News edition for 26 June 2026. Added to Nungya on 22 October 2026 as part of our retrospective news archive. Reporting reflects information available by the edition date.

Before reading a map, there is a voice to hear. That is one of the invitations in Kinjarling Djinnang Ngalak | Country Sees Us, an exhibition announced at the State Library of Western Australia on 26 May.

Curated by Menang Noongar woman Denien Toomath, the exhibition brings Menang perspectives into conversation with the library’s maps, photographs and illustrations. Six newly recorded oral histories sit at its heart, with contributions from community members and a Menang ranger.

The source describes a six-metre-wide dome inspired by a Noongar shelter, creating a place to sit and listen. The State Library developed the exhibition in partnership with Community Arts Network, guided by Menang Elders and community. It forms part of the commemoration of two hundred years since settlement at Kinjarling/Albany.

Why look at a collection again? An old image can appear settled: a place was photographed, a map was drawn, a caption was filed. Bringing living voices alongside those records changes the questions a visitor can ask. Who described the place? What did the record leave outside its frame?

The May announcement said entry was free. Anyone planning a visit should use the library’s current visitor information for arrangements. The story’s lasting interest is the exhibition’s Menang-led way of approaching a place and its records.

Read the original report: New exhibition invites audiences to experience Kinjarling/Albany.