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June 2008 Issue
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Art&Heritage Collections

A new exhibition in the Barr Smith Library, South West Legends, celebrates the traditional legends of the Nyungar people of the south-west corner of Western ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥.

The legends were recorded by anthropologist Daisy Bates in the early 1900s as told to her by Nyungar man George Winjan, and are preserved in the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide's Special Collections.

Nyungar artist 'Tjyllyungoo' (Lance Chadd) produced a series of paintings inspired by the south-west legends.

A series of limited edition prints of the paintings will be on display, along with items that belonged to Daisy Bates, from 27 May to 27 July in the Barr Smith Library Foyer, North Terrace Campus.

Anna Rivett, Collections Officer, Art & Heritage Collections

<i>Wilgee (Ochre)</i> by artist ‘Tjyllyungoo’ (Lance Chadd), inspired by the south-west legends of the Nyungar people

Wilgee (Ochre) by artist 'Tjyllyungoo' (Lance Chadd), inspired by the south-west legends of the Nyungar people
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