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A POTTED HISTORY OF A REVOLUTION CALLED NIMBIN
39 SPOKEN STORIES TOLD BY LOCALS: an antidote to conventional thinking
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Aquarius FESTIVAL
by peter derett,
May 1973, NIMBIN.
THE CROWD ENJOYING LIVE MUSIC AND INFORMATIVE TALK
DURING THE Aquarius FESTIVAL May 1973, NIMBIN.
by peter derett.
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terania creek historical protest, nightcap national park, 1979.
photographs by davID kemp.
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VIEW OVER THE NIMBIN ROCkS, SACRED Site and initiation grounds
for young bundjalung boys.
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Instead of being thrown into jail in 1995,
I was given a medal by the Australian
government for service to conservation.
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It started after the
Second World War with
people starting to think
differently.
You
had
the
beat
generation,
the growth of jazz and
strange youthfullness
kicking over the norms.
lilian rock, nimbin.
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It felt so like we were really
going to change the world, at
the beginning everything was
based on love and trust.
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CREATIVE HOUSING: EMBRACING THE FOREST.
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Pot and psychedelics played a huge part in the hippie culture
growth and certainly in my personal development – amazing,
mindblowing, blissful, life-changing.
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IF NIMBIN WAS IN INDIA IT WOULD BE A HOLY TOWN.
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IF NIMBIN WAS IN INDIA IT WOULD BE A HOLY TOWN
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ON THE TOP : QUEEN OF THE GANJA, ALWAYS PREGNANT AND CHOSEN TO LEAD THE PARADE.
OTHERS PICTURES : fightinG against prohibition, BIG JOINT, MARDI GRASS FESTIVAL 2016.
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Traditionally it’s always been a learning place and a healing place.