BERNICE BURKE | 'My Mother's Country' | Painting | Synthetic polymer on linenArtist: Bernice Burke Born: 1951 Origin: Forsythe Island Language: Yangkaal Mornington Island, Gulf of Carpentaria. "In my mother's country, you'll find small bush quail that flies out of the short grass as you walk along. These are their eggs." Bernice Burke Artwork provided with Certificate of Authenticity. BERNICE BURKE 'My Mother's Country' 2013 Painting Synthetic polymer on linen 101 (h) x 76 (w) cm

Born: 1943

Sena ngoelmun ay

Dancers also are endowed with the character and spirit of a certain mask

Rives white paper

Full voting rights were not granted to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in Queensland until 1965

Robinson completed internships with both the National Museum of Australia and the National Gallery of Australia and has since collaborated on an exhibition with the Museum developed specifically for their exhibition space known as the Gallery for First Australians

Under the mat

21 x 30 cm

A version of this mask

a suburb of Cairns

a time when the star constellation of Tagai appears

Paper type:  BFK Rives white 300 GSM