Aunty Carol recalls Western Australia before the clearing

Menang Elder Aunty Carol Petterson recalls her childhood driving sheep through uncleared bushland south-east of Perth.

Why it mattersAunty Carol and her siblings are among the last people alive who remember the landscape before clearing. Her memories document a lost richness.

AustraliaWestern Australians can now hear direct testimony of how different the state's bushland was before clearing changed it forever.

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