The boy who went bush

This timeless image of Matthew Naughton (depicted with a rabbit trap around his neck) Valley sound Front page in 1978.

Naughton was one of the three local men who built a temporary house just a few kilometers from the suburb to escape the pressure of being young and unemployed.

When I met them, “Runayway”, sitting around a Billy Tea -drinking fire, agreed to tell the stories of the newspaper that the hide was a secret.

**This photo is part of a iA Award -winning photojournalist Bill Mcauley’s lens. **

Editor’s note – features in this photo collection, ‘Valley sound: Eltham’s 1978-1979 Times newspaper.

More than 40 years of Bill Mcauley’s news career began in 1969 as a student photographer in ‘Age’ in Melbourne. ‘Portraits of the Spirit: Bill Mcauley with a lifetime images’ has a few collections published. Click to see more than Bill Here.

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