Angus Wallam (1926 – October 2014) was a

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from

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. He received the Wagin Australia Day Citizenship Award for his work with Indigenous youth and community. He grew up at Marribank Mission (also known as Carrolup). He worked for farmers and contractors, built roads, and worked on the railway for 22 years. He has nine children and around 40 grandchildren.

Published works

''Corroboree'' (2004) is an autobiography of Wallam's childhood (written in collaboration with Suzanne Kelly; illustrated by Norma MacDonald; published by UWA Press) The book was a joint prize winner of the 1999 Marrwarning Award for Published and Unpublished books by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. More of his memories and stories can be found in the publication ''Sort of a Place Like Home: Remembering the Moore River Native Settlement'' by

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. and ''The Wailing: A National Black Oral History'', by Stuart Rintoul, published by W. Heinemann Australia, 1 January 1993, and in a video interview with Robyn Smith Wally available on

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. Drawings and artwork done by children at the Carrolup Mission during the 1930s, including artworks by Angus Wallam, were displayed in an exhibition at

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called ''Heart Coming Home'' or ''Koolark Koort Koorliny'' in August 2013. In May 2013 Angus Wallam and Ezzard Flowers, another Indigenous leader, signed a memorandum of understanding with the owner of the artworks,

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, and Curtin University to house the artworks permanently at Curtin University on condition that they be made available for viewing by Noongar and other Indigenous students there.Stolen Generations' homecoming
Victoria Laurie, The Australian, August 01, 2013.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wallam, Angus 1926 births 2014 deaths 20th-century Australian people Indigenous Australian writers Noongar elders People from Wagin, Western Australia Writers from Western Australia