Government officials took the only photos Florence Onus has of her grandparents — "mugshots" taken before they were forced off Country and onto an Aboriginal reserve. Not long after they were forced from their country, her grandfather Arthur Fogarty was jailed for being an "agitator" at Woorabinda, where Ms Onus's family were punished for contact with relatives and speaking language. …
When curator Hetti Perkins talks about 'ceremony' she invokes the image of an iceberg: the public part we experience is the tip, floating above the water — but below that surface there are stories with immense depth and breadth known only to our ancestors and senior people. "It's been a real privilege for me to be part of this project …
A 10-year-old boy has found an Indigenous artefact while playing in bushland east of Mount Isa, but the discovery has come as no surprise to his family. Key points: An Indigenous artefact used as a spearhead has been found in Mount Isa bushland Nundji Cerr, 10, found it while walking with his family His grandfather, Doug Bruce, says many artefacts …
Glenda McCulloch works on a covered concrete slab behind her house in Mount Isa in the far north-west of Queensland. But Ms McCulloch was focused, ignoring the chaos and purely dedicated to creating colourful Aboriginal art that she sells to people all around Australia. "He's been making them for years, so when I started painting I was like: 'Dad, go …