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Marysville & District Historical Society
Article (item) - Book Extract, Aboriginal History, Unknown
... yorta yorta... phillip murray river yorta yorta yowung-illam-balluk waring-illam ...An extract from a book regarding a brief history of the Kulin nation of the North Central district of Victoria.An extract from a book regarding a brief history of the Kulin nation of the North Central district of Victoria. This history covered is both prior to European history and post-European history. The extract also covers current (1991) status of Aboriginal affairs and European settlement of the area.kulin nation, woiworung, taungurong, bunurong, watherong, jajowrong, wurrundjeri-willam, waring-ilam-balluk, goulburn valley, acheron valley, upper goulburn district, eildon-thornton, eildon homestead, o'rourke, thornton, assistant protector thomas, yarra valley, kilmore, mount william, jt gellibrand, william buckley, major mitchell, port phillip, murray river, yorta yorta, yowung-illam-balluk, waring-illam-balluk, ngurai-illam-wurrung, kurnai nation, protectorate system, victoria, george robinson, chief protector, willam thomas, james dredge, edward parker, charles sievewright, central board for the protection of aborigines, presbyterian mission, anglican mission, moravian mission, wonga, munnarin, beaning, murrin murrin, parugean, baruppin, koo-gurrin, acheron river, little river, acheron run, peter snodgrass, stephen jones, barak, dividing range, black spur, watts river, badger creek, healesville, coranderrk, victorian christmas bush, aboriginal and torres strait islander heritage protection act 1984, archaelological and aboriginal relics preservation act 1972, camp jungai, rubicon, warrawa college, victorian archaeological survey, hume and hovell, molesworth, broadford, william hamilton, alexandra, mansfield, avenel, tallarook, worrough, john cotton, trawool valley, seymour, pyalong, gold mining, central victoria, strath creek, reedy creek, yea, jamieson, marysville, jordan goldfields, comet mine, wandong, melbourne-albury railway, rabbit plague, narbethong, lord kitchener, puckapunyal military camp, 1944 decentralisation policy, eildon weir, hume freeway bypass, timber industry, australian paper manufacturers mill -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Kit, Rosemary McKenry, Deadly eh, Cuz! : teaching speakers of Koorie English, 1996
... Yorta Yorta... Street Brunswick melbourne Yorta Yorta Goulburn Valley Koorie ...This kit was produced as a professional development course for primary and secondary teachers and Koorie educators. Teachers of tertiary students have also found the course useful. It has been republished by Language Australia Ltd, and is based on raising teachers' awareness of Koorie English.videocassettes, audio cassettes, brochures, bookletsyorta yorta, goulburn valley, koorie english, professional development, teaching, education, secondary school education, tertiary education, koorie english literacy project -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Kit, Rosemary McKenry, Deadly eh, Cuz! : teaching speakers of Koorie English, 1996
... Yorta Yorta... Street Brunswick melbourne Yorta Yorta Goulburn Valley Koorie ...This kit was produced as a professional development course for primary and secondary teachers and Koorie educators. Teachers of tertiary students have also found the course useful. It has been republished by Language Australia Ltd, and is based on raising teachers' awareness of Koorie English.videocassette, brochures, bookletsyorta yorta, goulburn valley, koorie english, professional development, teaching, education, secondary school education, tertiary education, koorie english literacy project -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Reference, Indigenous languages of Victoria : revival and reclamation : reference materials : Wergaia language (selected examples)
... Yorta... Yota Yota Yorta Yorta Yabula Yabula Jabulajabula Maps, word ...Collated materials intended as examples for the VCE subject. Features materials by Barry Blake, Julie Reid, Luise Hercus, R. Brough Smyth, R.H. Mathews and A.W. Howitt.Maps, word listskulin, woiwurrung, boonwurrung, thagungwurrung, bunganditj, warrnambool, colac, wathawurrung, central victoria, yota yota, yorta, yorta, yabula yabula, jabulajabula -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Thesis, Cathrine Koukmenides, Pronouns as evidence for genetic relationships in Victorian languages, 1997
