colonial legacy (2024)
30cm X 33, antique linen and silk and cotton embroidery thread (timber frame)
This artwork mimics an 1800s embroidery sampler, reinterpreting a land grant map of Darug Lands. It omits grantee names and includes a massacre site. where the warrior Yaragowby – after leading colonists away from his people’s campsite – was shot and killed by armed settlers together with six other Bedigal/ Darug speaking people.