WADJEMUP or ROTTNEST ISLAND is sacred to Aboriginal people

For almost 100 years between 1838 and 1931 Wadjemup was a prison for at least 3,670 Aboriginal men and boys

More than 370 men never made it off the island and are now buried in unmarked graves on the island

They were fathers

They were sons

They were brothers

They were husbands

They were never to see their homelands and family again

Their spirits are part of this island…and for those that got off the island…their descendants now proudly tell their story…