  The idea of ANUJSS running a children\'s club at Wallaga Lake emerged. But would it work?. So - as a first step - a largish group from ANUJSS came down to Wallaga Lake, and took the kids to a picnic at Camel Rock Beach. |  Recently established Umbarra Centre at Wallaga Lake offers (quote) activities [that] include boomerang and spear throwing, ochre painting, shelter building, Dreamtime stories, open fire cooking of bush tucker. Purchase locally made artefacts, paintings, didgeridoos and other arts and crafts. Umbarra also provides tours to significant local Koori sites.(unquote) Manager is Lorraine (nee Kelly) Maylor. |
 Nulla Nulla Club - a quiet moment. |  Nulla Nulla Club meeting in the meeting hall, Wallaga Lake Reserve. Note the 16mm movie projector used to show educational films from the National Library |  At Wallaga Lake: inside the meeting hall. |
 Another view from Black Mountain the five Wallaga Lake kids saw of a snowy Canberra. |  Club leaders avoided press coverage of the Nulla Nullas, but sough assistance from civic and political leaders. Dr Harvey Cohen was invited to dinner in (old) parliament house in Sept-Oct 1965 by both Kim Beazley (senior) and WC Wentworth, both political champions of aboriginal issues |  The rare spectacle of snow falling in Canberra during the Canberra trip of early August, 1965. |
 Ready to go on the joyride. |
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