About the Artist I am a Proud Palawa woman from Lunnawannaalonnah (Bruny Island) Lutruwita Country (Tasmania), raised on Lutruwita, Naam (Melbourne), and Dja Dja Wurrung country. I have lived in Victoria these past 42 years, spending the past 18years in Bendigo creating art and working throughout the community. I work with many mediums from ochre to acrylic, weaving, precious stones, modelling paste to pouring paints, natural land resources from fauna such as gum leaves, bush nuts, wooden beads, wood/bark to create background designs and effects that capture the story I am sharing. I work with wood, glass, ceramic & canvas, making pieces for home decor to custom art pieces, I also make earrings & pendant sets, key rings with About the Artwork My art is an aerial view to show how my people survived and still thriving even though removed from our natural Country. We lived by night when travelling guided by stars (Pulana) to remain undetected by invaders, were resilient withstood the whitewash of our culture. My people practiced Culture, lore and Song lines which have been revived taught to our Palawa children. I was lucky raised with my culture identity, knew my Mob. I continue to share culture through story telling in art. This piece shows my ancestors guiding spirit, the dolphins would show us where the fish (Pinungana) were. Sea (Nirripa) turtles migration of laying eggs also guided us when we entered the sea through their nesting grounds. Emu (rraykana) existed on our Country pre-invasion and the Grey kangaroo (Tara). We also ate animals like mutton bird and freshwater fish. My people survived using river reeds and plants to weave fishing nets and dilly bags for collecting bush food, fauna to make bush medicine we lived within our own land trading with fellow tribes. Great grandmother Wortabowigee used to make the well known maireener shell necklaces and used animal skins for warmth. It is amazing the foundations our mob paved to keep our culture strong. we are now the living cultural of this Country, still thriving, connecting our stolen back to culture, identity & Country.