“When the full moon come out, that means he climbing up this Leichardt tree when he’s a bit dull. That’s the story because when old people always been telling us. For this tree, he’s a girl tree this one, that’s why they call it Ngimillil. Some trees are boys and some are girls.”
The old people passed this story down to Shirley. When there is a dull full moon, it is believed that the moon climbed up the Leichardt tree, and that is how its bark got its colour – which is not a bright white, but a dull white.
This exhibition features new works from ten women artists reinterpreting and reimagining elements of Australian history, enriching the contemporary narrative around Australia’s history and biography, reflecting the tradition of storytelling in our country.
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