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GENUA

My name is Genua the ray. My home is far away on a little island called Nowhere. The reason why my island is called “Nowhere” is because it’s far away from civilisation, that only few of my friends and family knows about my island. Even though my home is isolated from the rest, me and my family still take care and look out for families that visits or are passing through. One day a massive storm had hit my island and destroyed my area, so my family made the decision to find a new home that will be safe for me. We searched and searched until we found this small area on the island of Erub where the water is nice and clear.

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EL-LEE-ZAA

Hello my name is El-Lee-Zaa I am a very colourful Turtle that leaves not far from here. I love my ocean and my ocean family, me and my fellow friends like to spend the day just playing and telling each other about the pros and cons of ocean life, only because we are passionate about our ocean.

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WAHRI

The colours of the reef that surrounds the island of Erub is the inspiration behind the creation of Whari. The reefs of Erub, holds lifetimes of stories and history.

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SWEETNESS

By creating Sweetness from the very thing that is destroying its ecosystem, I am raising awareness of the dangers of ghost nets to the reefs, animals, and the ocean. Like many other works from Erub Arts, this is created from abandoned fishing nets also known as ghost nets. These nets have been destroying reefs and marine animals around the world. The uniqueness of our reefs in the Torres Strait is inspiration to encourage its protection.

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BEAUTY

The sea is important to all Torres Strait Islanders. Animals, corals, sea grass add colours to the reefs in our region. Beauty was created with inspiration from the diverse reefs in our region of the Torres Strait.

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Bush Medicine Plants – Sandra Pula Teece

This is Antarrengeny Country, sandhill country, my fathers country. 

After rain the sandhills are abundant with flowers, grasses and bush medicine plants.

This painting depicts the landscape filled with Parakeelya flowers (arrwelth), Acacia plants (alekw) and spinifex grass (aywert).

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View Of Country

The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories, the artists paint their country where those stories sit.

This painting shows the layered landscape of Alyawarr, Central Australia. Knowing your country is an important part of living in a remote community like Ampilatwatja. Knowing when and where to go hunting and gathering, knowing where there is ‘soakage’ (where you can dig for water), travelling with family for ceremonies, and maintaining a connection with the land.

“This is my country, my view of country.”

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