Mervyn Bishop was the first Aboriginal Australian to work on a metropolitan newpaper daily at the Sydney Morning Herald, in 1963 and also the first Aboriginal Australian to become a professional photographer. In 1971 he was pronouced the Australian Press Photographer of the Year.

In 1975 is when Mervyn captured this photograph of then Prime minister Gough Whitlam pouring soil into Vincent Lingiarias hands as the deeds of land at Wattie Creek was passed over to the Gurindji people.

Happiness over comes me as I look at this picture, what was waited for, for so long finally happened.

Girl Pours Tea, Burnt Bridge, 1988

This photograph was shown in a lecture, this woman is in her pj's pouring a cup of tea, I sense a sadness in her eyes. She lives in a shed but you can see she makes the best of what she has, it is clean and tidy with fresh flowers on the table. She is making best do for her family, which is an admirable quality.