Mr and Mrs Kookaburra
The Oldest Living Culture in the World … said to be more than 65,000 years
they have survived ice age and climate changes before …
Digby Moran, an Elder who learnt to paint late in life
he frequently exhibits in Europe and gave a very inspirational talk at a recent event
his work is amazing, look it up
read another post about a very wise poet Elder – Uncle Herb
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Beautiful photography!!
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Wow…brilliant photo concept kate…i especially love mr and mrs kookabura…they are adorable.
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What wonderful representatives of a beautiful culture/country! 🙂
Beautiful photos, Kate! 🙂
HUGS!!! 🙂
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In the name of civilization so many cultures were wiped out!
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yes, and there is nothing civilised about that!
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Very Irish Surname!
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yes many are offspring to their mothers masters!
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Similar happened here in Ireland where wealthy landowners took advantage of young vulnerable servants.
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yes they were called servants here but were stolen from their families and trained from the ages of 8-11 years 😦
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Poverty in very large families here meant very few children progressed past primary education; 12 years of age. My own mother was one of 11 children and started working at 12 years old, my father was one of the lucky ones to remain in school until he was 15!
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yes incredibly sad … yet we spend billions sending rockets to the moon for what use …
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Lol
I guess what I meant is all this true.
I found it very interesting and I wanted to confirm it.
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Drew it’s quite true – our Traditional Landowners are the longest living culture in the world but genocide by us white fellas has taken it’s toll. They are reestablishing their languages, culture and traditions …
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I hope they are successfully in fully restoring their traditions and culture. It is a treasure that needs to be respected and preserved.
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indeed but they still face massive prejudice here, it’s so wrong! More murdered, more in goal, health issues, etc just not being attended to!
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That is a shame. More people need to come forward and bring awareness to these issues so you have done.
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yes but then the bigotry is targeted at me also, Australia is a place of harsh extremes!
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Sorry to hear that. I had no idea.
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we claim to be classless but that is by entitled white folk …
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LOVE the kookaburra!
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ah but the others are the more interesting characters 🙂
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Beautiful birds… sending via email some birds from Florida 🙂
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Thanks you… I’m not sure what I want to do with them so I want to keep them mine… at least for now.
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ok, I enjoy sharing mine and know that karma will visit any who use them without giving me full credit!
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I was actually thinking of trying to sell some… Maybe for charity (our library displays art for sale that benefits them) ? though I plan on gifting some copies to family.
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good idea, you will do what’s right … I would love to sell mine but who would pay?
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There are sites I saw in Europe, probably similar in the states and elsewhere that you probably pay a fee for that will put your photo on pretty much anything (mug, pillow, poster, even just a photo in a frame) – and when something does sell I would guess you get a percentage. But I really don’t know too much about it. Kind of like ESTY… but I did look into that site and I wasn’t impressed with the legal language. But then that was years ago. Perhaps printing up some works and putting them in frames in local eateries – some places do that. Maybe for more than just family 😉 But again I’m not sure of the business knowledge one would have to have or the taxes that would have to be paid.
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I guess it just depends on what arrangements you can make with the folks you know – as in displaying works and if any % goes to the eatery for the space. I’ve seen in tourist towns local artists have their names and the price of the painting or other craft/photo on the painting. Good luck!
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Amazing pictures. Loved Mr. And Mrs kookaburra
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Oh wow, that’s amazing. I have posted a new drawing. I will love to have your feedback on it.
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just been there, powerful and poignant … you are finding your voice and your blog is taking off!
Mutazir are you male or female?
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Thank you so much. I am really overwhelmed by the support you all are giving me. Thanks a lot. By the way, I am a female.
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yes I thought you saw clearly from the feminine side that’s why I asked … I pray that is not a self-portrait?
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Mashallah, God has blessed me with a happy life. Thanks for the concern.
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oh I am so very grateful to hear that … you share others pain so you are very insightful and sensitive 🙂
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Time to celebrate the original Australians!
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absolutely especially with invasion day looming!
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