There is a belief that the spirits of the old traditional people walk at night along the Peninsula, angry at people who disrespect the country. Albert’s song calls on his countrymen to choose their culture over industry deals.
Recorded in Bobieding, a little settlement near Beagle Bay that his father started, and living with his brothers and family close by, John ‘Whiskers’ Cox has been walking around with this tune in his head for 20 years.
At the very end of the Dampier Peninsula, surrounded by the swirling turquoise currents of the Indian Ocean, is a little Island called Ingaldoon. Truly a paradise which brings fond memories to Albert Wiggan, reminding him of his carefree youth.