... Yorta Yorta...-Bereba Barababaraba Colac Warrnambool Bunganditj Kulin Yorta ...Thesis on language in Victoria, includes historical notes.Maps, charts, word listspama-nyungan, warnman, gundungurra, dyirringan, wathaurong, wathawurrung, tyattyalla, wudjubaluk, wuttyabullak, woiwurrung, kulin, madhi-madhi, wadi-wadi, wamba-wamba, wemba wemba, bereba-bereba, barababaraba, colac, warrnambool, bunganditj, kulin, yorta yorta, yabula yabula, jabulajabula, dhudhuroa, pallanganmidda, gippsland, ganai, gunai kurnai -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Donna Leslie, Aboriginal art : creativity and assimilation, 2008
... Yorta Yorta... Street Brunswick melbourne Yorta Yorta Cummeragunja Albert ...Chapters entitled History of Aboriginal Art, Imagining Albert Namatjira, Indigenous Renaissance, Creative Revolution, The Art of Les Griggs and The Art of Lin Onus.colour photographs, b&w photographs, colour illustrations, document reproductionsyorta yorta, cummeragunja, albert namatjira, les griggs, lin onus, indigenous art -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Chris Keeler, Meerreeng-an here is my country : the story of Aboriginal Victoria told through art, 2010
... Yorta Yorta... Wathaurung Wergaia Wotjobaluk Wurundjeri Yorta Yorta maps, b&w ...maps, b&w illustrations, colour illustrations, colour photographsbangerang, bidawal, boonwurrung, dharwurd wurrung, dja dja wurrung, djab wurrung, gunnai kurnai, jardwadjali, jadawadjali, keerray woorroong, latji latji, peek wurrong, taungurung, wathaurung, wergaia, wotjobaluk, wurundjeri, yorta yorta -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book with CD-ROM, Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia, Australia's Indigenous languages, 1996
... yorta yorta... education linguistics language and technology yorta yorta ganai Maps ...The book shows that Australia's languages are rich, living languages that are relevant to all Australians. You can share the pride that Indigenous people have in their language by reading their accounts of what their language means to them and by learning about how Australian Indigenous languages are structured and used.Maps, colour illustrations, colour photographs, word lists, sheet music, CD-ROMlanguage and culture, bilingual education, linguistics, language and technology, yorta yorta, ganai -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Indigenous Youth of Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre, Goeem ba Gnorr Gnorr : the Kangaroo and the Wombat : a Creation story in Wathaurong Language, 2009
... Yorta Yorta... Street Brunswick melbourne Wathaurong Yorta Yorta storytelling ...Creation story with word listmaps, illustrationswathaurong, yorta yorta, storytelling, word list -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Sarah Diplock, Kooboro and friends, 2008
... Yorta Yorta... Street Brunswick melbourne Taungurung Yorta Yorta Woiwurrung ...A book of stories by children, created from three workshops run in September 2008.Photographs, illustrationstaungurung, yorta yorta, woiwurrung, wurundjeri, lamalama, pallawah, wiljali, gunditjmara, wotjabaluk, noongar, mutti mutti, wiradjiri, bunjil, kulin, aunty joy murphy, uncle larry walsh, uncle richard frankland, aunty annette sax, stories, poetry -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Arts Victoria et al, Nyernila : listen continuously : Aboriginal Creation stories of Victoria, 2014
... Yorta... Boonwurrung Woiwurrung Taungurung Dja Dja Wurrung Wathaurong Yorta ...Creation stories from Language groups around VictoriaColour photographs, maps, word listsbidawal, gunai/kurnai, ngarigu, boonwurrung, woiwurrung, taungurung, dja dja wurrung, wathaurong, yorta, yorta, gunditjmara, dhauwurd wurrung, tyakoort woorroong, keerray woorroong, kee wooroong, gadubanud, djab wurrung, wergaia, wadiwadi dadi dadi, yita yita, mutti mutti, wemba wemba, creation stories, -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, In other words : souvenir program 2005, 2005
