Rakali (Hydromys Chrysogaster) The less flattering name is water rat. This is our largest nature rodent. Walking around the shepparton lake at dusk, I saw 3 of these cute little fellows. They life in fresh and blackish water, eating fish, Read more…
Fed Up “This piece was created from a deep exhaustion – an exhaustion with being Aboriginal and with the complicated reality of being “white-passing”. There are moments when my indigeneity becomes public property, when I’m treated like a walking library: Read more…
Handwoven Bag Fibre Art is an ancient Aboriginal women’s craft that is still made today using the same techniques as their ancestors. Making fibre art is labour intensive and much care and fine needlework is required to ensure the finished Read more…
Handwoven Bag Fibre Art is an ancient Aboriginal women’s craft that is still made today using the same techniques as their ancestors. Making fibre art is labour intensive and much care and fine needlework is required to ensure the finished Read more…
File snakes and water lillies In this painting are three file snakes among the waterlillies. They are good bush tucker from the billabong.
Djang’kawu sisters Creation Story featuring lizards This painting is part of the Djang’kawu sisters Creation Story. The details of this story can vary according to clan and/or country, but the central story is the same, which is one of fertility Read more…
Woven Mat Yolŋu weavers of Arnhem Land create utilitarian, ceremonial, and decorative pieces using naturally sourced materials. This mat is made from young Pandanus spiralis leaves, harvested with a wooden hook, stripped of prickles, and dried to create strong, resilient Read more…
Woven Mat Yolŋu weavers of Arnhem Land create utilitarian, ceremonial, and decorative pieces using naturally sourced materials. This mat is made from young Pandanus spiralis leaves, harvested with a wooden hook, stripped of prickles, and dried to create strong, resilient Read more…
Short neck turtle and saratoga A textured design featuring short neck turtle, saratoga and barramundi swimming together in a freshwater billabong. Yellow ink on black cotton fabric.
Martjirr (bush bag) Martjirr (bush bag) are primarily made from the bark of Baḻgurr (Red-flowered Kurrajong – Brachychiton megaphyllus) but sometimes Banyan tree (Ficus virens) and Cocky Apple tree (Planchonia careya). Sections of the tree are cut, and depending on Read more…