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Far From Home: Adventures, Treks, Exiles, Migration The Zest Festival, September 2013 PARTNERS FAR FROM HOME: ADVENTURES, TREKS, EXILES, MIGRATION. THE ZEST FESTIVAL, SEPTEMBER 2013 Edited by Susan Broomhall and Rebecca Millar Graphic design by Erika von Kaschke and Michelle Hatchett Printed by Uniprint, 2013 ISBN 978-1-74052-278-6 Cover image: Shipwreck near Hout Bay, Cape Town. ZEST FESTIVAL 2013: FAR FROM HOME FAR FROM HOME: ADVENTURES, TREKS, EXILES, MIGRATION The Zest Festival September 2013 | i ZEST FESTIVAL 2013: FAR FROM HOME TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgement of traditional owners vii Welcome to Kalbarri. Hon Liza Harvey MLA, Minister for Tourism and Hon Brendon Grylls MLA, Minister for Regional Development viii Kalbarri Development Association Zest Festival Committee ix Gordon Wilson, President, Shire of Northampton xi Annemieke Ruigrok, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands xiii Hon Michael Sutherland, MLA, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia xv Philippa Maddern, Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions (Europe 1100-1800) xvii Erika Von Kaschke, Producer and Presenter, Oppiestasie, Radio Fremantle 107.9FM and National Communications Officer, ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions (Europe 1100-1800) xix Voyager Estate xx Bert Beevers, Managing Director, Durack Institute of Technology xxiii THE ZEST FESTIVAL 2013 1 The Zest Festival 2013 2 The Zest Festival: 2012 to 2016 3 FAR FROM HOME: ADVENTURES, TREKS, EXILES, MIGRATION An interactive creative exhibition curated by Susan Broomhall and Rebecca Millar, ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions (Europe 1100-1800) 5 FAR FROM HOME: A JOURNEY INTO THE UNKNOWN 9 A Journey into the Unknown 11 Making Money in Middelburg 13 The Doldrums 15 Celebrating at the Cape 17 Thoughts of Home 19 Sailing On 21 To the Unknown 22 | ii ZEST FESTIVAL 2013: FAR FROM HOME FAR FROM HOME: COMMUNICATING ACROSS LAND, SEA AND TIME 25 Message Sticks: Telling our stories 27 Trees, Stones, and Plates: Messages across the oceans 28 Sailing Letters: Sending emotions on the high seas 30 A Zuytdorp Schilling: Early modern messages, modern emotions 32 FAR FROM HOME: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS RESPOND 35 I’m Home!: Damon Chalmers 37 Lost and found: Meli Dane 38 Message Sticks: telling our stories: Mauretta Drage 41 Family journeys: Shirley Gerard 43 On Track: Marianne Penberthy 45 The Burden of Homesickness: Miriam Shilling 47 To Pioneering Women: Anne Taylor 49 Far from Home: South African Short-Shorts Writing Competition 51 ‘n Voller ek. Rynie Joubert 52 Immigration Metamorphosis 53 Shores of Gondwanaland. Amelia Marais 54 Destination. Hanriëtte Mazza 55 White Board. Kent Sobey 56 Far from Home: Short Film Project 58 Short Film Project by Laurie Malton 61 TREKS, LAND AND HERITAGE 63 Welcome to Country by traditional Nhanda Elders 65 Kalbarri Horse Trek 67 The Great Race 68 Natural Heritage 70 An ancient landscape 72 Western Australia: A veritable gold mine of biodiversity 74 South western Kwongan and South African Fynbos: vegetation types sharing an ancient Gondwanan heritage 76 Secrets of the Dead: The Meermin Slave Resistance 80 Unseen: In a Trunk: Spotlight on artist Susan Roux 82 | iii ZEST FESTIVAL 2013: FAR FROM HOME ZEST MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE 85 Bonfire and Chamber of Rhetoric 86 Outback Rhythm Dance Centre 90 South African Film 91 The ARC Centre for the History of Emotions Performance Program 92 Songs of the Sea 94 Dutch music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and its dissemination throughout the world 96 Broadside Ballads: news and emotion in song 98 The Rhythm of Life School Workshops 100 BINDING REALITIES: ROPE, ROUTES AND RESOURCES, JOINING CULTURES TOGETHER 105 Binding Realities Community Workshops 106 Binding Realities Sculpture Exhibition 109 Rope Mats: Marina Baker, with Eggy Arthurs 110 Afraid Knot: Meli Dane 113 Where did that come from?: Sietske Hunn 115 GOURMET FOOD AND WINE 117 Merise Morning Teas in celebration of the 2013 Zest Festival 118 Trade Winds Taste Tent: South African Cuisine 120 Trade Winds Taste Tent: Voyager Estate 122 Trade Winds Taste Tent: Nhanda Food 125 Zest Market and Wellbeing Tent 127 Voyager Estate Dinner Presentation by Adjunct Professor Michael McCarthy 128 ZEST FESTIVAL SCHOOL ACTIVITIES 131 The Zest Festival 2013 Education Program 132 Carol Goodwin, Kalbarri District High School Principal 133 Lisa Currie, Kalbarri District High School Zest Coordinator 134 Zest Festival 2013 and Kalbarri District High School 136 STORIES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS 155 Introducing the South African Context 156 Stones of Love in Deep Time: Ancient rocks, old emotions, new business opportunities 158 | iv ZEST FESTIVAL 2013: FAR FROM HOME The Geography of (European) Emotions: Good Hope and Good Health 160 Frustrated negotiations: Trading relations between the Khoikhoi and Europeans 162 Dancing into the spirit world: Rock Art of the San people 166 What does it mean to be free? 168 Claiming spaces, knowing