... Yorta Yorta... Dungibara Ewamin Garumngar Jiman Inala Tiddas Yorta Yorta Mer Murray ...A program from the "In Other Words" Festival, celebrating poets and translators from around Australia and across the world. Features poetry, essays and songs from Jeanie Bell & Vanessa Fisher, Lou Bennet, Ricardo Idagi, and Bruce Pascoe. Works in English and Language.Black and white photographsvacl, south-east queensland, cherbourg, dungibara, ewamin, garumngar, jiman, inala, tiddas, yorta yorta, mer, murray island, wurundjeri, aunty joy murphy wandin, wathaurong aboriginal cooperative, jeanie bell, vanessa fisher, lou bennett, ricardo idagi, bruce pascoe -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Eve Mumewa D Fesl, A guide for Koorie community Language centres
... Yorta Yorta... Wergaia Yorta Yorta Dadi Dadi Maps, word lists Looking at maps ...Looking at maps and word lists that record the use of languages and dialects in the areas. Gives tips for recording languages and language lists.Maps, word listskulin, ganai, wadi wadi, wemba wemba, wergaia, yorta yorta, dadi dadi -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Ian D Clark, Place names and land tenure : windows into Aboriginal landscapes : essays in Victorian Aboriginal history, 1998
... Yorta Yorta... Taungurung Dja Dja Wurrung Jardwadjali Jodajoda Yorta Yorta Nguri ...This work is a collection of twelve essays that are concerned with place names, clan organisation and local and regional Aboriginal history.maps, document reproductionsdjab wurrung, ngengen wurrung, koroitgundidj, dhauwurud wurrung, djab wurrung, barababaraba, daung wurrung, taungurung, dja dja wurrung, jardwadjali, jodajoda, yorta yorta, nguri-illam wurrung, waywurru, koroit, buangor, mt eccles, mt napier, langi ghiran, grampians national park, massacres, clan organization, land tenure, george augustus robinson, samuel carter, aldo massola, alfred william howitt -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Dr Ian D Clark et al, Feasibility studies : language research officer, 1999
... Yorta Yorta... Yorta Yorta Feasibility studies : language research officer Book ...wembawemba, wemba wemba, wadiwadi, wadi wadi, watha wurrung, wathaurong, daung wurrung, taungurung, woi wurrung, woiwurrung, way wurru, dhudhuroa, djadja wurrung, joda joda, yorta yorta -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Dr Ian D Clark et al, Language resources : a report to the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages for the Wurundjeri Land Tribe Compensation and Cultural Heritage Council Inc, 1998
... Yorta Yorta... wurrung Yorta Yorta Way wurru Dhudhuroa Wadiwadi Wadi Wadi ...Language resources for a number of Victorian Indigenous languages.daungwurrung, taungurung, woiwurrung, woi wurrung, yorta yorta, way wurru, dhudhuroa, wadiwadi, wadi wadi, wembawemba, wemba wemba, wathawurrung, wathaurong -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Jim Wafer et al, A handbook of Aboriginal languages of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, 2008
... Yorta Yorta... Street Brunswick melbourne Madhi Madhi Wemba Wemba Yorta Yorta ...Provides a survey of the Indigenous languages of NSW and the ACT and word-lists for 42 distinct language varieties. With a chapter on contact languages by Jean HarkinsMaps, word listsmadhi madhi, wemba wemba, yorta yorta, dhudhuroa, bidawal -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Aboriginal Community Elders Service et al, Aboriginal elders' voices : stories of the "tide of history" : Victorian Indigenous elders' life stories &? oral histories, 2003
... Yorta Yorta... oral histories Yorta Yorta Dja Dja Wurrung language maps ...This book is a collection of Victorian Indigenous Elders' life stories and oral histories. The Elders share their stories in an attempt to ensure that both sides of Australia's history are finally heard. These stories tell of cultural resistance on missions, of defying assimilation laws, of forever moving around to save children from the welfare. They document the development of both fringe and urban communities and work in the Aboriginal rights movement. They clarify the ways in which these experiences have affected the individual authors along with the indigenous population in general. Also included in the book is a brief history and analysis of the legislation, policies, attitudes and strategies that have affected the lives of the authors and their families since colonisation. This aspect provides an historical perspective, encouraging a deeper understanding of the Elders' stories. Reconciliation can only eventuate with an understanding gained from hearing and including the voices of