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Vivian Cooke Vivian Cooke i(A113262 works by) (a.k.a. Banaka (Skin Name))
Born: Established: 1969 Onslow, Exmouth Gulf area, North Western Australia, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal Kurrama ; Aboriginal Yinhawangka ; Aboriginal
(Storyteller) assertion
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BiographyHistory

Vivian Cooke is the daughter of Doris Cooke (q.v.). Cooke has worked as an Environmental Health Worker before she became the project officer for Roebourne Housing Project. Her role was to help men, women and children gain resources such as counselling and housing. Cooke attended the Healing Our Spirits Conference in Canada to discuss the maintaining of culture. Cooke has been a member of the Wakuthuni Aboriginal Association involved in setting up a community on traditional land.

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