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Image cut from Angus & Robertson (1953) The Australian Encyclopaedia, Halstead Press, Sydney depicting tropical coral fish from Queensland. The Australian Encyclopaedia published for the occasion of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's first tour of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1953.

Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the way Wudjulah (non-indigenous) scientists gather information.

This pastel series is about the way Indigenous people were classified as flora and fauna by the federal government of Australia and scientific circles up until 1967 when we were granted the right to vote and to be classified as human beings.

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Red laser footprint decals.

Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the search for Aboriginality. The footprints show the different ways that our people track their connection to country and family. Some go towards their identity and turn away from it while others may take small steps and other hop from different discoveries until they find their connections.

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Image from 1961 cut from Ebony Magazine (1983), the Afro-American magazine from New York depicting the funeral procession of Martin Luther King.

Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the struggle for emancipation in other countries by black people such as that of Afro-Americans. This is about the price of freedom and the term in fine hope  refers to a speech given by Martin Luther King two days before he was gunned down.

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Image from 1961 cut from Ebony Magazine (1983), the Afro-American magazine from New York depicting the funeral procession of Martin Luther King.

Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the struggle for emancipation in other countries by black people such as that of Afro-Americans. This is about Martin Luther King's philosophy of black people being equal to that of whites within America.

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An image cut from Dawson, W. (editor) (1954) Western Australia New Horizons, Paterson Brokensha Publisher, Perth. This publication was financed by the Perth Chamber of Commerce and personally endorsed by the Honourable Premier of Western Australia, A. R. Hawke as a promotional magazine for economic investment in the state. The selected image shows Barrack Street, Perth in 1953.

Description:

Aboriginal Art theorist and post-colonial writer, Djon Mundine questions the idea of the urban Aboriginal art movement when used to describe members of the Australian art community. He poses the question: Where is Urbania? As an artist, my self portrait reflects upon Perth during the time when members of my family were prevented from entering the city boundaries because they were Aboriginal up until the mid-1950's.

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An image cut from Dawson, W. (editor) (1954) Western Australia New Horizons, Paterson Brokensha Publisher, Perth. This publication was financed by the Perth Chamber of Commerce and personally endorsed by the Honourable Premier of Western Australia, A. R. Hawke as a promotional magazine for economic investment in the state. The selected image shows Perth in 1953.

Description:
This self portrait reflects upon the history of the city where I grew up. The image used reflects upon how Aboriginal people were prevented from coming into the city limits unless with an identity permit and could be arrested if not out by 6pm. This curfew was in effect until 1956 three years after this publication.

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This image is cut from a book entitled Governors and Governors-General which was an educational book aimed towards high school children in the 1980s. The image shows manacles, whips, ball and chain used upon convicts in Australia.

Description:

This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the British colonial brutalities brought to Australia.

Print
This is a photocopy of a photograph depicting my mother, two aunts and uncle as children living in Coorow at their grandmother's bush camp. The cigarette burn was burned in the original photograph by my mentally ill uncle Robert (the young boy photographed holding a stick).

Description:

This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the trauma and mental illness that came upon my mother and her siblings after this photo was taken. It is also about the last connections these children had to the calming influence of their grandmother and their ancestral country.

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Image from 1961 cut from Ebony Magazine (1983), the Afro-American magazine from New York depicting the funeral courtage of Martin Luther King.

Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is reflecting upon the struggle for emancipation in other countries by black people such as that of Afro-Americans. The image shows the funeral courtage which shows two mules drawing a cart with the coffin of Martin Luther King with Harry Belafonte and James Baldwin as ushers. They walk through the streets of Mississippi in 1968.

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An image cut from the Poole, R. H (ed) (1924) Newnes' Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopaedia Volume One, The White Friars Press, London. The image is of a sculpture of a half finished figure of a peasant woman by Auguste Rodin.

Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is reflecting upon the oppression of Aboriginal women by white male dominance. It is also reflects upon the historical oppression of white women in western societies.

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This image from Wheeler, H. (editor) (1936) The Book of Knowledge: A Pictured Encyclopaedia For Readers of all Ages, The Waverley Book Company, London. The image shows a stylised illustration of Aboriginal people dancing a traditional burial ceremony in Northern Queensland.

