Birrundudu Drawings Children printed and self-published in Melbourne

printed and self-published in Melbourne (Narrm)

Maree’s talent for collaborations and passion for reclaiming and reviving arts practices over almost forty years has seen her recognised as a leading southeast Australian artist

and a launching pad for exploration of the key moments in Australia’s Aboriginal Rights movement

making Melbourne feel as worthy of attention as London

The Incubator Issue

Birrundudu Drawings Children printed and self-published in MelbourneThe Birrundudu Drawings represent one of the most significant bodies of historical imagery ever introduced into the canons of Australian art. A collection of 810 crayon drawings were created by sixteen Aboriginal men working on a Northern Territory cattle station in 1945. That place was Birrundudu, an outpost of Gordon Downs, a large cattle station with a lease that extended across the Northern Territory and Western Australian borders. The works