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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art

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
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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

Features

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

Reflections

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