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Reconciliation Place Canberra Australia Artist Thanakupi (Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher) Kwi'ith, Man and Woman Yam is a response to the theme of Indigenous art within the context of Reconciliation. This artwork explores the simple yet powerful themes pivotal to the notion of Reconciliation: communication, notions of sharing and a sense of harmony between all people. The long yam and the cheeky yam featured in the work represent man and woman. Reconcilation Place Canberra ACT Australia

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ICDR_28623

Reconciliation Place Canberra Australia In August 1966, Vincent Lingiari, a Gurindji spokesman, led a walk-off of 200 Aboriginal stockmen, house servants, and their families from Wave Hill as a protest against the work and pay conditions. Eventually this led to the handing back of Wave Hill station to its traditional owners and formed the backbone of aboriginal land rights into the future.

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ICDR_28629

Reconciliation Place Canberra Australia Three cast bronze slivers create the focus of the Women Artwork. The concave etched copper surface of each sliver presents a biographical sketch of Dr Faith Bandler, Lady Jessie Street and Dr Evelyn Scott. The artwork serves to remind us of the determination of these women and their collective contribution to Reconciliation in Australia, including through their roles in the 1967 Referendum.Reconciliation Place Canberra ACT Australia

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ICDR_28632

Reconciliation Place Canberra Australia This artwork incorporates extracts from seminal legal cases on land rights. Terra Nullius (no one’s land) and Terra Aborigium (Aboriginal land) represent the position of native title in Australia before and after the High Court decision in Mabo v Queensland (No.2) (1992). Etched onto glass a map of Meriam Mer (Murray Island – located in the Torres Strait), overlays an image of three plaintiffs in that case: Edward Koiki Mabo, Reverend David Passi and James Rice, and one of their counsel, Bryan Keon-Cohen. Recessed within the artwork is a representation of varying Australian landscapes by Indigenous artist Karen Casey. A thumbprint etched into the stainless steel symbolises the custodial role of Indigenous Australians. On the other side of the artwork are the elements of Country – water, earth and life. Reconcilation Place Canberra ACT Australia

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ICDR_28633

Reconciliation Place Canberra Australia Canberra ACT Australia

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ICDR_28637

Referendum -Reconciliation Place Canberra Australia At the 1967 Referendum, 90.77% of Australian voters said 'Yes' to the Australian Government making laws specifically relating to Indigenous Australians, and for the inclusion of Indigenous Australians in the national census. This empowered the Commonwealth to override discriminatory State legislation and to enact special laws and programmes for Indigenous Australians. This artwork incorporates extracts from the referendum documents and the Australian Constitution. Archival images illustrate the events which led to the referendum, including the Official Day of Mourning in 1938, and the delegates attending the Federal Council for Advancement of the Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. Reconcilation Place Canberra ACT Australia

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ICDR_28630

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ICDR_28631

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