Exhibition SummaryAn exhibition of Aboriginal self-determination, opened with a music celebration on Saturday 28 November 2015. Curated by Blak Douglas and Lena Nahlous, 'Talk the Change // Change the Talk' features works by Mervyn Bishop, Karla Dickens, Blak Douglas, Guntawang Aboriginal Aboriginal Resources inc., Willurai Kirkbright, Munkimuk, Elaine Syron, Leanne Tobin and students from Bonnyrigg High School. It also features oral histories from local elders.
Launch images by Helen Tran.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQzfK64GPHUDescriptionThis exhibitions featured contemporary artists, oral histories, music and stories celebrating the survival of our Aboriginal communities. Through visual art, video, photography, music, radio and oral history, Talk the Change/Change the Talk explored the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' resistance, struggles fro recognition and for social and political change.
Artists: Mervyn Bishop, Karla Dickens, Blak Douglas, Ludwig El Haddad, Guntawang Aboriginal Women's Group, Willurai Kirkbright, Munkimuk, Elaine Pelot Syron and Leanne Tobin.
Oral Histories from our local elders: Cathie Banton, Darrell Trevor Farbar, Judith Farbar, Wendy Morgan, Mae Robinson, Norma Shelley, Freda Simpson, Stephen Williams.
Paintings by Bonnyrigg High School students: Billy Jack Bellamy, Cheyenne Cruse, Letisha Clayton, Jayden Eastwood, Lakayla Simpson, Tarah Simpson, Nathan Whittard, Robert Wilkins, Mark Heath, Bindi O'Hara, Jacki O'Hara, Talei Vakauta.
Talk the Change /Change the Talk. Fairfield City Heritage Collection, accessed 30/04/2026, https://heritagecollection.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/1627
