An Anecdotal History of Annandale: before 1770 Aboriginal Australia

Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative

55-59 Flood St, Leichhardt
Telephone:02-95602541(Sydney)

Right Here Right Now Photography Exhibition of Protest and Performance by Kamilaroi woman, Barbara McGrady 25 January - 22 February 2012
BOOMALLI STALL AT YABUN 2012
Reflections on China: Opens Saturday 5th April 2008. Exhibition of artworks by founding members of Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative and the Asia Australia Arts Centre Jeffrey Samuels and Chris Pang OAM
Hand in Hand Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Maori, Samoan, Niuean and Fijan artists from Oz and beyond.
Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-op
Mardis Gras 30th anniversary, Sydney 2008

8-28 February 2008
Boomalli Founding Members Exhibition To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the founding of Boomalli, the gallery will be holding an exhibition honoring the 10 artist members who formed Boomalli in 1987.
These ten artists were: Fiona Foley, Bronwyn Bancroft, Michael Riley, Fernando Martin, Raymond Meeks, Jeffrey Samuels, Eupemia Bostock, Avril Quail, Brenda L Croft and Tracey Moffatt.
July 01 - July 31 2007
Kamilaroi - As part of Boomalli's regional focus exhibition program, the next region from NSW to be highlighted, is the Kamilaroi from North Western NSW.
Tue-Fri 10am-4pm or by appointment
30th March - 27th April 2007
3 in 10 - Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-op celebrates the work of Indigenous lesbian artists.
Art on Water, 26 October - 10 November 2006
Christine Christophersen, Blue Print, 5-23 October 2006 Detail "She Sings to the little stingray", 2005 by Christine Christophersen
Mobochre, Artists from Dubbo TAFE and Boomalli members with connections to Dubbo come together to present an exhibition of new works, 8-22 September 2006

Aboriginal Australia

The Gadigal Clan lived on the Southern side of the Sydney Harbour in a landscape of Iron Bark and Turpentine Forrest. There is evidence of human society, in the area, dating back 15,000 years.

"Pemulwuy was a Bidjigal warrior who led the Eora and surrounding nations in the first major response to the invading British from 1790 to 1802. Indeed, the lands we've come to know as Sydney were occupied during the last 14 years of his life...." - Pemulwuy The Rainbow Warrior (Gadigal Information Service)

The Boomalli Aboriginal Artist Co-operative's name means "to strike or to make a mark", in at least three languages spoken in the surrounding areas - Bundjalung, Gamileroi and Wiradjuri.

"The accurately observed and dispassionate portraits give a unique record of some of the key individuals to interact with the settlers.
Within a year of the arrival of the First Fleet, the aboriginal people of the Sydney area began to die of diseases, mainly smallpox, introduced by the colonists." - www.nhm.ac.uk

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