Artwork from The Torch – Issue No. 1
Brendan H (Gunaikurnai/Kurnai/Gunditjmara) ‘Connecting to Country’ 2023, acrylic on canvas
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Bunjil's Always There
By Artistic Dreaming
Ngarrindjeri / Palawa
2023
This is a story about connecting to community and Country, and how we are all connected. No matter where we're going or where we have been, we are all connected.
Flutter of Life
By Ricky J
Yorta Yorta
2023
This is my journey to connect to my children. Now they have given me a second chance of life, where we now have the love and the bonding. It's given us that journey to connect to our Country. It will keep the bond stronger with the father's love, with the love of his children.
Connecting to Country
By Brendan H
Gunaikurnai / Kurnai / Gunditjmara
2023
This is a story about connecting to community and Country, and how we are all connected. No matter where we're going or where we have been, we are all connected.
'Court' in a Trap
By C.Stewart
Wiradjuri
2023
'Court' in a Trap focuses on our justice system and how they can take something peaceful and criminalise it. The net represents our justice system that is always out to 'catch' something. The jellyfish represents any man going through life, transparent, beautiful, until the justice system finds him in their net. Similar to a jellyfish in a fishing net, the fisherman (the justice system) only focuses on the 'potential' danger and harm the jellyfish is capable of, completely ignoring the fact the jellyfish was just surviving, day by day, wave after wave.
Bunjil's Always There
By Artistic Dreaming
Ngarrindjeri / Palawa
2023
This is a story about connecting to community and Country, and how we are all connected. No matter where we're going or where we have been, we are all connected.
Flutter of Life
By Ricky J
Yorta Yorta
2023
This is my journey to connect to my children. Now they have given me a second chance of life, where we now have the love and the bonding. It's given us that journey to connect to our Country. It will keep the bond stronger with the father's love, with the love of his children.
Connecting to Country
By Brendan H
Gunaikurnai / Kurnai / Gunditjmara
2023
This is a story about connecting to community and Country, and how we are all connected. No matter where we're going or where we have been, we are all connected.
'Court' in a Trap
By C.Stewart
Wiradjuri
2023
'Court' in a Trap focuses on our justice system and how they can take something peaceful and criminalise it. The net represents our justice system that is always out to 'catch' something. The jellyfish represents any man going through life, transparent, beautiful, until the justice system finds him in their net. Similar to a jellyfish in a fishing net, the fisherman (the justice system) only focuses on the 'potential' danger and harm the jellyfish is capable of, completely ignoring the fact the jellyfish was just surviving, day by day, wave after wave.
I’m Proud to Say I’m an Aboriginal Man
By Matthew
I’m sick of doing crime, I’m sick of doing jail. It’s time to put pen to paper, and send this in the mail.
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ISSUE NO. 20
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Artwork From The Torch – Issue 20
By The Torch
Two new artworks from First Nations artists.
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ISSUE NO. 20
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Impact of Jail Time on Aboriginal People
By Geoff
Being in a space that does not acknowledge, respond to or understand you can be deeply challenging.
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ISSUE NO. 20
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Walking on History: Sharing Culture and Country
By the Teelack Brothers
It all has a history. So just take a second to think on how old that could be and where it came from or even who or how it could have got there.
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