FIRST NATIONS ART TOURS: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Further Reading and Information
Continue building your knowledge, understanding and appreciation for First Nations storytelling, art and history with these resources.
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FEATURED ARTISTS AND ARTWORK STORIES
D Harding, Woori red, 2024
D Harding / Bidjara, Ghungalu and Garingbal people, Australia b.1982 / Woori red 2024 / Ghungalu red soil, gum acacia, wool felt, farrier nails / Artwork supported by members of the Harding and Lawton families / © The artist and Milani Gallery, Meanjin/Brisbane / Photo: C Callistemon, QAGOMA
The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art: D Harding
QAGOMA Stories: We start with the First Australians
QAGOMA Stories: D Harding investigates social and political realities
QAGOMA Discussion: ‘mudunama kundana wandaraba jarribirri: Judy Watson’
State Library of Queensland: D Harding digital story: The James C.Sourris AM Collection
Alick Tipoti, Kudusur, 2017
Alick Tipoti / Kala Lagaw Ya people, Australia b.1975 / Kudusur 2017 / Commercial acrylic paint / Commissioned 2017 / © The artist / Photo: N Harth, QAGOMA
QAGOMA Blog | Watch Alick Tipoti create his mural ‘Kudusur’
QAGOMA YouTube | Alick Tipoti introduces his mural ‘Kudusur’
QAGOMA Collection Online | Alick Tipoti
NAIDOC | 2024 Caring for Country and Culture award
National Gallery of Australia (NGA) | Alick Tipoti: A contemporary approach to storytelling in art
Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) | Alick Tipoti
Kim Ah Sam, Our Country, 2024
Kim Ah Sam / Kalkadoon/Kuku Yalanji people Australia, b.1967 / Our Country 2024, from ‘Woven identity: “it’s not only me”’ series / Repurposed rope, twine, raffia, wire, bamboo, emu feathers / © The artist / Photo: N Umek, QAGOMA
The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art | Kim Ah Sam
Art Gallery of NSW (AGNSW) | Kim Ah Sam
NorthSite | Woven Identity “it’s not only me”
Karla Dickens, As above, so below , 2024
Karla Dickens / Wiradjuri, Irish and German heritage, Australia b.1967 / As above, so below 2024 from the ‘Disastrous’ 2022 series, the ‘Hell or High Water’ 2022-23 series, and the ‘Keeping it together’ 2023-24 series / Mixed Media / © The artist and STATION, Melbourne and Sydney / Photograph: N Umek, QAGOMA
The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art | Karla Dickens
Artist Profile | Karla Dickens
Art Gallery of NSW (AGNSW) | Karla Dickens
YouTube | Artist Talk: Karla Dickens, Griffith University Art Museum
Central and Western Desert painters
Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri, Bushfire Corroboree, 1973
Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri / Anmatyerre & Arrernte people, Australia NT b. c.1929 - 1984 / Bushfire Corroboree 1973 / Synthetic polymer paint on composition board / 60 x 57cm / Purchased 2020 with the support of the Australian Government through the National Cultural Heritage Account and the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Accession No: 2020.035 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Estate of Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri/Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency
QAGOMA Essay | Bushfire Corroboree
National Gallery of Australia (NGA) | Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri
Art Gallery of NSW (AGNSW) | Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri
National Museum of Australia (NMA) | Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri
Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri, Swamps around Nyirripi, 2005
Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri / Luritja/Warlpiri people / Australia NT late 1940s - 2022 / Swamps around Nyirripi, 2005 / Synthetic polymer paint on linen / 191 x 155cm / Purchased 2005 / Accession No: 2005.257 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Estate of Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri/Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency
QAGOMA Collection | Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri
National Gallery Australia (NGA) | Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri
Kate Owen Gallery | Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri
AAIA Aboriginal Art | Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri
QAGOMA EXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTION
CURRENT & UPCOMING
The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
30 Nov 2024 – 27 Apr 2025 | Queensland Art Gallery &
Gallery of Modern Art
Danie Mellor: marru | the unseen visible
15 Mar – 3 Aug 2025 | Queensland Art Gallery
son, Permanent | GOMA
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Permanent | QAG
Indigenous Australian Art Collection
The Indigenous Australian Art collection has a focus on contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, printmaking, photography, video and installation.
RESEARCHING FAMILY HISTORY
Finding Family with Who’s Your Mob?
