There’s no longer tolerance for Aboriginal amnesia

Australia’s oldest Aboriginal massacre and a fire that destroyed Aboriginal artefacts are the subject of two timely exhibitions
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Jonathan Jones’ Prototype ceramic shields on site at the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Photo: Emma Pike/Kaldor Public Art Projects

Many exhibitions have ushered understanding for the integral connection Indigenous Australian culture has with the land. These are exhibitions both traditional and contemporary in nature; some have been political and others have taken a more ethereal or spiritual position.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Instagram: fairleygina