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A detail view of a bright, abstract work.

SEEDS AND SOVEREIGNTY

QAGOMA COLLECTION: ‘Seeds and Sovereignty’

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EXPANDED LABEL: 2017.378.001-005 AH KEE

EXPANDED LABEL: 2017.392.002 2017.392.003 WANAMBI

EXPANDED LABEL: 2019.145 RENNIE

EXPANDED LABEL: 2020.049 RARRU

A detail view of an abstract painting made with black and white paints.

EXPANDED LABEL: 2014.323a-d GABORI

Kulama by Timothy Cook

EXPANDED LABEL: 2012.490 2013.005 COOK

A detail view of a painting made with bright red, pink, teal and white paint.

LAND OF ALL

ESSAY: ‘Gabori's large-scale paintings’

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An installation view of a gallery space set over an indoor pond or water feature, on which three memorial poles are displayed on a plinth.

ESSAY: LARRAKITJ (MEMORIAL POLES)

EXPANDED LABEL: 2017.353 GABORI

EXPANDED LABEL: 2015.142 NAPANGATI

EXPANDED LABEL: 2019.056a-l HARDING

EXPANDED LABEL: 2022.084 AH KEE

A detail view of an abstract painting made with bright red, blue and black paint against a white background.

LAND OF ALL

ESSAY: ‘Gabori's Makarrki 2008’

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A detail view of an abstract artwork made with deep pinky-purple, light pink and yellow paint.

LAND OF ALL

ESSAY: ‘A gift of works by Sally Gabori’

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A detail view of an abstract painting made with bright pinks, oranges and teals with white and black lines.

BIO: Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori

ESSAY: ‘TONY ALBERT: Visible’

ESSAY: Danie Mellor — Landspace

EXPANDED LABEL: 2022.215a- MELLOR

Four string bags woven from wire and feathers.

WATER

Lorraine Connelly-Northey

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A detail view of an abstract artwork representing string over blue water.

WATER

Judy Watson

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A work that appears as a midden of oyster shells on black sand, installed on the floor of a gallery space.

WATER

Megan Cope

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A colourful abstract artwork by First Nations artist Naomi Hobson, painted using traditional techniques.

GONE FISHING

ALONG THE SHORELINE

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A cropped installation view of five woven fish traps made in varying earth-tones.

GONE FISHING

TRAPS, TACKLE AND GEAR

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An installation view that appears as a large midden of white shells piled in front of a white gallery wall, in a corner.

GONE FISHING

SEA RIGHTS: Politics, lore and custom

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ESSAY: 2004.205 BAYPUNGALA / Nganiyal

EXPANDED LABEL: 2003.043 WURRKIDJ

ESSAY: 2003.162 PWERLE

ESSAY: 2004.089 Judy BAYPUNGALA

ESSAY: 'Samsara' series / FOLEY MELLOR