Indigenous Australians. Contents: The writing team Indigenous elders: keepers of knowledge; custodians of land and culture Aboriginal lands Missions and reserves Growing up running from the welfare /? Aunty Olive Jackson Respecting our Elders /? Aunty Lola James If your mother didn't tell you, then your grandmother did! /? Uncles Les Stewart Don't dwell on trouble /? Aunty Audrey Critch There are my people /? Aunty Gwen Nelson We were all cousins, more or less /? Aunty Iris Lovett-Gardiner Aboriginality is about culture, not colour /? Aunty Dianne Phillips Take up the opportunities we struggled to make /? Aunty Frances Gallagher Home /? Aunty Eileen Alberts We were supposed to forget our Aboriginality /? Aunty Gwen Garoni Not enough heart to say sorry? /? Uncle Brian Kennewell-Taylor Learning from indigenous elders: Keeping the traditions, keeping the culture strong; Since time immemorial; Invasion: the tide ran red; The flood of legislation; Stolen children; Cultural resistance: holding on to children traditions and land; Organised resistance: a movement is born; The 1950s: community resistance to race laws; The price of assimilation; The Aboriginal rights movement; After the flood: self-determination; Turning the tide Bibliography Appendix. Cultural custodianship: developing an indigenous methodology.maps, colour illustrations, b&w photographswiradjuri, victorian indigenous elders, oral histories, yorta yorta, dja dja wurrung, language maps, victorian missions and reserves, lake condah, framlingham, coranderrk, ramahyuck, lake tyers, wahgunyah, cummeragunja, moonahcullah, balranald, ebenezer, maloga, acheron -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Museum Victoria, Bunjilaka : the Aboriginal Centre at Melbourne Museum, 2000
... Yorta Yorta... Koori history Victorian history Bunjil Kulin Yorta Yorta ...Contains information about - Building Bunjilika, Koori Voices, Belonging to Country, Two laws, Suggested Reading, A Note on Terminology, Keeping Places in Victoria, Photo Credits, Acknowledgements.colour photographs, b&w photographs, artworkbunjilaka, victorian keeping places, koori history, victorian history, bunjil, kulin, yorta yorta, wurundjeri -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Ian D Clark, Goulburn River Aboriginal Protectorate : a history of the Goulburn River Aboriginal Protectorate Station at Murchison, Victoria, 1840 - 1853, 2013
... Yorta Yorta... wurrung Daungwurrung Yaithmathang Yortayorta Yorta Yorta Bangerang ...This study explains why the locality of what is now known as Murchison is one of the most important historic Aboriginal places in regional Victoria.maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographs, document reproductionsngurai-illam balug, ngurai-illam wurrung, daungwurrung, yaithmathang, yortayorta, yorta yorta, bangerang, murchison, murnang, george augustus robinson, goulburn river aboriginal protectorate, goulburn river region, victorian history -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Riverina Aboriginals : 1874-1945, 1996
... Yorta Yorta... Street Brunswick melbourne Yorta Yorta Wemba Wemba Wiradjuri ...Lists of residents of the Warangesda 1880-1925, Maloga 1874-1888, Cummeragunja 1889-1953 (Stn) 1883 - present (Res) Moonah Cullah 1910-1952(Stn) 1896-1962(Res) Aboriginal Stations and other Rivereina Aboriginals 1874-1954maps, b&w photographs, registry listingsyorta yorta, wemba wemba, wiradjuri, warangesda, maloga, cummeragunja, moonah cullah -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, L A Hercus, Victorian languages : a late survey, 1997
... yorta yorta... gundidj buandidj buandig yodayoda yorta yorta gippsland southern ...Outlines and notes on a variety of Victorian languages. Chapters on the Wemba Wemba language; the Wergaia Language (Djadjala dialect); the Madimadi language; and the Narinari language; phonetic notes on Gundidj, Woiwuru, Yodayoda, Ganai (Gippsland) and Southern Ngarigu; Aboriginal - English Vocabularies; and an English - Aboriginal vocabulary.maps, word lists, b&w photographswemba wemba, wembawemba, madimadi, madhi madhiu, woiwuru, woiwurrung, wergaia, djadjala, narinari, wadi wadi, gundidj, buandidj, buandig, yodayoda, yorta yorta, gippsland, southern narigu, glossaries, vocabularies, luise hercus -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Victorian Indigenous Youth Advisory Council of Victoria et al, VIYAC voices telling it like it is : young Aboriginal Victorians on culture, identity and racism : with a summary report by the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria : painting a picture with stats and facts, 2006
