CHRISTINE HOLROYD | 'Dancing Brolgas' | Linocut print Pulah (medicine from the beach) My father is Wik Iiyanh

My father is Wik Iiyanh (fresh water people) from the Upper Holroyd River

all I have learnt about my Culture through my art is a blessing

the environment and the climate be conceptualised by artists producing fresh ideas surrounding artistic agency

dhangala koey goersar arayzinga

you can hear the thunder and see the lightening but still no rain

CHRISTINE HOLROYD | 'Dancing Brolgas' | Linocut print Pulah (medicine from the beach) My father is Wik Iiyanh"My name is Christine Holroyd. I am a Kugu and Thaayorre woman. My ancestors connect me to this place. I speak 4 Indigenous languages, and English. My people have been here forever. My father is Wik Iiyanh (fresh water people) from the Upper Holroyd River. My mother is Kugu Munhin (salt water people) from north Holroyd River. Both my parents were born in the bush. My dad worked in the stockyard before he met my mum. He worked as a drover for no wages