Description:

This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is reflecting upon the derogatory and disrespectful lampooning of first nation peoples within sources of knowledge. Such books strongly influenced non-Aboriginal people through education and create a stereotypical view of our sacred rituals and belief systems.

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An image cut from the Poole, R. H (ed) (1924) Newnes' Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopaedia Volume One, The White Friars Press, London. The two images are of a map of Oceania depicting native peoples and their perceived tribal settings and is juxtaposed with an image of a sailing ship used to transport convicts and new settlers to these lands.
Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is reflecting upon the derogatory characterization of Indigenous peoples for the benefit of maintaining dominant discourses on colonisation.

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An image cut from the Poole, R. H (ed) (1924) Newnes' Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopaedia Volume One, The White Friars Press, London. The two images are of Aboriginal children in mission schools (locations unknown). One has a caption on it which describes in derogatory terms the perceived intelligence of Indigenous people in general.
Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is reflecting upon the attitudes towards Aboriginal children within the assimilationist mission .system.Most children received substandard education enduring hunger, hardship and abuse. The legacy of such racist treatment is far reaching in many Aboriginal communities today

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Image cut from Angus & Robertson (1953) The Australian Encyclopaedia, Halstead Press, Sydney depicting native finches from Australia. The Australian Encyclopaedia published for the occasion of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's first tour of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1953.

Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the way Wudjulah (non-indigenous) scientists gather information.

This pastel series is about the way Indigenous people were classified as flora and fauna by the federal government of Australia and scientific circles up until 1967 when we were granted the right to vote and to be classified as human beings.

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Image cut from Angus & Robertson (1953) The Australian Encyclopedia, Halstead Press, Sydney depicting native marsupial fauna in Australia. The Australian Encyclopaedia published for the occasion of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's first tour of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1953.

Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the way Wudjulah (non-indigenous) scientists gather information.

This pastel series is about the way Indigenous people were classified as flora and fauna by the federal government of Australia and scientific circles up until 1967 when we were granted the right to vote and to be classified as human beings

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Image cut from Angus & Robertson (1953) The Australian Encyclopaedia, Halstead Press, Sydney depicting a grove of Balga bushes (or Balka bushes) also known as black boy trees in Western Australia. The Australian Encyclopaedia published for the occasion of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's first tour of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1953.

Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the way Wudjulah (non-indigenous) scientists gather information.

This pastel series is about the way Indigenous people were classified as flora and fauna by the federal government of Australia and scientific circles up until 1967 when we were granted the right to vote and to be classified as human beings.

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Image cut from Angus & Robertson (1953) The Australian Encyclopaedia, Halstead Press, Sydney depicting native butterflies of Australia. The Australian Encyclopaedia published for the occasion of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's first tour of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1953.

Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the way Wudjulah (non-indigenous) scientists gather information.

This pastel series is about the way Indigenous people were classified as flora and fauna by the federal government of Australia and scientific circles up until 1967 when we were granted the right to vote and to be classified as human beings. This is also contemplation on the opposition to the children of nature' meaning Indigenous people and how the children of science' are non-Aboriginal people. Rather than grasping power of nature, western science tends to act as voyeur to nature.

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Image cut from Angus & Robertson (1953) The Australian Encyclopaedia, Halstead Press, Sydney depicting native deep sea fish of Australia. The Australian Encyclopaedia published for the occasion of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's first tour of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1953.

Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the way Wudjulah (non-indigenous) scientists gather information.

This pastel series is about the way Indigenous people were classified as flora and fauna by the federal government of Australia and scientific circles up until 1967 when we were granted the right to vote and to be classified as human beings.

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Image cut from Angus & Robertson (1953) The Australian Encyclopaedia, Halstead Press, Sydney depicting coral formations of the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia. The Australian Encyclopaedia published for the occasion of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's first tour of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1953.

Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the way Wudjulah (non-indigenous) scientists gather information.

This pastel series is about the way Indigenous people were classified as flora and fauna by the federal government of Australia and scientific circles up until 1967 when we were granted the right to vote and to be classified as human beings. This is also a contemplation on the effects of global warming upon reefs resulting in bleaching and the destruction of marine ecosystems that have taken thousands of years to grow.

