AGNES KOHLER | ‘Somewhere On Country’ | Acrylic on boardArtist Statement: "Kuru is the language name for the roe and egg in Kayardild. Our old people would call the turtle yoke Kuru, it's good tucker and best eaten with damper." Artist Biography: "I was born soon after my people crossed over to Mornington Island. In those days the Lardil mob foster or adopt us as their family. The Jacobs adopted me and my sister Gay. In the 60s I was sent out to work in the mainland. I worked at Julia Creek. As I raised my

based upon the sequence of natural disasters that befall Queensland in the beginning of that year

EMILY DOOLAH

Artist: Nancy Kelly

the English corruption of the place name

He then went into the country

or yam in the ground

include Batsquiat

and learned those languages

DTHANI (FIG TREE)

and the traditional small grass mindi basket

Dian has worked with many artists both nationally and internationally

bamboo sticks and the white feathers are usually from the white heron (Karrabai) bird