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Bush Tools & Dilly Bags

The 2025 Gapu series is the 12th workshop series in Djilpin’s long collaboration with Basil Hall Editions. Djilpin Artists worked, for the first time, with Printmaker Antonia Aitken. Collograph plates were developed by 15 artists over a week in April at Djilpin Arts Centre in Wugularr (Beswick). For Series XII, artists have depicted traditional string and dilly bags, bathi, exploring the place of these artefacts in culture, ceremony and mythology.

Series XII was launched at Honey Bones Gallery, Melbourne in October 2025.

Categories: Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation

Name: Major Cameron

Language: Wagilak

Community: Wugularr (Beswick)

Biography:

Major Cameron has been working with Djilpin Arts since it was established in Beswick community. Major belongs to a long line of accomplished dancers and cultural custodians. His father was a brilliant dancer and he passed on his knowledge of dance & song, as well as art to his eldest son, Major. Major was born in Katherine and attended school there before moving to Beswick as a young man. Major is a gifted dancer and has performed numerous times for cultural purposes and for the general public. He is also a wonderful singer and musician as well as one of Djilpin Arts' most accomplished artists of his generation. Major has also studied film-making through Djilpin Arts' media unit and has appeared in advertisements for Djilpin Arts' clients. Aside from painting, Major is also a print-maker having worked with Basil Hall editions in Darwin & Beswick to produce his distinctive etchings. His recent prints from the Billabong Series IV collection have been exhibited at Art Melbourne and the Darwin Art Fair.

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