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COLOURING COUNTRY: Artworks from Aileen, Allery Sandy and contemporaries

Past exhibition
26 April - 23 May 2024
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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Aileen Sandy, Jiirda ( Increasing Site ), 2022

Aileen Sandy Australian, Yinjabarni, b. 1951

Jiirda ( Increasing Site ), 2022
acrylic on canvas
79 x 118 cm
6294-22
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This is a special site for our people. A ceremonial place that has been passed down to us from elder to elder. It is a place where people ask for...
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This is a special site for our people. A ceremonial place that has been passed down to us from elder to elder. It is a place where people ask for bush tucker in their country. For this to work, we rub the white chalk from Jiirda on our hands then scatter it back onto the Jiirda hill and say where we want the plants to grow.
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