90-year-old Badjaling Elder Winnie McHenry has some unfinished business. Before joining her ancestors she must pass on, and preserve, the cultural knowledge that was handed to her by her matriarchs.

Unfinished Business is a project that will celebrate Noongar matriarchal culture by bringing together generations of Noongar women to share knowledge about traditional artefact making, bush tucker, medicine, and matriarchal stories. Honouring Winnie’s cultural leadership, three generations of Noongar women will reclaim knowledge of traditional women’s business.

During this project these women will be led through the process of making the most important things a Noongar woman owns – a booka (kangaroo skin cloak), digging stick and tapping sticks. This transfer of cultural knowledge between generations will take place on Badjaling Country, at an old mission site east of Quairading, where Aunty Winnie was born and raised.