Ward assisted and worked in outback Western Australia with a variety of scientists, geologists, paleontologists, geophysicists and others associated with geological surveying.
Ward was involved in Landcare, looked after water holes, and baited foxes, dingoes and wild cats.
He was a highly skilled hunter, but also assisted many non-indigenous people to see native wildlife such as bilbies and rock wallabies.
As an elder, Ward worked for many years in a battle to have the rights of his people in the Gibson Desert Nature Reserve recognised.
Ward had a cut on his head from falling and third-degree burns to his stomach from lying on the metal floor after he fell.