{"product_id":"tea-towel-ben-ward-waringarri-aachwa-make-it-real","title":"Ben Ward: Yardanggarlm (Dingo Springs) Tea Towel","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003eTea Towel Artwork Story: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003eWard depicts a tradi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003eti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003eonal area of Miriwoong Country outside \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003eKununura\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003ethe east\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e Kimberley, WA. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003eThis pain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003eti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003eng is also about\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003eceremony for young men.” Ward maps out Country, its ranges, river systems, rocky outcrops, natural springs and even Lake Argyle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003ethrough the use of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e vividly \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003ecoloured\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e tessella\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003eti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003eng ochre triangles. The amorphous shape in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003ecentre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e of the pain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003eti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003eng, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003erepresents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003eYardanggarlm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e or Dingo Springs, a large outcrop created by the Dingo when he passed during the Dream\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003eti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003eme for male ceremony on his\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003eway to the Northern Territory. Ward \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003epaints for\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e young Miriwoong people and his visual language references important cultural\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003eteachings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW169283214 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eBen Ward\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eArtist Bio: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e“I was born at Argyle Downs Sta\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eon in 1949 on the banks of Behn Creek, hence my name. My family all worked \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003esta\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eon,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e and we\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003elived there un\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003el I was 10. We walked from Argyle Sta\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eon to Ivanhoe so I could go to school at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003ethe Kimberley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e Research Sta\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eon. My\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eparents and extended family gained work at Ivanhoe Sta\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eon. My stepfather, Jeff Junarma, taught me everything I know. He took me on\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eas his own son. My real father was a stockman at Argyle Downs \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eSta\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eon,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e he was half Miriwoong and half Afghan and in those \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003edays\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e he\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003ecouldn’t\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e claim me as his own.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eft\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eer Ben le\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eft\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eschool,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e he worked as a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003emechanic,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e and it was the shop owner’s wife who taught Ben how to paint in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003ewatercolour\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e. In 1964 he\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eworked \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e Carlton Sta\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eon mustering ca\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003ett\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003ele then later studied nursing to take a posi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eon with Kimberley Aboriginal Health Service.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eA great speaker, Ben has \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eremained\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e strongly involved in land rights and community issues. He was the cri\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003ecal supplicant in the landmark\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eclaim - Ben Ward versus the State of Western Australia which successfully granted na\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eve \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003etle to Miriwoong and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eGajerrabeng\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e peoples. He\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eworked for the Aboriginal Development Commission and was instrumental in the establishment of several local Miriwoong \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eorganisa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eons\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eincluding \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eWaringarri\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e Aboriginal Arts. It \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003ewasn’t\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e un\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003el 2011 a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eft\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eer a serious car \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eaccident,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e that Ben began regularly pain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eng and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003ewood carving\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eat the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003ecentre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e. His pain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eng prac\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003ece focuses from his own unique perspec\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eve, on depic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eng his memories of Country that he explored as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003ea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003eyoung man mustering ca\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003ett\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003ele\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5630423 BCX8\"\u003e. 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