It's NAIDOC Week – a time to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of First Nations people.
It's NAIDOC Week – a time to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of First Nations people. Artists from Kokatha, Mirning, Wirangoo and other coastal nations are exhibiting their works and using their art and culture to speak up about the environment at Ceduna on the shores of Murat Bay on the coast, west of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.Turning someone else's trash.... into treasure with a jellyfish sculpture crafted from marine debris...
The Aboriginal nations of South Australia's far west coast stood together to protest against oil drilling here and in 2020 the Norwegian company Equinor pulled out of the controversial project."They were going to drill in the bight, but we ended up protesting. If they did drill this is what would have happened. Everything would have been skeletal in the sea."
Another artist, Sherrie Jones says women and children from the Yalata community - west of Ceduna - collected discarded rope from fishing vessels and other recycled material to make an image of a South Australian Harlequin reef fish. "It means that we are doing something good for our community and also our environment and keeping mother earth safe.”"It was also made with black and white to make a big statement for reconciliation... and also Indigenous and non-Indigenous working together for the next generation to make it a better place for us. It's one of my favourites."
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