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Everyone's journey is unique, this painting symbolises the individuality of everyone's journey.
This represents a mother's journey of childbirth and the creation of her young through the pain endured throughout her and her children's journey.
This is a combination of our Indigenous symbols that I have learnt about in jail. I have learnt their meaning and how they were used within our community. I often think to myself that I am the luckiest person in the world to have a culture so beautiful and rich. Our connection to all things is so spiritual; the whispers from the trees and vibrations from the ground. I can feel my Ancestors calling me home.
The symbols in my artwork represent; (Starting from the top right-hand corner and going clockwise):
Totems are also very important in our culture. When travelling into another Mob's Country it is important to give respect to that Mob's totem, as you would your own. Our totems are animals such as the goanna, kangaroo and emu. I feel strong and empowered learning about my culture.
Everyone's journey is unique, this painting symbolises the individuality of everyone's journey.
This represents a mother's journey of childbirth and the creation of her young through the pain endured throughout her and her children's journey.
This is a combination of our Indigenous symbols that I have learnt about in jail. I have learnt their meaning and how they were used within our community. I often think to myself that I am the luckiest person in the world to have a culture so beautiful and rich. Our connection to all things is so spiritual; the whispers from the trees and vibrations from the ground. I can feel my Ancestors calling me home.
The symbols in my artwork represent; (Starting from the top right-hand corner and going clockwise):
Totems are also very important in our culture. When travelling into another Mob's Country it is important to give respect to that Mob's totem, as you would your own. Our totems are animals such as the goanna, kangaroo and emu. I feel strong and empowered learning about my culture.
Including a piece about kids dancing and going walkabout and Chippa's interpretation of Country.
This interview was part of Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service’s Invasion Day webinar in January this year. The Q&A spoke to an incredible panel of First Nations people, each with their own unique experiences of the criminal legal system.
This is my interpretation of Country. The greens and browns take me back to the quiet and secluded areas I've worked on and stayed on whilst camping and living off Country.
A wide-ranging report commissioned by the federal government has called for “urgent and proactive” system-level reforms to improve the standard of health care provided to First Nations people in prison.
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