The Carrolup Story: Gallery

The children of Carrolup in their schoolroom with the White family and visitors from Katanning. Photographer: Noelene White, late 1948 or early 1949. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Some of the Carrolup young artists. Front row: Reynold Hart (Far Left), Parnell Dempster (Middle) and Revel Cooper (Far Right). Back row, 2nd Left: Barry Loo. Do you know who the other boys are?

Some of the Carrolup young artists. Front row: Reynold Hart (Far Left), Parnell Dempster (Middle), Ross Jones (2nd Right) and Revel Cooper (Far Right). Back row: Claude Kelly (Far Left) and Barry Loo (2nd Left). Mary Durack Miller Collection, J. S. Battye Library of West Australian History.

Janette (Jenny), Noelene and Ross White. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Grady Cuttabit in Carrolup schoolyard. Photographer: Vera Hack, January 1950. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Four unidentified Carrolup boys with their pastel drawing books. Photographer: Vera Hack, January 1950. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Four unidentified Carrolup boys with their pastel drawing books. Photographer: Vera Hack, February 1st 1950. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Mrs Rutter with Prince Rudy Dinah and a group of Carrolup girls. The girl second from the left is Mildred Jones. Photographer: Noel White, 31st July 1949. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Parnell Dempster with his pastel drawing book. Photographer: Vera Hack, January 1950. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Mrs Rutter with two of the trackers at Carrolup during her second visit. Photographer: Vera Hack, January 1950. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Mrs Rutter with two of the trackers at Carrolup during her second visit. Photographer: Vera Hack, 2nd February 1950. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Carrolup boys with teachers Mr Ingram (left rear) and Noel and Lily White. Photographer: Vera Hack, January 1950. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Carrolup boys with (back row, left – right) new teacher Mr Ingram, Noel and Lily White, Florence Rutter and an unidentified woman (right) . Photographer: Vera Hack, 1st February 1950. Noel & Lily White Collection.

The boys of Carrolup marching for Mrs Rutter and Mrs Hack. Photograph taken by Vera Hack, January 1950.

The boys of Carrolup marching for Mrs Rutter and Mrs Hack. Cliff Ryder is the third boy from the front of the nearest line. Photographer: Vera Hack, January 1950. Noel & Lily White Collection.

The boys and girls of Carrolup outside their school classrooms. Photographer: Noel White in 1948/49. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Aboriginal children of Carrolup in the early 1940s. J. S. Battye Library of West Australian History.

Aboriginal children from Western Australia. J. S. Battye Library of West Australian History. [217091PD]

Parnell Dempster’s Down to Drink adorns a wall at the 45th Annual Exhibition of the Pastel Society in London, 1951. Mrs Rutter proudly discusses the drawing with Mr and Mrs Richter. Mary Durack Miller Collection, J. S. Battye Library of West Australian History, 1951.

Mr White and Mr Ingram with the Carrolup boys. Photographer: Vera Hack, January 1950. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Mr White (left) and Mr Ingram with the Carrolup boys. Photographer: Vera Hack, 1st February 1950. Noel & Lily White Collection.

The 1948 Carrolup School football team with their teacher, Noel White. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Parnell Dempster working on his first oil painting under the tuition of Mrs Rutter. Photographer: Vera Hack, January 1950. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Parnell Dempster working on his first oil painting under the tuition of Mrs Rutter. Photographer: Vera Hack, 1st February 1950. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Mr and Mrs White with some of the Carrolup boys and the Peet family. Back row: Barry Loo, Mr. Peet, Noel White, Adrian Allen and Mrs. Peet. Middle row: Lily White and the three Peet girls. Front row: Parnell Dempster, unidentified boy and Reynold Hart. Photograph taken in 1949. Noel & Lily White Collection.

The 1950 Carrolup School football team. The football is held by Simpson Kelly and on his left is Cliff Ryder. Photograph: Noel White. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Mrs Vera Hack with a group of Carrolup boys. Photograph: Noel White, 1st February 1950. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Boys at Carrolup with Settlement truck. Photograph: Noel White, probably 1947/8. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Department of Education School Inspector Charles ‘Sammy’ Crabbe with the Aboriginal children of Carrolup. Photograph: Noel White, probably taken in 1948. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Revel Cooper’s mother Rita Hill (centre), her parents Joseph Hill and Julia Mourish, and an unidentified girl (possibly a younger sister). Photograph provided by Annette Panaia, whose grandfather Edward Hill was Joseph’s brother.

Revel Cooper, who won the Class IV 1st Prize in a competition organised by the W.A. Historical Society in 1948. Photograph from the Mary Durack Miller Collection, The J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History.

Carrolup school photograph from 1945 or early 1946. Back row from left: Revel Cooper (1st), Claude Kelly (2nd), Parnell Dempster (3rd), Reynold Hart (6th), Ross Jones (7th); Second row: Barry Loo (far right); Front row: Mildred Jones (5th from left) and Alma Cuttabutt (now Toomath) (third from right). Mrs Olive Elliot is standing on the left of the photograph.

Reynold Hart, who won a Class III special mention in the W.A. Historical Society competition in 1948. Photograph from the Mary Durack Miller Collection, The J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History.

Children’s art on the Carrolup schoolroom walls. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Noel White (left) with schoolchildren at Payne’s Find in the 1930s. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Noel White graduated as a teacher in New South Wales in 1926.

Noel and Lily White attending the Katanning Agricultural Show in November 1949. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Mrs Florence Rutter. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Mrs Rutter with Reynold Hart (left) and Parnell Dempster (right). Photographer: Noel White on 31st July, 1949.

