“I’m passionate about the causes we support and believe they can resonate.” In the red-dirt landscape of the Pilbara, local Thalanyji artists paint from above, as creation spirits – eyes in the sky looking over their children below. Gazing down today from our little Cessna, the terrain looks as alien as the surface of Mars, yet few places on Earth feel as Australian. Mountain ranges ripple like muscles and ancient watercourses spider across the land. In the middle of it all is an unlikely oasis: Minderoo Station, home to Nicola Forrest, Australia’s greatest philanthropist.
Minderoo means ‘place of clean, permanent water’ in Thalanyji, and the Forrests have been a presence here since 1878 when brothers Alexander, David and John staked 960,000 hectares on the Ashburton River. Today David’s great-great grandson,…
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The Australian Women's Weekly (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2021