Justine Indigo-Rose
“Murnong, Yam Daisy, Microseris Iancelata”
Medium: dowel, skewers, paper, glue, wire, paint
This tuber was a staple diet of the First Nations people for over 60,000 years. It was harvested in great abundance during late spring, early summer, it covered miles of hillsides. By 1838, there were 3,512 settlers and 311,000 sheep in Port Phillip, over grazing of sheep virtually eliminated Murnong within 3 years.
“Waa the Crow, Geo-glyph, Mandala”
Medium: Charcoal, black wattle, ferns, stones, feathers, seed pods, coffee, alpaca scat, paint, henna, seaweed, sand, earth, black beans, collected plastic litter. Waa the Crow is an integral moiety of the First Nations people. The social world was halved between Bunjil the Eagle-Hawk and Waa the Crow. They formed separate mythologies, ceremonies and marriage ways. Some stories from some of the Traditional Clans honoured Waa as Protector of the waterways.Features map of the Yarra, East to West in collected plastic litter.
Medium: dowel, skewers, paper, glue, wire, paint
This tuber was a staple diet of the First Nations people for over 60,000 years. It was harvested in great abundance during late spring, early summer, it covered miles of hillsides. By 1838, there were 3,512 settlers and 311,000 sheep in Port Phillip, over grazing of sheep virtually eliminated Murnong within 3 years.
“Waa the Crow, Geo-glyph, Mandala”
Medium: Charcoal, black wattle, ferns, stones, feathers, seed pods, coffee, alpaca scat, paint, henna, seaweed, sand, earth, black beans, collected plastic litter. Waa the Crow is an integral moiety of the First Nations people. The social world was halved between Bunjil the Eagle-Hawk and Waa the Crow. They formed separate mythologies, ceremonies and marriage ways. Some stories from some of the Traditional Clans honoured Waa as Protector of the waterways.Features map of the Yarra, East to West in collected plastic litter.
Photography by Matteo Volpi