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An image from Wheeler, H. (editor) (1936) The Book of Knowledge: A Pictured Encyclopaedia For Readers of all Ages, The Waverley Book Company, London. The image shows a female dingo.

Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the way Wudjulah (non-indigenous) scientists gather information.

This pastel series is about the way Indigenous people were classified as flora and fauna by the federal government of Australia and scientific circles up until 1967 when we were granted the right to vote and to be classified as human beings. This is also a contemplation on Indigenous totems such as dingo as a connection to reality. Animals act as guides and messengers about the health of the earth. Dingos are treated as nuisances to livestock and holiday campers but were once valuable companions to Aboriginal hunters. Yorgah is the Noongar word for woman and the dingo is her sacred totem.

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Image cut from Angus & Robertson (1953) The Australian Encyclopaedia, Halstead Press, Sydney depicting Western Australian wildflowers including the Everlasting flower. The Australian Encyclopaedia published for the occasion of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's first tour of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1953.

Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the way Wudjulah (non-indigenous) scientists gather information.

This pastel series is about the way Indigenous people were classified as flora and fauna by the federal government of Australia and scientific circles up until 1967 when we were granted the right to vote and to be classified as human beings.

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Image cut from Angus & Robertson (1953) The Australian Encyclopaedia, Halstead Press, Sydney depicting a native Kangaroo paw flower from Western Australia. The Australian Encyclopaedia published for the occasion of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's first tour of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1953.

Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the way Wudjulah (non-indigenous) scientists gather information.

This pastel series is about the way Indigenous people were classified as flora and fauna by the federal government of Australia and scientific circles up until 1967 when we were granted the right to vote and to be classified as human beings.

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Image cut from Angus & Robertson (1953) The Australian Encyclopaedia, Halstead Press, Sydney depicting native finches of Australia. The Australian Encyclopaedia published for the occasion of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's first tour of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1953.

Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the way Wudjulah (non-indigenous) scientists gather information.

This pastel series is about the way Indigenous people were classified as flora and fauna by the federal government of Australia and scientific circles up until 1967 when we were granted the right to vote and to be classified as human beings. The use of numbering in this images titles is about the methodical obsession with classifications and labelling of nature.

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Image cut from Angus & Robertson (1953) The Australian Encyclopaedia, Halstead Press, Sydney depicting a flower arrangement of native Western Australian flowers. The Australian Encyclopaedia published for the occasion of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's first tour of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1953.

Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the way Wudjulah (non-indigenous) scientists gather information.

This pastel series is about the way Indigenous people were classified as flora and fauna by the federal government of Australia and scientific circles up until 1967 when we were granted the right to vote and to be classified as human beings. The reference to horror' is about the reaction to western claims of ownership of natural resources including delicate flowers.

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Image cut from Angus & Robertson (1953) The Australian Encyclopaedia, Halstead Press, Sydney depicting native snakes of Australia. The Australian Encyclopaedia published for the occasion of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's first tour of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1953.

Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the way Wudjulah (non-indigenous) scientists gather information.

This pastel series is about the way Indigenous people were classified as flora and fauna by the federal government of Australia and scientific circles up until 1967 when we were granted the right to vote and to be classified as human beings. The original illustrator for this encyclopaedia was named E. A. King and the title of this work is a play on his name in relation to Noongar English.

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Image cut from Angus & Robertson (1953) The Australian Encyclopaedia, Halstead Press, Sydney depicting tropical coral fish from Queensland. The Australian Encyclopaedia published for the occasion of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's first tour of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1953.
Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the way Wudjulah (non-indigenous) scientists gather information.
This pastel series is about the way Indigenous people were classified as flora and fauna by the federal government of Australia and scientific circles up until 1967 when we were granted the right to vote and to be classified as human beings.

Collage:
Image cut from Angus & Robertson (1953) The Australian Encyclopaedia, Halstead Press, Sydney depicting deep sea coral fish of Australia. The Australian Encyclopaedia published for the occasion of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's first tour of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1953.

Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the way Wudjulah (non-indigenous) scientists gather information.

This pastel series is about the way Indigenous people were classified as flora and fauna by the federal government of Australia and scientific circles up until 1967 when we were granted the right to vote and to be classified as human beings.

