Aboriginal artwork takes to the road

Three new media trailers showcasing Aboriginal connection to Sea Country are now ready to hit the road.

Wrapped in colourful Aboriginal artwork designs, the trailers will promote the Aboriginal cultural values of the marine estate as they are used at events across NSW.

The trailers, funded by the NSW Marine Estate Management Strategy, are equipped with everything to assist at events, from display boards to video monitors and white boards.

The artwork for the trailers was created by Gumbaynggirr artist Lavinnia Inglis, who hails from Nambucca Valley, near Coffs Harbour.

Ms Inglis won the contract to design the identifier artwork through a tender process held by the National Aboriginal Design Agency.

Titled Bindarray Maagun or River Feast, Ms Inglis said the artwork was inspired by the rivers, oceans, and marine life of NSW.

“The marine life featured throughout the piece are a representation of the nourishment the ocean and rivers provide us and the lesson of only taking what we need to,” she said.

Colin Graham, the Department of Primary Industries Project Officer that coordinated the construction of the trailers, said the designs give coastal Aboriginal communities something to identify with.

“The artwork reminds us of our heritage and will give coastal Aboriginal communities something to be proud of,” he said.

“The theme of the artwork includes both saltwater and freshwater elements. It demonstrates the connections between the two,” Mr Graham said.

“I think they look unreal and I can't wait to see them out amongst community,” he said.

Both the identifier artwork and the custom trailers are part of Initiative 4, Protecting the Aboriginal cultural values of the marine estate, and funded by the Marine Estate Management Strategy.