Joan Martin (Yaarna)
Martin, Joan / Shaw, Bruce![Joan Martin (Yaarna)](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/116/11640961/CHSBZCOP0311640961.jpg)
Joan Martin was born in the country town of Morawa, Western Australia, in 1941. She was a proud Widi woman whose traditional territory extended from Geraldton eastwards into the salt-lake area. Joan led an exciting and adventurous life, from life in the bush to school in Perth, and back again. But it was a life with great challenges, including efforts to avoid Native Welfare, so as not to be shipped off to a mission, and her later very public ...