The genesis of the story that we trust that will unfold here began in November 1971 when a young man – Neville Jabangrdi Poulson AKA 'Cobra' [ 1 ] • [ 2 ] • [ 3 ] • [ 4 ] – from a remote community then known as Yuendumu Settlement and Baptist Mission travelled to Sturt Workshops in Mittagong NSW for a short time to learn how to make jewellery.
During that time he did some drawings as a way of explaining his culture and his relatively recent initiation. In 2008 those drawings were rediscovered and there are layers of meaning invested in them that are not only to do with the strength of his culture but also the layering of histories that have become imbedded in them since.
The drawing that we are using as the identity image for this site and project is one of Neville's 1971 drawings and it carries stories to do with a relationship that began in 1971 and promises to begin to bloom in 2008. Some plants do take a long time to flower.
As this site evolves more will be revealed as the past is revisited and a future is explored. So, as they say in the movies “watch this space.”
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