Lot 89

Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne (label verso)
Private collection, Melbourne

Bindi Cole: Not Really Aboriginal, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, 23 May - 5 July 2008 (another example)
"I've always been told that I was Aboriginal. I never questioned it because of the colour of my skin or where I lived. My Nan, one of the Stolen Generation, was staunchly proud and strong. She made me feel the same way. My traditional land takes in Ballarat, Geelong and Werribee and extends west past Cressy to Derrinallum. I'm from Victoria and I've always known this. All the descendants of traditional Victorian Aboriginal people are now of mixed heritage. I'm not black. I'm not from a remote community. Does that mean I'm not really Aboriginal? Or do Aboriginal people come in all shapes, sizes and colours and live in all areas of Australia, remote and urban?"
(Artist's exhibition statement)

Other examples of this print are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; and Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.

© Bindi Cole Chocka/Copyright Agency, 2023