August 14-September 6
Curated by Geoff Tolchard
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Shelter, at 'Westbend', Merri Creek |
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Lemon Tree, very pretty…. 2011.
Umbrella, sheets, tea towel, buttons and pins. H: 92, W: 86, D: 22 cm.
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What is left of the believed memorial plaque found under weeds, December, 2010. Photograph: Terri Brooks
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Scar Tree, McLachlan St, Northcote. Image Reproduced from the Port Phillip Pioneers Group Inc. Website.
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The Treaty Scar Tree (now fallen), December, 2010. Photograph: Terri Brooks
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The tree has gone, April, 2011. Photograph: Terri Brooks
Julia Irwin, 'History overlooked and overgrown', Northcote Leader, May 4, 2011, News 9.
Julia Irwin, 'History overlooked and overgrown at key Aboriginal site'
Preston Leader, May 7, 2011, Lifestyle, Arts and Entertainment.
Intertribal Times, Native and Aboriginal news stories from around the globe, May 6, 2011.
Excerpt from Press Release
‘The artwork commenced as a replica scar tree but turned into a lemon tree during the construction process. My mother gave me material scraps to use for painting rags. Included was a frayed lemon print tea towel from the 1960s. I subconsciously began singing Peter Paul and Mary’s hit song, Lemon Tree, 1962. The chorus seemed appropriate to me, as a symbol of post settlement history… a bitter fruit. The tree even has gore wasp. I decided to make the tree in a likeness of my childhood Christmas tree. Made by my grandmother, the tree was an open umbrella stripped of its covering with the structural wires wrapped in cotton wool, bound with tinsel and adorned with hand crafted decorations. My grandmother enjoyed improvising, a legacy of living through the Great Depression as a young adult. Is it OK that the scar tree and memorial plaque are in this condition? What is the importance of Indigenous oral history?’ Terri Brooks.
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