That time the Governor-General got a dressing down from an NT legend, after a fashion
The collection's executive director, Ngemba and Murawarri man Leonard Hill, said it was unique among the institute's 6,000 art items."David had indicated a strong desire that all visiting dignitaries dress in jackets designed by him.
Detail of the bottom hem and cuffs of the jacket worn by then-Governor General Sir Zelman Cowen in 1978.Mr Burrumarra's friend and Elcho Island neighbour of seven years, Dr Ian McIntosh, said the request was in keeping with his personality."I don't think it's ever happened before or since."He wanted there so much to be respect for Aboriginal ways of doing things and Aboriginal ways of the world.
"It says, 'You're coming here on my terms. We've had foreigners here before and they follow our laws. And now we've got this colonial government in Canberra and if they're coming, they're going to wear my cloth'. Then-Governor-General Sir Zelman Cowen on his first visit to the NT in 1978. Photos of him wearing Burrumarra's jacket have failed to come to light.
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