... Yorta Yorta... Street Brunswick melbourne Monero Gubbi Gubbi Gunditjmara Yorta ...Report from VIYAC by young Indigenous Victorians telling of Culture, Identity and Racism.b&w illustrationsmonero, gubbi gubbi, gunditjmara, yorta yorta, murri, koorie, youth, aboriginal australians, attitudes, culture, identity, racism, public opinion, victoria -
Wangaratta Art Gallery
Textile, Treahna Hamm, Cormorant, 2011
... Yorta Yorta people...-country Cormorant treahna hamm Yorta Yorta people traditional ...The cormorant weaving was depicted through the traditional weaving method of the blanket stitch of the Yorta Yorta people. As birds are very significant and important in Aboriginal culture, the cormorant was created to represent the meaning of Wangaratta for the local people and wider community. The weaving is an extension of my series of works which represent wildlife along the waterways, particularly in the North East of Victoria and within my tribal homelands. In 2001 I was taught to weave at a weaving workshop held at Gas Works in Port Melbourne by old aunties from Victoria and South Australia which included Yvonne Koolmatrie. A body of my weaving works, which include turtles and spirits, is held at the National Gallery of Victoria. Other collections which hold my fibre weavings are the National Museum of Australia, Albury Museum and Wagga Wagga MuseumWangaratta Art Gallery CollectionA textile sculpture of a cormorant woven from natural and man made fibres.cormorant, treahna hamm, yorta yorta people, traditional weaving, weaving -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Journal - Serials, Aboriginal History Inc, Aboriginal History - Volume 25. 2001, 2001
... -- Australia -- Periodicals. | Yorta Yorta - Native Title Claim.... -- Periodicals. | Ethnology -- Australia -- Periodicals. | Yorta Yorta ...Special Section: 'Genocide'? Australian Aboriginal history in international perspective. A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.iiv-iv; 300 p.; footnotes; refs.; 25 cm.Special Section: 'Genocide'? Australian Aboriginal history in international perspective. A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.aboriginal australians -- periodicals. | ethnology -- australia -- periodicals. | yorta yorta - native title claim., | stolen generations - aborigines, australia., | genocide - aborigines, australia. | race relations - violent - genocide | race relations - violent | history, | child welfare - child / parent separation - stolen generations | -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet - Book, Burra Lotjpa Dunguludja: Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement Phase 4, 2018
... Strong' in Yorta Yorta language.... Lotjpa Dunguludja means 'Senior Leaders Talking Strong' in Yorta ...Burra Lotjpa Dunguludja means 'Senior Leaders Talking Strong' in Yorta Yorta language.Sixty page book aiming to continue to address Aboriginal over-representation across the justice system, and to progress self-determination as the core policy approach. The vision was to ensure Aboriginal people have access to n equitable justice system that is shaped by self-determination, and protects and upholds their human, civil, legal and cultural rights.aboriginal, martin pakula, tont lovett, marion hansen, aboriginal justice, aboriginal justice caucus, message stick, koori justice unit -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Booklet, Shire of Rodney Annual Report 1992-1993, 1993
... , Mooroopna, by Don Briggs, Aboriginal artist, Yorta Yorta Tribe..., by Don Briggs, Aboriginal artist, Yorta Yorta Tribe, on back. 40 ...Annual Report 1992-1993. Includes Shire President, Cr. Cherie Crawford's report, photographs of Councillors, information available, range of services, financial reportDark blue and cream mottled cover. White writing, bridge scene in circle on front. Interpretation of Fruit Connection, Mooroopna, by Don Briggs, Aboriginal artist, Yorta Yorta Tribe, on back. 40 pages.shire of rodney, rodney shire, annual report 1992-1993, shire of rodney annual reports, cr cherie crawford, shire of rodney councillors -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Abdulla, Ian W, As I grew older : the life and times of a Nunga growing up along the River Murray, 1993
