Brenda L. Croft
‘This exhibition is a way for me to pay acknowledgement and respect to my ancestors, to my immediate family, to Gurindji extended family and Stolen Generations’ members who have taught me so much in the decades I have been coming back home to diverse places in the Northern Territory. It is also a way to acknowledge the deep level of support I have received from non-Indigenous people who want to live together in a society that respects First Peoples’ sovereign rights.’ Brenda L. Croft
The formal opening will be on Saturday 3 November at 11am. Brenda will be present at the opening with poetry reading by Gurindji/Kungarakan elder Aunty Kathy Mills. The exhibition runs from 27 October - 10 November 2018
To view the second page of the exhibition please click here
To view Brenda's exhibition essay featured in the online publication Crikey, please click here
Women’s Wajarra, Jinparrak (Old Wave Hill Station), 21 October, 2015
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Violet Wadrill Nanaku with her granddaughter, Leah Leaman Namija, Kalkaringi, 29 October 2014
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Uncle Jack Gibbs and Aunty Nancy Croft’s hut, Channel Island Leprosarium site, 1931 – 1955, Channel Island, 3 November 2014
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Topsy Dodd Ngarnjalngali Nangari leading young girls in dance, Wajarra, Karungkarni Art and Culture Aboriginal Corporation, 20 October 2015
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Serena Donald Narrpingali Nimarra and her niece Leah Leaman Namija, near old cookhouse, Jinparrak (Old Wave Hill Station), 26 August 2014
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Stephen Long Jangala, Paddy Doolak Jangari, Peanut Pontiari Bernard Japalyi, Thomas Monkey Yikapayi Jungurra, Ronnie Wavehill Wirrpngayarri Jangala, Wajarra song project, Karungkarni Art and Culture Aboriginal Corporation, 20 October 2015
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Self-portrait, Cottage foundation Retta Dixon Home site (1946 – 1982), Karu Park, 5 November 2014
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Maurie Ryan Japarta, Aunty Barbara Raymond (née Mills, Larrakia people) and Aunty Kathy Mills (née McGinniss, Gurindji/Kungarakan peoples), Darwin Botanic Gardens, near NT Stolen Generations Memorial, 19 March 2016
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Maurie Ryan Japarta with his cousin/brothers Justin Paddy Japarta and Michael Paddy Japarta, under a pawulyji (swamp box) in the bed of Victoria River, near where Maurie was removed from his family in 1952 by Native Affairs Patrol Officer, Ted Evans, 6 April 2015
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Ronnie Wavehill Wirrpngayarri Jangala (Gurindji people) with karu (girl children) at Malyalyimalyalyi/Lipanangku (original Wave Hill Station, 1883–1925), dusk, 7 July 2015
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Pauline Ryan Namija dancing near women’s stone shelters, Jinparrak (Old Wave Hill Station), 26 August 2014
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
NT Emergency Response/Intervention sign, customised by John Leemans, Daguragu, 29 August 2011
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 59.4 x 84.1 cm / AU$3300 (edition of 5)
Michael Paddy Japarta, John Leemans Jukurtayi, Maurie Ryan Japarta, Justin Paddy Japarta, Wave Hill Walk-Off Track near Junani (Gordy Creek), 8 July 2015
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Maurie Ryan Japarta and Kerry Gibbs at Gibbsy’s Automotives, Stuart Park, 7 November 2014. As a 14-year-old teenager, Kerry travelled with Brian Manning Senior to take supplies to the Gurindji strikers camp in the Victoria River in 1966. His parents, George and Moira Gibbs, with Brian Manning Senior, established the Northern Territory Council for Aboriginal Rights in late 1961
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Kahlin Aboriginal Compound site, 1913 – 1939, Myilly Point, 5 November 2014
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 59.4 x 84.1 cm / AU$3300 (edition of 5)
Joseph Croft’s (1926 – 1996) grave, Kalkaringi cemetery, 4 July 2015
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Jacqueline, Rhonda, Philomena and Shirleen Clancy (daughters and great-granddaughter of Mena Clancy (née Croft, Joe Croft’s younger sister), Moulden, 14 July 2015
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Friends of Kahlin NAIDOC Week Event, Myilly Point Cultural Precinct, 12 July 2015
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Fight Racism, NT Emergency Response_Intervention sign, Top Grid, near Kalkaringi, 17 May 2011
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 59.4 x 84.1 cm / AU$3300 (edition of 5)
Elders Aunty Kathy Mills (née McGinniss, Gurindji/Kungarakan people) and Aunty Nancy Gibbs Nalyarri (née Croft, Gurindji people), Moulden, 25 October 2015
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Darwin Gardens Cemetery 1930s plots, including ‘Handsome Joe’ Croft’s plot, # 812, 6 November 2014
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 59.4 x 84.1 cm / AU$3300 (edition of 5)
Cottage foundation, Retta Dixon Home site (1946 – 1982), Karu Park, Bagot, 5 November 2014
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 59.4 x 84.1 cm / AU$3300 (edition of 5)
Channel Island Leprosarium site, 1931 – 1955, #4 (bed base with tree trunk), 7 April 2015
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Channel Island Leprosarium site, 1931 – 1955, #2 (hut internal), 7 April 2015
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Brenda’s birthday BBQ_Family meeting to discuss proposed research project, Kalkaringi, 17 May 2011
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Australian Trade Unionist and Political Activist, Brian Manning Senior (1932 – 2013), Brian’s house, Stuart Park, May 2011
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Aunty Nancy Gibbs (née Croft) II, Kahlin Aboriginal Compound site, 1913 – 1939, Myilly Point, 6 November 2014
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 59.4 x 84.1 cm / AU$3300 (edition of 5)
Aunty Nancy Gibbs (née Croft) I, Kahlin Aboriginal Compound site, 1913 – 1939, Myilly Point, 6 November 2014
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Aunty Nancy Gibbs (née Croft, Gurindji people) and Aunty Barbara Raymond (née Mills, Larrakia people), Darwin, 7 November 2014
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Back: Niki Huddleston, Jo Huddleston, Leslie Huddleston, Kara Huddleston, Shahn Scott, Bev Huddleston Middle: Jayden, Scarlett, Ava, Karen, Hudson, Cooper-Lee Front: Nancy Gibbs (née Croft), Bakewell, 17 October 2015
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Diandra with her niece, Teniquah, ‘Families Are First Teachers’ Life-saving program session, Lawi, Wattie Creek, 21 October 2015
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Michael Paddy Japarta, John Leemans Jukurtayi, Brenda L Croft Nangari, Justin Paddy Japarta, Wave Hill Walk-Off Track near Junani (Gordy Creek), 8 July 2015
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Boys with mask, Daguragu, 19 June 2014
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Plot site - Croft Joseph, known as ‘Handsome Joe Croft’, b. Vic 1870
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
Channel Island Leprosarium site, 1931 – 1955, #1 (entrance road across estuary), 7 April 2015
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 59.4 x 84.1 cm / AU$3300 (edition of 5)
Peanut Pontiari Bernard Japalyi (Bilinara people) with old horseshoe, Killing Yards, Jinparrak (Old Wave Hill Station), 28 August 2014
Brenda L. Croft
pigment print on archival paper 42 x 59.4 cm / AU$2200 (edition of 5)
