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NOTES 1 Judy Watson, 'Artistic Interventions', lecture delivered at the Brisbane Writers Festival, 18 September 2008. 2 National Native Title Tribunal, 'QCD2010/007 - Waanyi Peoples', National Native Title Tribunal , <http:// www.nntt.gov.au/searchRegApps/ NativeTitleRegisters/Pages/ NNTR_details.aspx?NNTT_ Fileno=QCD2010/007>, viewed October 2023. 3 Department of Environment and Science, 'Lawn Hill Gorge, Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National Park', 30 June 2023, Queensland Government , <https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/ boodjamulla-lawn-hill/about/culture>, viewed October 2023. 4 Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, 'Great Artesian Basin', 30 September 2022, Australian Government: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water , <https://www.dcceew . gov.au/water/policy/national/great- artesian-basin>, viewed October 2023. 5 Paul SC Taçon, 'Rainbow colour and power among the Waanyi of Northwest Queensland', Cambridge Archaeological Journal, vol.18, issue 2, 2008, p.166. 6 In the 1967 Referendum, Australians voted overwhelmingly to amend the Constitution to allow the Commonwealth to make laws for Aboriginal people and include them in the Census of Population and Housing conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, commencing with the 1971 Census. See: Matthew Thomas, 'The 1967 Referendum', 25 May 2017, Parliament of Australia, <https:// www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/ Parliamentary_Departments/ Parliamentary_Library/FlagPost/2017/ May/The_1967_Referendum>, viewed October 2023. 7 Joh Bjelke-Petersen was the longest serving Queensland Premier to date, holding office from 1968 to 1987. His tenure ended abruptly with the infamous Fitzgerald Inquiry into police corruption. See: Shirleene Robinson, 'Issues that swung elections: the dramatic and inglorious fall of Joh Bjelke-Petersen', 3 May 2019, The Conversation, <https://theconversation. com/issues-that-swung-elections- the-dramatic-and-inglorious-fall-of- joh-bjelke-petersen-115141>, viewed September 2023. 8 National Museum of Australia, 'Franklin Dam and the Greens', 12 October 2022, National Museum of Australia , <https:// www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/ resources/franklin-dam-greens>, viewed October 2023. 9 Richard Bell, 'Bell's Theorem: Aboriginal Art — It's a White Thing!', November 2002, The Koori History Website Project , <http://www.kooriweb.org/foley/great/ art/bell.html>, viewed October 2023. 10 The iconic goanna sculpture at the corner of Russell and Boundary streets in West End, Brisbane, was created by Joyce, and the Gaudí-inspired mosaics surrounding the work were cast from linoprints made in Townsville at that time. 11 'Fluent' (15 June – 9 November 1997) was curated by Arrernte curator Hetti Perkins, Gurindji curator and artist Brenda L Croft and curator Victoria Lynn. 12 Judy Watson, quoted in Hetti Perkins, 'Judy Watson', Magazine Palais, #33, 2022, p.111. 13 Watson, quoted in Perkins. 14 Judy Watson, quoted in Paola Bella, 'The names of places: A conversation with Judy Watson', RMIT Gallery, <https://rmitgallery.com/news/the- names-of-places-a-conversation-with- judy-watson/>, viewed October 2023. 15 Candace Sutton, 'Grisly secret of cattlemen who kept “40 pairs of ears” as trophies in outback horror house', 8 July 2019, News , <https://www.news . com.au/lifestyle/real-life/grisly-secret- of-cattlemen-who-kept-40-pairs-of- ears-as-trophies-in-outback-horror- house/news-story/17022ba7691314b4cff 5aadbf8511936>, viewed October 2023. 16 Judy Watson, email to author, September 2018. 17 Katina Davidson, 'Memory scars, dreams and gardens' [catalogue essay], Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne, 2020. 18 New South Wales State of the Environment, 'Fire', NSW Environment Protection Authority , <https://www.soe . epa.nsw.gov.au/all-themes/land/fire >, viewed October 2023. 19 Gordon Hookey, conversation with author. 20 Otis Carmichael, email to author, September 2023. 21 First published by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Carriageworks and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 'Judy Watson, Jagera/Turrbal Country, Meanjin (Brisbane). Waanyi, Gulf region', The National 4: Australian Art Now , <https://www.the-national.com . au/artists/judy-watson/clouds-and- undercurrents/>, viewed October 2023. 22 Watson, quoted in Bella. spot fires, our country is burning now (detail) 2020 PP.66–7 'Judy Watson: cupping' exhibition invitation cover, aGOG australian Girls Own Gallery, Canberra 1997 65