My country, I still call Australia home: Contemporary art from Black Australia

Torres Strait at war 2010 Commercial cotton fabric, block and screen printed 400 x 113cm Acc.2011.142 p.96 Commissioned for ‘Land, Sea and Sky: Contemporary Art of the Torres Strait Islands’. Purchased 2011 with funds from Thomas Bradley through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Douglas Watkin Erubam Le people QLD b.1973 The Queen & I 2011 HD video projection, line animation, 16:9, 11:20 minutes, colour, sound Acc.2011.233 Commissioned for the exhibition ‘Land, Sea and Sky: Contemporary Art of the Torres Strait Islands’, with the support of Cairns Indigenous Art Fair. Purchased 2011 p.126 (stills) Judy Watson Waanyi people QLD b.1959 memory bones 2007 Pigment and pastel on canvas 211 x 127cm Acc.2010.191 The James C Sourris, AM , Collection Gift of James C Sourris through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 2010. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program p.137 sacred ground beating heart 1989 Natural pigments and pastel on canvas 215 x 190cm Acc.1990.490 Purchased 1990. The 1990 Moët & Chandon Art Acquisition Fund p.36 © Judy Watson. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney, 2013 Ruby Tjangawa Williamson SA b.1940 Nita Williamson (Collaborating artist) SA b.1963 Suzanne Armstrong (Collaborating artist) SA b.1980 Pitjantjatjara people Ngayuku ngura (My country) Puli murpu (Mountain range) 2012 Synthetic polymer paint on linen 197 x 196cm Acc.2012.271 Purchased 2012 with funds from Margaret Mittelheuser, AM , and Cathryn Mittelheuser, AM , through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation pp.2–3 (detail), p.63 Pedro Wonaeamirri Tiwi people NT b.1974 Tutini (Pole) 2005 224 x 22cm (diam.) Acc.2005.331 p.43 Tutini (Pole) 2005 234.5 x 20cm (diam.) Acc.2005.333 p.43 Tutini (Pole) 2005 218 x 19cm (diam.) Acc.2006.110 p.43 Carved wood with natural pigments Commissioned 2005 with funds from The Thomas Foundation through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation © Pedro Wonaeamirri 2005. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney, 2013 Ron Yunkaporta Wik-Ngathan people QLD b.1956 Thuuth thaa' munth (Law poles) 2002–03 Cottontree wood ( Hibiscus tiliaceus ), ibis feathers, bush string with natural pigments 15 components: 159 x 250 x 250cm (installed) Acc.2003.171a-o Commissioned 2002 with funds from the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant p.35 CHILDREN’S ART CENTRE Gordon Hookey Waanyi people QLD/NSW b.1961 Kangaroo Crew 2013 Site-specific built environment, paper mask templates, pencils, tape, computers with webcams, PC tablets, arcade controllers, speakers, digitally printed vinyl graphics, video 5:00 minutes (approx.), colour, sound The Sacred Hill 2013 Oil on canvas 25 canvases: 7 canvases: 61 x 45.7 cm (each); 18 canvases: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (each) Commissioned by the Children’s Art Centre Collection: The artist Michael Aird QLD Portrait of a child From 'Portraits' series 1988–89 Type C photograph Purchased 1990 with funds from ARCO Coal Australia Inc. through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 186