Indigenous Australian art
Artistic expressions from the world's oldest continuing culture are drawn from all regions of the country in the Gallery's holdings of Indigenous Australian artworks, with a focus the on rich diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and experiences in Queensland.
The Indigenous Australian Art collection has a focus on contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, printmaking, photography, video and installation. It includes the most significant collection of contemporary Indigenous Australian fibre art from across the country, with objects made from natural and introduced materials, related sculptural objects and paintings and prints which reference fibre and reflect major themes and stories.
(Three men with spears) c.1954
- UNKNOWN - Creator
(Station) c.1954
- ROOTSEY, Joe - Creator
(Landscape) c.1954
- ROOTSEY, Joe - Creator
(Waterfall) c.1954
- ROOTSEY, Joe - Creator
Long Beach c.1954
- ROOTSEY, Joe - Creator
(Landscape) c.1954
- ROOTSEY, Joe - Creator
(Creek) c.1954
- ROOTSEY, Joe - Creator
(Landscape) c.1954
- ROOTSEY, Joe - Creator
(Waterfall) c.1954
- ROOTSEY, Joe - Creator
(Landscape) c.1954
- ROOTSEY, Joe - Creator
(Landscape) c.1954
- ROOTSEY, Joe - Creator
(Landscape) c.1954
- ROOTSEY, Joe - Creator
(Waterfall) c.1954
- ROOTSEY, Joe - Creator
(Coastal landscape) c.1954
- ROOTSEY, Joe - Creator
(Landscape) c.1954
- ROOTSEY, Joe - Creator
(Coastal landscape) c.1954
- ROOTSEY, Joe - Creator
(Aboriginal station hand) c.1954
- ROOTSEY, Joe - Creator
(Kids hunting kangaroo) c.1954
- ROOTSEY, Joe - Creator
(Aboriginal men at creek) c.1954
- ROOTSEY, Joe - Creator
Necklace 1989
- BILLY, Patrick - Creator
Pair of earrings 1989
- BINAWEL, Bobby - Creator
Trinity Bay 1955
- ROOTSEY, Joe - Creator
(Waterfall) c.1954
- ROOTSEY, Joe - Creator
Ceremonial armbands 1996
- UNKNOWN - Creator
Searching for tracks 2007
- OMEENYO, Fiona - Creator