NAIDOC – Queenie McKenzie: the girl who became a living treasure

Fierce Girls

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Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.4 • 930 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Queenie McKenzie grew up on a cattle station, staying away from the grasps of the authorities, who would take Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids like her from their families at will. As she grew up, she solved problems everywhere she saw them. From building schools and teaching kids in her community, to saving a man’s life by repairing his scalp stitch by stitch.

But deep down, she wanted to tell the stories of her Country. To preserve their importance.

She started painting in her 70s — becoming the first woman in her community to do so — and realised the power of telling stories through art. And once she started, she never stopped.

Narrated by Wiradjuri poet and artist Jazz Money.

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is a B.C. podcast.
0:04.0	Ninemani, Nainai Tiana, Nagana Nara Nara Gungabina.
0:09.0	Hello, are you good?
0:10.0	My name is Tiana. My Ghana name is Gungabina, which means the caring one.
0:15.0	To begin, it's important that we acknowledge the country that we are on.
0:21.0	I'm on Ghanaian faith, the lands of the Ghana people of the Adelaide Plains.
0:25.7	We would like to pay our respects to the custodians, to the ancestors that nurtured the
0:31.8	land and the elders that have led the way for generations.
0:37.2	This is your land, this is your country, it has always been Aboriginal land. And as this is a podcast whose reach is far and wide, we would
0:46.6	like to extend our respect to the elders of the lands this recording might reach.
0:52.2	Yes.
0:55.0	Go power.
0:56.0	Hi, I'm Shari Sevens.
0:59.0	I'm an actor and director and a proud bardy jubber woman.
1:02.0	We're celebrating Naidoc week here at Fia. and a proud bardy jubber woman.
1:03.0	We're celebrating Nadoc week here at Fierce Girls Headquarters
1:06.0	and I've selected some of my favorite stories
1:09.0	about fierce First Nations women
1:11.0	for you to listen to.
1:12.0	Happy Nadoc week and enjoy the story.
1:15.6	This is the story of Queenie Mackenzie, the girl who became a living treasure.
1:23.0	Red by Ragerie poet and artist, Jazz Money.
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