PHOTO: Auntie June and Roy Barker
The legacy of the late Auntie June Barker; poetic story-teller, Yorta Yorta woman and fierce advocate for Aboriginal Rights, will echo around Coffs Harbour at the start of the Coffs Harbour Music Society Season this week.
Ms Barker, then Ms Ferguson, spent time on Brewarrina Mission and learned many things from the Yuwaalaraay people who had been forced to live there. She later married Roy Barker from Brewarrina.
Because of their wider knowledge and experience, the Barkers played an important role as custodians of Aboriginal culture and history at Lightning Ridge…