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Mount Sonder and possums 2003

Artwork Mount Sonder and possums this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint on linen, created in 2003-01-01
Accession No.
2003.163
Date Created
2003
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Indigenous Australian Art
Dimensions A
90 x 120cm
Media Category
Painting
Secondary Media Category
synthetic polymer paint
Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
Place Created
Hermannsburg, NT
Credit Line
Purchased 2003. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation

Here Lindy Rontji depicts Mount Sonder, one of the most significant sites for Arrernte people. An Arrernte story tells of a woman who came over the mountains to lie in the valley and was subsequently transformed into Mount Sonder. While there does not appear to be a specific relationship to this story in the painting, Rontji is evidently paying tribute to her ancestral country in the Mount Sonder region.
 

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A watercolour painting of a Central Australian landscape.
THE HERMANNSBURG SCHOOL

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