GLORIA GAVENOR | ‘My Mothers Country, Gunamulla’ | Painting/ acrylic on canvas | 51h x 41w

Artist Statement:
"My Mother told me that she is a Gunalida women from Burketown, she is a traditional owner of Gunmulla she shares Countrywith her brother Prince Escott. The Country starts at Point Parker inland to Old Doomadgee Mission its a sacred ground when wego there we have to call out to let the Country so it knows that we're family and visiting. At one site there is in the middle of the saltpan some oyster rocks and no one is allowed to take any only the owners. Another site is a water lily swamp with only one water lily flower in the middle of the swamp. My Mother was the eldest child and she would walkabout on Country with family before the tribe settled down in Burketown beside a lake. That is when her Father sent her and her siblings to Mornington ”  - Gloria Gavenor

GLORIA GAVENOR | 'My Mothers Country Gunamulla' | Painting / acrylic on arches paper | 2022 | 58 x 77CM