Walking out bush, Cherbourg, 2010. Children often walk out onto the hills surrounding Cherbourg to view the community from a distance. Photograph by Angela Kreutz, 2010

Copyright © Angela Kreutz, 2010

Boy on scooter, Cherbourg, 2010. There are many ways in which children move around the community including quad-bikes, motorbikes, bicycles and scooters. Photograph by Angela Kreutz, 2010

Copyright © Angela Kreutz, 2010

Going bush on motorbikes, Cherbourg, 2010. Children that have access to motorbikes are often seen heading out towards the bush. Photograph by Angela Kreutz, 2010

Copyright © Angela Kreutz, 2010

Walking the streets of Cherbourg, 2010. Adults and children are often walking around the community visiting friends and relatives. Photograph by Angela Kreutz, 2010

Copyright © Angela Kreutz, 2010

Boy B, freehand map of Cherbourg

Cherbourg, QLD
Australia
26° 17' 30.804" S, 151° 57' 21.1968" E
14 January 2013
14 January 2013

Location

Cherbourg, QLD
Australia
26° 17' 30.804" S, 151° 57' 21.1968" E

Copyright © Angela Kreutz, 2013

Boy B, freehand map of Cherbourg. The combination of pathways, flags and Indigenous symbols reveals a sense of place identity. From Angela Kreutz, ‘Munu gukooreree: Aboriginal children's use and experience of space and place in Cherbourg’, Doctorate of Philosophy, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 2012

Girl B, freehand map of Cherbourg

Cherbourg, QLD
Australia
26° 17' 30.804" S, 151° 57' 21.1968" E
14 January 2013
14 January 2013

Location

Cherbourg, QLD
Australia
26° 17' 30.804" S, 151° 57' 21.1968" E

Copyright © Angela Kreutz, 2013

Girl B, freehand map of Cherbourg. This map shows children's circular routes around the community and visitation to important places such as the cemetery. From Angela Kreutz, ‘Munu gukooreree: Aboriginal children's use and experience of space and place in Cherbourg’, Doctorate of Philosophy, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 2012

Boy A, freehand map of Cherbourg

Cherbourg, QLD
Australia
26° 17' 30.804" S, 151° 57' 21.1968" E
14 January 2013
14 January 2013

Location

Cherbourg, QLD
Australia
26° 17' 30.804" S, 151° 57' 21.1968" E

Copyright © Angela Kreutz, 2013

Boy A, freehand map of Cherbourg. This map reveals the rigid housing structure in Cherbourg and the reliance on vehicles. From Angela Kreutz, ‘Munu gukooreree: Aboriginal children's use and experience of space and place in Cherbourg’, Doctorate of Philosophy, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 2012

Girl A, freehand map of Cherbourg

Cherbourg, QLD
Australia
26° 17' 30.804" S, 151° 57' 21.1968" E
14 January 2013
14 January 2013

Location

Cherbourg, QLD
Australia
26° 17' 30.804" S, 151° 57' 21.1968" E

Copyright © Angela Kreutz, 2013

Girl A, freehand map of Cherbourg. The community is depicted as an island on this map with the two main roads to Murgon and Wondai leading outwards. From Angela Kreutz, ‘Munu gukooreree: Aboriginal children's use and experience of space and place in Cherbourg’, Doctorate of Philosophy, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 2012

Childhood is a time of great exploration. This benefits cognitive, social and emotional development in children and is critical for developing environmental knowledge.

Glenormiston station, c1930

Bedourie, QLD
Australia
24° 21' 34.7832" S, 139° 28' 15.4236" E
1 January 1930
3 May 2011
3 May 2011

Location

Bedourie, QLD
Australia
24° 21' 34.7832" S, 139° 28' 15.4236" E

Queensland State Archives

four miles to an inch

Glenormiston station, c1930. This black and white photostat map shows Glenormiston station in far western Queensland. Pituri was traded north along the Georgina River into Wangka-yutyurru country and south along the Mulligan River into the major trade networks that operated in the Lake Eyre Basin. The station homestead, where J.A. Coghlan lived in the 1890s, is positioned on Pituri Creek, near Lake Idamea and not far west from the Georgina River. After Coghlan had moved on as manager and ownership had changed hands, in 1922, when portions of Glenormiston were going to be resumed, the Assessing Commissioner J. Kingston described the country as made up of: open and broken downs, low limestone ridges, river and creek flats, scalded and inferior flats and rough hills. The commissioner noted, ‘It is light carrying country, but is safe if not overstocked and is excellent country for raising and fattening heavy cattle.’ Collection of the Queensland State Archives

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