Graham Mooney
Channel: Kanka Kanak
Date: 07/08/2021

Graham Mooney has worked in education all his life and is now retired and in a phase of self-discovery. With his feet firmly planted in the Sydney suburb of Glebe, Graham is still contributing to his community and more importantly learning more about himself.

He has both Aboriginal and South Sea Islander ancestry from his father and mother’s lines.

His father was brought up strictly in Solomon Islander culture and still speaks pijin today. He was given the role as our biological family historian both on his father’s (Percival Mooney (senior) ancestry and lineage into the Solomon Islands and his mother’s (Jessie Darr) ancestry and lineage into my Vanuatu heritage.

In this interesting interview, Graham will tell us about the situation of his people and what lies behind the apartheid policies implemented by the various Australian governments with the natives.

Song "Yedjudjima" composed and performed by Toka Era.