Aunty Loretta Ethel Parsley is a Walbunja Yuin Elder and Custodian of country. She is a direct descendant, the great-grandaughter of Jimmy and Ethel Governor and the Governor family historian.

Loretta Parsley is a prolific artist and storyteller and has been dedicating herself to the revival of the Possum skin cloak on the NSW south coast.

Loretta is a knowledge holder of Aboriginal family history and local history, a school teacher of thirty years and director of her privately owned company Doolagarl Dreaming.

Loretta lives with her husband Trevor on Walbunja Yuin country on a beautiful property, protected with her knowledge of Traditional Burning. She constantly expresses her gratitude for having been brought up and continuing to live in her Country.

In addition to the event below Aunty Loretta will be on the panel of Dying on Country on the Yila Healing Trail.