The Australian government has purchased the copyright to the Aboriginal flag in order to allow anyone to use it. This will ‘free’ the symbol of identity for many aboriginal people who previously had to fight to use it. The flag was created in 1971 by Indigenous artist, Harold Thomas, as a protest image, but it…
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First ever Indigenous winner of Australia’s Archibald Prize receives $100,000
Vincent Namatjira, an Indigenous artist, has won Australia’s 2020 Archibald Prize, an annual award for portraiture painted by a resident of Australasia. It comes with a cash prize of $100,000. Namatjira’s winning painting, entitled ‘Stand Strong for Who You Are’, features retired Australian footballer, Adam Goodes, as “a proud Aboriginal man who stands strong for…
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