ARONE MEEKS | 'Mangrove Place' | 2009 | Coloured etching from shaped zinc plates | Paper: 1200 x 800 mm cowerie Freshwater Shark

Freshwater Shark

So we decided that we would follow Sally and paint too

Ninney is an expert weaver of all the traditional basket types created by the Girramay and Jirrbal people

Brian Robinson was born in 1973 and grew up in the idyllic tropical surroundings of the Torres Strait Islands

"My Mum was born at Minikuri on the west side of Bentinck Island

ARONE MEEKS | 'Mangrove Place' | 2009 | Coloured etching from shaped zinc plates | Paper: 1200 x 800 mm cowerie Freshwater SharkIn Mangroves we continue the journey of the wet season as the rains flush out the creeks and rivers to create a rich alluvium that washes into the mangroves and then the sea. The mangroves are vitally important to many infant growing species that live there; as this is the rich nursery nurturing and protecting vast forms of sea life, until each creature is able to fend for itself. Aboriginal people have always relied on the mangroves as a food source.