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“The alien in our midst …” is an exhibition Gaffe Gallery  Thu, 17/05/2012 – Mon, 28/05/2012 of photographic montages and assemblages exploring notions of displacement, land and belonging. Images of outback and rural Australia are juxtaposed with portraits of recently arrived immigrant youth, ghosts of Afghan pioneers, archival book pages and texts by early explorers and settlers in Australia. Belinda Allen is a digital photomedia artist concerned with human relationship to land and environment. Christopher Lawrie’s mixed media work explores the experiences of immigrants, from early sea voyages to recent refugee arrivals, including his own family who immigrated in 1839.  See ‘The History of Salt . . .’ and  ‘Settling Dust’

Pul Sirat

Pul Sirat: The straight path to God in Islam, and refers to a narrow path (thinner than a string of hair) 3,000 miles long that the souls of the dead must cross on the judgment day to reach heaven. In one version of the tale, the souls of the virtuous are helped to navigate it because their good deeds turn into a white horse they can ride to the end

Mosque

Australia’s First Mosque  Maree SA
This is a Memorial Park dedicated to the Memory of the Pioneering Muslim Cameleers, and families of Hergott Springs (Maree)
“May you enjoy it’s peace and tranquility”
Please Observe The Requirements Upon Entering The Mosque
Children Not Permitted To Play In This Area
(To Visit Upon Adult Supervision Only)
Please; No Papers, Drinks Or Food Taken In.

The Kelly Letter

To be salted . . .     Since 1996 I have been involved with an ongoing work  ‘The History of Salt . . . ’   The process of salting has developed gradually as an expression of the idea that the psychology of Australia as a people, as well as our perception of our own history, is inextricably linked to that interim period that was spent at sea during our ancestors’ migration to Australia.
‘The History of Salt . . . ’  among other things, allows me to investigate and respond to how we perceive history both personally and culturally.
The Letter:   John Kelly’s Letter to his mother in Glasgow September 1839 detailing their needs for the voyage.  Cross written letter completed on a single sheet of writing paper.  Taken from the book ‘From Weavers to Wapstraws’  Family History including migrating to Australia in 1836.  Written and compiled by Ben Evans. See link  ‘The History of Salt . . . ’

Remember Broken Hill 1

Remember Broken Hill 2

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