Summary
Poster was produced by the Healthy Aboriginal Life Team (HALT) in Central Australia. The topics explored include the traditional lives of Aboriginal people, the arrival of white people and the subsequent development of health issues among Aboriginal populations, and the futures of Aboriginal people. The poster features a painting by Walpiri artist and HALT team member Andrew Japaljarri Spencer. In this artwork, Spencer uses traditional iconography of the Western Desert to convey messages related to Aboriginal health and petrol sniffing.
Physical Description
Colour ink on paper. Title: 'This petrol destroys our people and our country'. Features a painting on lower right portion and a brown text panel with black print on left.
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Poster
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1
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1
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Overall Dimensions
500 mm (Width), 697 mm (Height)
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Collecting Areas
Ethnohistory, Australian Indigenous Identity and Contemporary Life
Title
This petrol destroys our people and our country