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The Unbreakable, 2018

by Dave Laslett

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2019 Finalist

The Unbreakable, 2018

Valerie was taken from her family in Marree, along with her sisters, and subsequently placed in the Umeewarra Mission. A proud Wangkangurru/Lower Southern Arrernte woman, she put Native Title meetings before her health, travelling across the vast country of South Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory to attend them. She was proud when, on the 3rd of October 2014, the Wangkangurru Native Title claim received a Consent Determination ruling, returning rights to 79,600 square kilometres of land to the original people of this country. In the face of advanced cancer, Valerie stands strong and proud, knowing she has lived a life of meaning.

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2019
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Other NPPP photos from Dave Laslett
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1967, 2019 Dave Laslett
2020 Finalist
TWO WAYS/A dualistic system, 2017 by Dave Laslett
2018 Finalist
HOMELAND The importance of place, 2014 by Dave Laslett
2015 Finalist

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