This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.A stretched painting on canvas with Aboriginal motifs and colouring. If you can assist with information on this artist or artwork please make contact via the 'comments' link belowart, artwork, stuart harradine, wudja waran, aboriginal, horsham campus art collection

Burrundy (Dark) Sky Part 2 (Mali Marrng/Mallee Sky series) 2022 by Gail Harradine and collaborator Belinda Eckermann explores First Nations Peoples kinship to the land, waterways and sky. This work is part of a significant series that gives form to the invisible and unseen personal, familial and community narrative of connection to landscape. Gail Harradine and Belinda Eckermann’s first-time collaboration merges digital photography, entomological research, electron microscopic imaging and First Nations cultural practices, to explore a shared knowledge and connection to the landscape around Lake Albacutya –Ngalukgutya in Victoria Mallee region. The work fits into the Wyndham Art Gallery curatorial collection theme of First Nations Foregrounding and Futurism: Foregrounding Frist Nations knowing and being as a way to work with place, story and connection; and works to engage with new mediums and forms of artmaking engaging with new technologies and innovation in creative making. Gail Harradine Gail Harradine is a Wotjobaluk, Jadawadjali, Djubagalk artist, curator, and educator. Growing up in Dimboola, Victoria, Gail was nurtured by a staunch family in the heart of Wotjobaluk Country. She has completed eight years of study, including a Postgraduate in Art Curatorial Studies (with Thesis) at Melbourne University and a Master of Arts (Arts Management) with Distinction in 2022 at RMIT. Gail's longstanding arts practice is deeply influenced by family history, identity, kinship, and connection. She is passionate about expanding and reflecting on the concepts of truth and integrity in valuing cultural knowledge. In her work, meaning and memory converge through photography, prints, and painting, using symbolic layers intertwined with dynamic figures and ceremonial landscapes. This creates a world that merges Creation Stories with personal tragedy and triumph. Belinda Eckermann Belinda Eckermann lives and works in Victoria’s Wimmera/Mallee Region. Her current practice is intrinsically tied to her local environment. In 2013, she undertook her Masters in Visual Arts. She currently investigating the native Bardi Grub and Rain Moth and modes of incorporating their natural interventions with their environment into her creative practice. Eckermann has exhibited regularly throughout regional Victoria since 2009 and recently won Best Emerging Artist at the Knox Immerse Festival. She is also the Founder and Director of Turbo Gallery, Rainbow, Victoria. australian first nations art, first nations photography, cultural story, identity, australian photography, first nations

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Purchased through the Horsham Art Gallery Trust Fund, 2022inkjet photograph on plywood

Purchased through the Horsham Art Gallery Trust Fund, 2022inkjet photograph on plywood

Purchased through the Horsham Art Gallery Trust Fund, 2017

Purchased through the Horsham Art Gallery Trust Fund, 2017

Ill, p.88.The involvement of Victorian and New South Wales Aboriginal people in war; World War One; World War Two; Korea; Vietnam; James Lovett; Hannah Lovett; Reg Rawlings; Henry Thorpe; John Firebrace; Dan Cooper; Jackson Stewart; Reg Saunders; Harry Saunders; George Birkett; Bill Egan; Jack Kennedy; Linda (Lester) Nihill; Marge Tucker; Alice Lovett; Connie Alberts; Stewart Murray; Norman Herbert Franklin; Bill Edwards; Lester Marks Harradine; Clarke family; Merv Bundle; Leo Maxwell Muir; Glen James; Graham Atkinson; Pat Owen; Cummeragunga; Lake Tyers; Framlingham; list of Aboriginal servicemen and women; different treatment of Aboriginal people during the war and after; introduction by Terry Garwood annotated separately.australia - military forces - aboriginal members, australia - aboriginals - personal histories - military