Reliving History: The man behind one of Australia's most iconic photos

Welcome to Reliving History, a special series within Good Weekend Talks that revisits key moments in Australian history through the eyes of First Nations people, providing new perspectives on events that changed the country and unearthing stories that have long been hidden or forgotten.

In this episode, we get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the historic 1975 land handback between Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and Gurindji elder Vincent Lingiari. Photographer Mervyn Bishop captured the moment in an iconic image.

Here, Bishop tells the surprising story behind the photo, and shares how a boy from the remote north-western NSW town of Brewarrina became the country's first Aboriginal press photographer.

Mervyn Bishop became Australia's first press photographer when he joined the Herald in 1963.Credit: Steven Siewert

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