It’s all hands on deck at the Sydney Royal Botanical Gardens. In a partnership with ANTaR (a national advocacy organisation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people) and proud Yaegl artist Frances Belle Parker, the general public are invited to participate in the creation of art installation Sea of Hands which features over 10,000 handprints.
Parker said: ‘I am inspired by the Yaegl Landscape and those stories which were shared with me and passed down from our old people, it is my responsibility to document these stories now. To truly celebrate and recognise the Indigenous people of this country, healing of all our people, alongside healing of the land, is critical. One way in which First Nations people in Australia actively worked to heal country was through cultural burning.
