Gunditjmara

Yesterday I got to go to AGSA and to Jam Factory and it's a really lovely place to be.

Yeah, I'd also like to acknowledge the Kaurna people of whose land this exhibition is being presented on, and pay respects to elders of the past and present, and also acknowledge the Peekwurrung people of the Gunditjmara, Istamara, Manasin, which is the lands upon which I live and work.

So on the 20th of May this year, Senator Pauline Hanson posted to her Instagram account criticism of the federal funding allocated to develop, present and tour this show.

Senator Hanson described the funding as outrageous, the art as woke anti-Australian, and the exhibition as a waste of taxpayer money.

But this is a collaborative exhibition with a really good friend and colleague, Megan Evans, and we've known each other for over 30 years.

Megan has colonial ancestry, was married to an Aboriginal man, Les Griggs, brilliant artist from Gunditjmara country, but he was also part of the Stolen Generation and he was in and out of institutions since he was, you know, a baby.

And I was offered... an exhibition at Hawthorne Arts Centre.

And Megan and I just thought it would be the perfect time for us to collaborate.

One of them, an indulgence, if you don't mind.

First of all, APRA describes Ms. Veronica Nelson, the patient who died and you supposedly killed, as a proud Gunditjmara We don't know if she was proud or not.

Where do they get off saying she's a proud...

I'm not going anywhere near that.

In Larrakia country, Noongar country, we've got Cubby Cubby country, all these different black followers are here on Gadigal country, so perfect timing to have a yarn with the deadly brother, Zach Green.

Now, on Instagram, you might know him as the storyteller chef, a proud Gunditjmara and Palawa man, and one of the country's standout First Nations chefs.

My brother, thank you so much for finally jumping on the podcast.

How long has it been? I think it's

She went off to Tucson, Arizona, to do a Master of Indigenous Laws.

She's a lawyer who worked with Justice North as his associate during the, uh, land title process for, for the Gunditjmara nation in South West Victoria.

So she did her...

Then she did a PhD in Indigenous laws back in, uh, Arizona.