| "Coming Home to Banaba" Images and Quotes 2 |
|
 |
"We send money here, to support Banaba - to provide a living for our kinfolk here. Nothing cultivated can grow or survive and the people can't live off the land. So the money we send here is for the goods in the shop. They work for pay and that enables them to buy their food from the shop."
Makin Corrie |
| Karoro Corrie and his son Teitirake, from Rabi, are making a rare visit to clansfolk living on Banaba. Since mining ended in 1979, several hundred Banabans have volunteered to move to Banaba to maintain a Banaban presence on their home island.
|
|
 |
"We arrived here thinking it was going to be very primitive and it wasn't - it was just wonderful right from the start. The children grew up here. I had another third son that was born here in 1967, Scott. All in all, they were the ten most wonderful years of my life."
Marion Laritz |
| Marion Laritz lived on Banaba during the '60s and '70s: her husband worked for British Phosphate. The Lartiz home movies provide a glimpse of colonial life on Banaba in the 60's and 70's.
|
|
|
|
|