places: Fights and rights for land 170 Collecting competitions: the ‘pantry’ of the VOC and the Cape floral kingdom 172 Shipwrecked at the Southland: Lost voyages from the Cape Colony 174 ‘I am an African’: Hendrik Biebouw and the making of a new identity 176 The elect: God’s chosen people in the Cape Colony 178 ‘I am an imprisoned man’: Massavana and the Meermin slave resistance 180 Sharing the Islamic faith at the Cape: Resistance and its consequences in the VOC Indian Ocean network 182 Spinning a yarn and the Flying Dutchman: nautical superstitions and stories 184 From Orange to Empire: The British in South Africa 188 Fighting for freedom or federation: Afrikaners and the British Empire 192 Emotions In Song: Melting-Pot Music in the ‘Smooth-Throated Nation’ 197 Starry nights: Cultures in the stars 198 Rainbow Cuisine of South Africa 200 ‘Peace and harmony and equal rights for all people’: Nelson Mandela and the dawning of a new South Africa 202 THE ZEST FESTIVAL 2012 205 Kalbarri Recognises its Pasts 207 Still Life / Our Life: Emotions across Time, Art and Place 209 Bonfire and Chamber of Rhetoric: Storytelling in the 21st Century 210 The Hand-made Zuytdorp Commemorative Quilt 211 Historical Emotions Performance Program 212 The Trade Winds Taste Tent and the Rijstaffel Meal at the Zuytdorp Restaurant 213 Zest Festival 2012 School Activities 214 Australian-Dutch Heritage Days 216 The Zest Festival on show at The Hague 218 The Zest Festival Goes International 222 CREATORS / EDITORS 226 CONTRIBUTORS 227 | v ZEST FESTIVAL 2013: FAR FROM HOME The Murchison River Gorge in the Kalbarri National Park. | vi ZEST FESTIVAL 2013: FAR FROM HOME We respectfully acknowledge the past and present traditional owners of this land on which we are meeting to commemorate the cultural connections between South Africa, Western Australia, and the Nhanda people. It is a privilege to be standing on Nhanda country. | vii ZEST FESTIVAL 2013: FAR FROM HOME WELCOME TO KALBARRI HON LIZA HARVEY MLA, MINISTER FOR TOURISM AND HON BRENDON GRYLLS MLA, MINISTER FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT On behalf of the State Government, we welcome you to In addition to our mutual enjoyment of sport, many South Kalbarri to celebrate the region’s history, culture, community Africans have chosen to call Western Australia home. and tourism as part of the Zest Festival. According to the 2011 census, around 24 per cent of Australia’s The festival recognises the upcoming 400th anniversary of South African-born residents live in the State. the landing on Western Australia’s coast by Dutch sailor and Western Australia is a popular holiday destination for South explorer Dirk Hartog. It also marks the shipwrecking of the African visitors and, not surprisingly, many visit Kalbarri during Dutch East India Company merchant vessel Zuytdorp off the their time here. With an ancient rugged outback and white Kalbarri coast 300 years ago. sand beaches, Kalbarri boasts an 183,000 hectare national Inspired by history, the festival explores our connections to park, spectacular 400-million-year-old river gorges, dramatic the various countries that have been associated with the coastal rock formations and a kaleidoscope of colourful Dutch East India Company. This year’s focus will be on South wildflowers in spring. It truly is an extraordinary place for Africa, which was a significant stopover for Zuytdorp’s sailors visitors and residents, boasting natural beauty and adventure. to rest and restock the vessel during their voyage. The State Government is proud to support the Zest Festival Western Australia and South Africa have many important through Eventscorp’s Regional Events Scheme, which is jointly connections. Both will host components of the world’s funded by the Royalties for Regions program. biggest radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). Regional events, such as this Festival, highlight Western This next generation radio telescope will play a vital role in Australia’s tourist destinations and bring significant social, expanding our understanding of the universe and driving cultural and economic benefits to regional towns through technological development worldwide. added vibrancy, higher visitation and media exposure. They The South African rugby team, the Springboks, along with the help to make regional areas great places to visit and live. Australian Wallabies, also played the first international rugby We hope you enjoy the Festival and have an opportunity to union test match in Western Australia in 1998. The Springboks learn more about our history and mutual connections with have played here six times and will face the Wallabies in Perth South Africa, while exploring Kalbarri’s natural beauty. again in 2014. Hon Liza Harvey MLA, MINISTER FOR TOURISM Hon Brendon Grylls MLA, MINISTER FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT | viii ZEST FESTIVAL 2013: FAR FROM HOME KALBARRI DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION ZEST FESTIVAL COMMITTEE 2012 Zest Festival Committee Members. Rebecca Millar, Sue Malton, Jan Cruickshank, Margaret Burges, Jenny McClintock and Pat Gliddon. Absent Jessica Booth and Stephanie Penn.