860 Ferntree Gully Rd
Wheelers Hill VIC 3150
Australia
This photography exhibition called “Return to Nature” is based on a poem of the same name by an Indigenous poet, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, who was a hero of the Aboriginal fight for justice in the 1960’s. Her book “We are going” was the first book of poems by an Aboriginal women to be published.
The exhibition features images seen through the lenses of over 40 photographers, including colonialists of the 1870s to contemporary artists working today, and considers the Australian landscape in its many forms. From nature as something to conquer, to something to protect, this exhibition encompasses a range of approaches to landscape, including an enduring sentiment held by First Nations people that there is no separation between humans and the natural world, rather there is interconnection and interdependence.
The plan is to meet at the Gallery at 11.30am and to have lunch together in the gallery café after viewing the exhibition. Contact Sylvia if you’d like help with transport.