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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art

Sunday December 22

Anglican bishop and Torres Strait Islander elder in front of a wartime memorial

Remembrance Day 2024 message from Uncle Milton Walit and Archbishop Jeremy Greaves

“Today we are standing in Brisbane’s Anzac Square next to the stunning memorial to Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service men and women,” say Uncle Milton Walit and Archbishop Jeremy Greaves

The 2023 rugby Indigenous round was held at Churchie in September 2023

Culture takes the field at Churchie's rugby Indigenous round

Churchie’s 2023 Indigenous rugby jersey and Indigenous round celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures

Captain of the Reconciliation Action Plan Group, Breanna Burnett; Mr David Williams, Executive Director of Gilimbaa and Old Flinderian; Secondary teacher Mr Andrew Street; and, Chaplain The Rev'd Kathrin Koning unveiling the College's Reconciliation artwork at Matthew Flinders Anglican College in Term 1 2023

Bespoke artwork unveiled to tell Flinders Reconciliation journey

Titled Surrounded by our past, united by our future, the artwork was created in collaboration with students through Gilimbaa, a local Queensland creative agency run by a Wakka Wakka artist and Old Flinderian

Connecting First Nations children with Country and culture

“Jarjums Connect Group was established for all children, carers, families, staff, First Nations Elders and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members to come together and immerse themselves in the sharing of First Nations history, cultural knowledge and a variety of cultural practices,” says Anglicare’s Lalania Tusa

Aboriginal art: remembering and healing

“Growing up, I would sit with my mother and grandmother and listen to the stories of our traditional customs, hunting and gathering, creation and dreaming stories, animals in the area and daily practices. My mother guided me in translating these stories through a variety of techniques and tools onto canvas and other forms of art,” says Kuku Yalanji woman and Anglicare Southern Queensland staff member Lalania Tusa

Ancient Aboriginal practice meets Divine Christian call

A stunning Aboriginal dot painting has been commissioned to commemorate Archbishop Phillip Aspinall’s 2020-2022 Diocesan ‘Being Together’ theme, fittingly upholding our community’s commitment to Reconciliation and our call as a Church to seek unity and holiness

First Nations ‘icons’ – a portal to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Spiritualities

“The purpose of our recent meditation gathering was to create a space for reflection and learning using, as our ‘portal’, three magnificent paintings collectively depicted in the Bible Society’s ‘Christian Book of the Year 2017’, Our Mob, God’s Story, which features over 115 paintings by 65 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from around Australia,” says St Matthew’s, Holland Park parishioner, Randal Dennings