... Aboriginal Australian -- South Australia -- Juvenile... literature. | Aboriginal Australians in art -- Juvenile literature ...As I Grew Older affirms the culture of rural Aborigines who, despite being dispossessed, have been determined to stay onb their own land. The painting of Ian Abdulla offer us a window on to the life of an Aboriginal Family on the Murray River in the mid-twentieth century.40 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations, 1 colour map ; 26 x 31 cm.As I Grew Older affirms the culture of rural Aborigines who, despite being dispossessed, have been determined to stay onb their own land. The painting of Ian Abdulla offer us a window on to the life of an Aboriginal Family on the Murray River in the mid-twentieth century.abdulla, ian w., 1947-2011. | aboriginal australians -- murray river region (n.s.w.-s.a.) -- biography. | aboriginal australians -- south australia -- juvenile literature. | aboriginal australians, in art -- juvenile literature. | painting, aboriginal australian -- south australia -- juvenile literature. | murray river region (n.s.w.-s.a.) -- biography. | australian -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Wrapped in a Possum Skin Cloak
... of the Maiden's Punt Yorta Yorta possum skin cloak collected in 1853..., and two cloaks: a reproduction of the Maiden's Punt Yorta Yorta ...Soft covered book with the image of sewn possum skin pelts on the cover. The book outlines the Toolyn Koortakay collection (National Museum of Australia) comprising of artwork, possum skin dance ornaments, tools, and two cloaks: a reproduction of the Maiden's Punt Yorta Yorta possum skin cloak collected in 1853 and a reproduction of the Lake Condah Gunditjmara possum skin cloak. aboriginal, aborigine, possum skin cloak, possum skin rug, debra couzens, vicki couzens, lee darroch, trehna hamm, amanda reynolds -
Federation University Art Collection
Artwork, Troy Firebrace, 'A Galaxy Swirl' by Troy Firebrace, 2015
... Troy FIREBRACE (c1994-) Country/Language: Yorta Yorta Troy...-) Country/Language: Yorta Yorta Troy is a Shepparton born Yorta ...Troy FIREBRACE (c1994-) Country/Language: Yorta Yorta Troy is a Shepparton born Yorta Yorta man, whose career is on the rise after winning the prestigious Federation University Acquisitive Award for Work by a Victorian Regional Artist at the 10th Victorian Indigenous Art Awards. He completed Year Twelve at Shepparton Secondary College in 2010, and in 2015 Troy was studying Creative Arts at La Trobe University, Bendigo where he has pursued his interest in his Aboriginal identity and art. He is largely influenced by the art of his Uncle Chris Firebrace and he enjoys the design aspects of creating a painting. Usually Troyʼs works contain a narrative, or at least hint of a meaning that he would like to convey to people. Influenced by the imagery of his Aboriginal cultural background he works at bringing together references of landscape, environmental processes and concerns, looking at the way in which we as humans relate to the natural world. Troy seeks to find and demonstrate a connection between humanity and the environment, exploring the idea of harmonious co-existence. Artist's statement: "‘Stories are being told and shared like particles in the universe, a constant swirl of words filled with emotions creating a pattern — explosions — smashing into each other creating a layering effect — creating worlds, planets — well nourished and suited to sustain life, and from this life new stories will emerge, to be told, to be shared — a continuous galaxy swirl. I like the idea that we are a part of something bigger — yes, the earth is massive, but we are just a speck of something far beyond the Milky Way itself.” The work was inspired by the work of abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock, science and space. This work won the 2015 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards Federation University Acquisitive Award for work by a Victorian regional artist. His canvas 'A Galaxy Swirl' was described by judges as ‘‘a vibrant and dynamic painting that, as the artist explains, epitomises a bringing together of modernism and Aboriginal arts’’.victorian indigenous art awards, troy firebrace, artwork, artist, indigenous, aboriginal, painting, indigenous artist