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Image cut from Angus & Robertson (1953) The Australian Encyclopaedia, Halstead Press, Sydney depicting native king brown and tiger snakes of Australia. The Australian Encyclopaedia published for the occasion of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's first tour of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1953.

Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the way Wudjulah (non-indigenous) scientists gather information.

This pastel series is about the way Indigenous people were classified as flora and fauna by the federal government of Australia and scientific circles up until 1967 when we were granted the right to vote and to be classified as human beings.

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Image cut from Angus & Robertson (1953) The Australian Encyclopaedia, Halstead Press, Sydney depicting native pigeons from tropical Queensland. The Australian Encyclopaedia published for the occasion of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's first tour of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1953.

Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the way Wudjulah (non-indigenous) scientists gather information.

This pastel series is about the way Indigenous people were classified as flora and fauna by the federal government of Australia and scientific circles up until 1967 when we were granted the right to vote and to be classified as human beings.

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Image cut from Angus & Robertson (1953) The Australian Encyclopaedia, Halstead Press, Sydney depicting native sea cucumber and star fish from tropical Queensland. The Australian Encyclopaedia published for the occasion of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's first tour of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1953.

Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the way Wudjulah (non-indigenous) scientists gather information.

This pastel series is about the way Indigenous people were classified as flora and fauna by the federal government of Australia and scientific circles up until 1967 when we were granted the right to vote and to be classified as human beings. This is also about the totem animals in the sea and how that many Aboriginal people still cannot claim rights to the sea.

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Image cut from Angus & Robertson (1953) The Australian Encyclopaedia, Halstead Press, Sydney depicting a wattle tree. The Australian Encyclopaedia published for the occasion of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's first tour of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1953.

Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the way Wudjulah (non-indigenous) scientists gather information.

This pastel series is about the way Indigenous people were classified as flora and fauna by the federal government of Australia and scientific circles up until 1967 when we were granted the right to vote and to be classified as human beings. The wattle tree is considered a sacred tree by Noongar people because it is used by Marban (spiritual healers) within specific sacred ceremonies. It became associated with death and misfortune because of its association with massacres of Aboriginal people in early colonial times. It is also used as a symbol of state and national identification for non-Aboriginal people. The face is of a small girl.

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Image cut from Angus & Robertson (1953) The Australian Encyclopaedia, Halstead Press, Sydney depicting a collection of tropical shells found in Queensland. The Australian Encyclopaedia published for the occasion of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's first tour of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1953.
Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the way Wudjulah (non-indigenous) scientists gather information.
This pastel series is about the way Indigenous people were classified as flora and fauna by the federal government of Australia and scientific circles up until 1967 when we were granted the right to vote and to be classified as human beings.

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Image cut from Angus & Robertson (1953) The Australian Encyclopaedia, Halstead Press, Sydney depicting flying insects from tropical Queensland. The Australian Encyclopaedia published for the occasion of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's first tour of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1953.

Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the way Wudjulah (non-indigenous) scientists gather information.

This pastel series is about the way Indigenous people were classified as flora and fauna by the federal government of Australia and scientific circles up until 1967 when we were granted the right to vote and to be classified as human beings.

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An image cut from the Poole, R. H (ed) (1924) Newnes' Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopaedia Volume One, The White Friars Press, London. The image is of two fighting male kangaroos photographed in a zoo in England.

Description:

This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the way Wudjulah (non-indigenous) scientists gather information.

This pastel series is about the way Indigenous people were classified as flora and fauna by the federal government of Australia and scientific circles up until 1967 when we were granted the right to vote and to be classified as human beings. Yonga is the Noongar word for Kangaroo and Yorgah is the Noongar word for woman. This picture is about the totem of the woman in the picture.

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An image from Wheeler, H. (editor) (1936) The Book of Knowledge: A Pictured Encyclopaedia For Readers of all Ages, The Waverley Book Company, London. The image shows an illustrative cross section of an English coal mine.

Description:

This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the way Wudjulah (non-indigenous) industry digs under the earth. Bloody eye' is a term referring to the confusion when the Indigenous worldview is confronted by large scale western industrial exploitation of earth resources.