Tracing your First Nations family history and don't know where to start? Discover key resources for family history research with the State Library of Queensland.
Grogan family outside their cottage, 1935-1950. 28187 Photographs of the Grogan and Maggable families John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Image number: 28187-0002-0008
The State Library of QLD developed the Who's Your Mob video guides with the support of Telstra and the Deadly Digital Communities initiative, helping to develop digital skills through exploring family history.
AIATSIS Family History
AIATSIS have a range of resources to assist you with your Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family history research. They can also help you find information in the AIATSIS collection and other collections in Australia.
PLACES TO VISIT
- Aboriginal Art Co.
- Blaklash Creative
- QAGOMA Research library
- Queensland Museum
- State Library of Queensland | kuril dhagun
ONLINE RESOURCES
- AIATSIS | Map of Indigenous Australia
- Aboriginal Embassy
- ABC News | Why an Acknowledgement of Country is important (and advice on how to give one)
- Australian Government | Native Title information Australia Council | Protocols for using First Nation Cultural and intellectual property in the arts
- Australians Together | Welcome to and Acknowledgement of Country
- Brenda Matthews | The Last Daughter | Stolen Generation Common Ground | A First Nations NFP & collective of First Nations people changing systems through storytelling
- Common Ground | The Frontier Wars
- Common Ground | For Our Elders: Guide for Respectfully Communicating with Elders
- The Guardian | The Killing Times (Frontier Wars map)
- National Reconciliation Week
- Reconciliation Australia | National Sorry Day
- Parliament of Australia | Apology to Australia’s Indigenous Peoples
- Healing Foundation | National Apology to Stolen Generations survivors
- Healing Foundation | The National Apology to the Stolen Generations Fact Sheet pdf
- Mapping Brisbane History | Indigenous Aboriginal Sites of Southside Brisbane
- NAVA | First Nations engagement guide
- Queensland Government – Australian South Sea Islanders
- State Library of Queensland | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collections
- State Library of Queensland | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages
- State Library of Queensland | Community History
- State Library of Queensland | International Year of Indigenous Languages | Aboriginal placenames of South-East Queensland
- State Library of Queensland | Australian South Sea Islanders 150 years: What does it mean?
- Queensland State Archives | Research Guide to Australian South Sea Islander records
- Crown Law | Native Title information - Brisbane CBD & surrounding areas
- Terrie Janke and Company | Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP)
- Welcome to Country | Kinship Systems
READ
- Brenda Matthews | The Last Daughter | Text Publishing, 2023
- Bruce Pascoe | Young Dark Emu | Magabala Books, 2019
- Bruce Pascoe | Dark Emu | Magabala Books, 2014
- Judy Watson | women of brisbane | Museum of Brisbane 2021
- Larissa Behrendt | Finding Eliza: power and colonial storytelling, 2016
- Margo Neale, Lynne Kelly | Songlines: The Power and Promise | Thames and Hudson, 2020
- Melissa Lucashenko | Edenglassie | UQP, 2023
- Michael Aird | Brisbane Blacks | Keeaira Press, 2001
- Terri Janke | True Tracks | UNSW Press, 2021
- Indigenous Australian Art Books published by QAGOMA
- Books about Indigenous Australian art and culture available at QAGOMA Store
WATCH
The Last Daughter | Documentary, History
QAGOMA YouTube | Australian Indigenous Art playlist
SBS On Demand | The First Inventors | Documentary, 4 episodes, Season 1)
SBS On Demand | Living Black: Arts Special | News and Current Affairs, Karla Grant
SBS On Demand | Art + Soul | Documentary, 2 Seasons
SBS On Demand | Around the Campfire | Documentary, History, 2 Seasons, 10 Episodes
The University of Sydney | Aboriginal Kinship Presentation: 1. Moiety
The University of Sydney | Aboriginal Kinship Presentation: 2. Totems
The University of Sydney | Aboriginal Kinship Presentation: 3. Skin Names
The University of Sydney | Aboriginal Kinship Presentations: Nations, Clans and Family Groups
The University of Sydney | Aboriginal Kinship Presentation: Lines of Communication
The University of Sydney | Aboriginal Kinship Presentation: Language and Traditional Affiliations
The University of Sydney | Aboriginal Kinship Presentation: Disconnected Lines
YouTube | An introduction to Australian Indigenous History with Aunty Helen Bnads
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