Gheebulum, Uncle Bob Anderson

 

Dr Robert V Anderson OAM, Uncle Bob is a Nughi (Moreton Island) elder and patriarch of Quandamooka. This 2010 portrait image of Uncle Bob – Gheebulum (traditional name for the Moreton Island sandhill dune) connected Uncle Bob and Jo Fay Duncan intimately.

Pre-dating the native title determinations on Minjerriba, it speaks something of the 17- year struggle to have the traditional homelands of Quandamooka returned to Aboriginal peoples. Mulgumpin (Moreton Island) is currently under Native Title claim.

Uncle Bob Anderson is a long-time collaborator with Jo Fay Duncan.