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90/222 Poster, 'Australia Day Invasion Day', screenprint, paper, created by Wendy Holland in collaboration with Garage Graphix Artsworker Alice Hinton-Bateup under the Garage Graphix Aboriginal access program, Mount Druitt, New South Wales, Australia, 1987. Click to enlarge.
  • Image 1 of 1, 90/222 Poster, 'Australia Day Invasion Day', screenprint, paper, created by Wendy Holland in collaboration with Garage Graphix Artsworker Alice Hinton-Bateup under the Garage Graphix Aboriginal access program, Mount Druitt, New South Wales, Australia, 1987. Click to enlarge

'Australia Day Invasion Day' by Wendy Dunn

This vibrant multi-coloured screenprinted poster was produced at Garage Graphix in the 1980s.

Garage Graphix was an important community arts workshop at Mt Druitt in Western Sydney where women artists and designers, including Aboriginal women, were active participants, and community and Aboriginal issues key concerns addressed in the posters.

"Garage Graphix Community Arts Group (1980-96) operated in Mt Druitt, a western Sydney suburb with a high Indigenous population. Although the group …

Summary

Object No.

90/222

Object Statement

Poster, 'Australia Day Invasion Day', screenprint, paper, created by Wendy Holland in collaboration with Garage Graphix Artsworker Alice Hinton-Bateup under the Garage Graphix Aboriginal access program, Mount Druitt, New South Wales, Australia, 1987

Physical Description

Poster, 'Australia Day Invasion Day', Wendy Dunn with assistance from Alice Hinton-Bateup, for Garage Graphix, screenprint on paper, Mount Druitt, New South Wales, Australia, 1987. Poster with black and white photo of protesters beneath a coloured banner of the Australian Aboriginal flag with the words 'Australia Day = Invasion Day 1988 What's there to celebrate'. Located in the lower left side of the poster is the text '200 years on stolen ground, isn't it time to come around? Land Rights'.

Short URL

https://ma.as/103465

Dimensions

Height

510 mm

Width

760 mm

Source

Credit Line

Gift of the Australia Council, 1990

Acquisition Date

28 February 1990

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'Australia Day Invasion Day' by Wendy Dunn 2023, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 23 March 2023, <https://ma.as/103465>

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{{cite web |url=https://ma.as/103465 |title='Australia Day Invasion Day' by Wendy Dunn |author=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences |access-date=23 March 2023 |publisher=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Australia}}

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