Learn about Kuueeyung—traditional bark canoe-making—and tool-making from Gringai Worimi man Luke Russell yarning with Matt Poll, Manager Indigenous Programs, Australian National Maritime Museum.

Luke Russell is a proud Gringai/Worimi man and Cultural Knowledge Holder. Luke's practice and research is focused on learning and passing on the Indigenous knowledge of his Elders. This includes sharing his knowledge of the practice of Kuueeyung, traditional bark canoe-making, and tool making utilising sourced and natural materials. Luke is dedicated to re-awakening the true language, stories, artefacts and practices of the Worimi people, and those within the Kattung language group.

Matt Poll is Manager Indigenous Programs at the Australian National Maritime Museum. Prior to this he was Curator Indigenous Heritage Collections at Chau Chak Wing Museum. For more than a decade, Matt has also worked as a repatriation project officer at the University of Sydney. Previously Matt has worked as Artistic Director of Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative Gallery and has published widely on south-east Australian Aboriginal art. Matt is also the chairperson of Orana Arts mid-western regional NSW and has been a long term member of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Advisory Board member for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.