Still in my Mind : Gurindji location, experience and visuality

Croft, Brenda L., 1964- ; Smith, Penny, 1940- ; Meakins, Felicity

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AUSTRALIANA ABORIGINAL HISTORY ART

Accompanies the exhibition at the University of Queensland Art Museum.

Inspired by the words of revered Gurindji/ Malngin leader Vincent Lingiari, ‘that land… I still got it on my mind,’ Still in my mind reflects on events preceding and following the seminal Gurindji Walk Off – where Lingiari led over 200 countrymen, women and children off Wave Hill Station to protest poor wages and conditions.

Curator and participating artist Professor Brenda L. Croft developed the exhibition through long-standing practice-led research with her father’s community, Karungkarni Art and Culture Aboriginal Corporation and UNSW Galleries, UNSW Art & Design.

“The 1966 Walk-Off was a trigger point in the national land rights movement in Australia, so the events of this time and place are significant to me as a Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra woman, through my direct family connection to the area, and through my family’s experience as members of the Stolen Generations,” Croft said.

In developing the exhibition Croft retraced the steps of those who made the 22-kilometre Wave Hill Walk-Off journey half a century ago in homage to those before her:

“I was motivated to develop this exhibition in partnership with Karungkarni artists and Gurindji community members in tribute to those whose profound communal act of courage, resilience and determination changed the course of history,” Ms Croft said.

 

Additional Information

AuthorCroft, Brenda L., 1964- ; Smith, Penny, 1940- ; Meakins, Felicity
Number of pages148 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), 1 colour map, portraits (chiefly colour) ; 26 cm
PublisherUniversity of Queensland Art Museum
Year Published2017
Binding Type

French flaps, Softcover

Book Condition

FINE!

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