The Keris and the Cannon
My mother’s ancestors lived in Java and Sumatra. My Dad’s ancestors were convicts on the second fleet. Mum met Dad when he visited Java by way of Papua New Guinea […]
Violence
Art Review: Flowers and Fighter Jets
(Originally published in the exhibition booklet.) There’s anger in the eyes of the women Amani Haydar paints. There is strength and sadness as well, which by all accounts, is a reflection […]
Art Review: Terra inFirma
(First pubished by Running Dog.) This year marks 250 years since James Cook invaded Australia and stole Indigenous land with two words: Terra Nullius. In 1770, Australia was declared nobody’s land—although […]