Mrs Rutter with Reynold Hart (Left) and Parnell Dempster (Right). Photographer: Noel White, 31st July, 1949. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Ross Jones with his pastel drawing book. Photographer: Vera Hack, January 1950. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Ross Jones with his pastel drawing book. Photographer: Vera Hack, 1st February 1950. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Simpson Kelly with his pastel drawing book. Photograph: Vera Hack, 1st February 1950. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Uncle Angus Wallam R.I.P. at Carrolup during filming for the video taken as a gift by Ezzard Flowers, Athol Farmer and John Stanton to the President of Colgate University (USA), Professor Rebecca Chopp. Angus was at Carrolup during the time Noel White was teacher, but did not attend the school.

Howard Morphy and Ezzard Flowers inspect the painting that Athol Farmer brought from Katanning to give to the President of Colgate University, Rebecca Chopp, 12th April 2005. Berndt Museum of Anthropology, The University of Western Australia.

Ezzard Flowers, John Stanton and Athol Farmer inspecting the ‘lost’ Carrolup Collection at the Picker Art Gallery at Colgate University, 12th April 2005. Berndt Museum of Anthropology, The University of Western Australia. [WU/P32228]

Norelle Jacobs introduces Gabrielle Hansen (far right) and Janet Collard (centre) to give the Welcome to Country at the Official Opening of the ‘Koorah Coolingah’ exhibition, Katanning, 24th February 2006. Berndt Museum of Anthropology, The University of Western Australia.

John Stanton (Berndt Museum) [Left Front] with Howard Morphy (Australian National University), who discovered the ‘lost’ works at Colgate University, watch the Official Opening of the ‘Koorah Coolingah’ exhibition at Katanning Art Gallery, 24th February 2006. Berndt Museum of Anthropology, The University of Western Australia.

Katanning school children dance at Official Opening, Katanning of the ‘Koorah Coolingah: Children Long Ago’ exhibition, 24th February 2006. Berndt Museum of Anthropology, The University of Western Australia.

John Stanton talking at The Kodja Place, Kojonup, 8th October 2020. Photograph: Trevor Garland.

The new line-up for Dilip ‘n the Davs, who recorded the song Carrolup written by Dilip Parekh. First released in 2008.

Michael Liu filming Noelene White talking with Cathy Coomer, niece of Carrolup artist Revel Cooper, at Noelene’s house. Photograph: David Clark, 6 May 2016

David and John showing Noelene White, daughter of Carrolup schoolteacher Noel White, The Carrolup Story , to which she had contributed so much. We launched the website three days later, on Noelene’s 85th birthday.

Cathy Coomer holding what we thought was a print of one of her ‘Uncle’ Revel’s drawings at the Battye Library during our first visit to view the Mary Durack Miller Collection. Photograph: David Clark, 6th January 2016. We later found out that Mrs Rutter had been mistaken in considering this to be a Revel Cooper drawing. The original had in fact been done by Parnell Dempster.

David Clark looking through the Mary Durack Miller Collection at The J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History on his first visit with Mike Liu and Cathy Coomer. Photograph: Michael Liu, 6th January 2016.

The main schoolroom at Carrolup, as it is today. On the left side in the background are the dining room and kitchen. Photograph: David Clark, 10th November 2017.

The former Sewing Room at Carrolup Native Settlement. Photograph by John Stanton, 24th September 2019.

Charon Ryder with John Stanton and David Clark outside the Dome in Bassendean, 9th August 2009.

John Stanton (left) and David Clark with Cheryle Jones at the Carrolup Revisited exhibition by the Berndt Museum of Anthropology held in the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The University of Western Australia, 8th June 2019. Cheryle’s mother Mildred was at Carrolup School during the time that Noel White was teacher.

An element of the exhibition depicting ceremony and dance, in the Janet Holmes à Court Gallery, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. Photographer: John Stanton, 12th February 2019.

L-R: John Kalin, Kerry Ryder, Charon Ryder, David Clark, Judy Ryder, George Ryder and Anne Ryder (née Prosser) at Moore River Native Settlement (later Mogumber Mission) on 14th September 2014. Photograph taken by John Stanton.

George Ryder holding one of his artworks at Moore River Native Settlement (later Mogumber Mission) on 14th September 2014. Photograph: John Stanton.

Lunch after David’s talk at The Royal Historical Society of Western Australia on Friday, 11th September 2020. From left: Michael Scott, Charon Ryder, John Kalin, John Stanton and Linda Candy. Photograph: David Clark.

David Clark talking at The Kodja Place, Kojonup, 8th October 2020. The slide shows the best-known of the Carrolup child artists. Photograph: Trevor Garland.

L-R: George, Kerry, Judy and Charon Ryder at the grave of their father Cliff and brother Chris. Goomalling Cemetry, 14th September 2019. Photograph taken by John Stanton.

Ezzard Flowers talking at The Kodja Place, Kojonup, 8th October 2020. Photograph: Trevor Garland.

David Clark, Charon Ryder and John Stanton at The Royal Historical Society of Western Australia on Friday, 11th September 2020. Photographer: Linda Candy.

Noel White in Perth, 1953. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Baby Noel White’s grave in Katanning Cemetery. Photograph: Noel White, 1950. Noel & Lily White Collection.

Noel & Lily White, along with two of their children, Ross and Jenny (Janette), prior to attending the Katanning Show in 1949. Photograph: Noelene White.

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