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An image cut from Dawson, W. (editor) (1954) Western Australia New Horizons, Paterson Brokensha Publisher, Perth. This publication was financed by the Perth Chamber of Commerce and personally endorsed by the Honourable Premier of Western Australia, A. R. Hawke as a promotional magazine for economic investment in the state. The selected image shows an illustrated floating feather which was used as an advertisement for a housing development project.

Description:

This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the spiritual awakening of Aboriginal children within their communities. It is also about the important role that nature plays within a continuation of languages and lore for our communities. A white feather in Western folklore represents cowardice but for Aboriginal people feathers are symbolic of the spiritual connection between the land and the sky.

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An image cut from Dawson, W. (editor) (1954) Western Australia New Horizons, Paterson Brokensha Publisher, Perth. This publication was financed by the Perth Chamber of Commerce and personally endorsed by the Honourable Premier of Western Australia, A. R. Hawke as a promotional magazine for economic investment in the state. The selected image shows a photograph of a wheat farmer and his family during harvest drinking tea.

Description:

This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the tension created when Aboriginal people worked for White families. The wealth and comfortable lifestyle that these families enjoyed was based on the land and labour exploited from Aboriginal people.

This image shows two faces one above each other. The top face is of a woman with an emu totem symbolized by emu tracks running from her face at the centre. The lower face is within a landscape representing the spirit of mother-earth with a full moon rising over a desert landscape. I wanted to talk about the connection that all totems have to mother earth and how the environment is sending Indigenous people messages of warning and stress. Through totems, Aboriginal people become keenly aware of the condition of delicate ecosystems and the danger posed by global exploitation.

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An image cut from Dawson, W. (editor) (1954) Western Australia New Horizons, Paterson Brokensha Publisher, Perth. This publication was financed by the Perth Chamber of Commerce and personally endorsed by the Honourable Premier of Western Australia, A. R. Hawke as a promotional magazine for economic investment in the state. The selected image shows an illustration of a city development site used as part of an advertisement for a construction company.

Description:

This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the construction of the Perth city skyline on the traditional meeting place of Noongar people. Perth was built on a large sand bar where mussel middens were found, where trade was held and seasonal gatherings for hunting and celebrations happened for thousands of generations of Noongar people before settlement. It is an image about the irony of the current curfew in Perth imposed upon young Noongar people to keep them off the streets after dark.

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Two postcards reproducing two 19th century birthday wish cards. One depicting swallows and another a basket of flowers.
Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the western concept of celebrating birthdays. Birth for Aboriginal people is celebrated by the whole community but was never commemorated each year. Instead, the sacred location, animal or plant associated with your birth was celebrated and protected by you and your whole community. You became custodian of that sacred place. Referring to postcards in this piece is about the temporary ephemera and reference to nature associated with Western celebrations of birthdays.

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Image cut from Angus & Robertson (1953) The Australian Encyclopaedia, Halstead Press, Sydney depicting the national theatre ballet performing Raindance' from the Rex Reid's ballet Corroboree. The painted costumes and set were designed by Sydney Nolan. The Australian Encyclopaedia published for the occasion of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's first tour of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1953.
Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image because the original ballet troupe, designers and producers travelled to inland Aboriginal communities for inspiration'. This trip took them only a week and is largely believed to have been a naive interpretation for its era on Aboriginal spirituality.
This work is about the history of artistic appropriation of Indigenous culture by non-Aboriginal arts establishment. It questions the trajectory of today's relationships between Indigenous cultural practice and the non-Indigenous arts search for meaning in the Australian context - land, spirituality and national identity.

Reference: http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/nlanews/2004/mar04/article3.html

Collage:
Image cut from Angus & Robertson (1953) The Australian Encyclopaedia, Halstead Press, Sydney depicting tropical coral fish from Queensland. The Australian Encyclopaedia published for the occasion of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's first tour of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1953.
Description:
This image shows a member from the community in which I live. The person is looking as if in contemplation of the image and is about reflecting upon the way Wudjulah (non-indigenous) scientists gather information.
This pastel series is about the way Indigenous people were classified as flora and fauna by the federal government of Australia and scientific circles up until 1967 when we were granted the right to vote and to be classified as human beings.