Our Community – Bankstown Koori Elders Group

Waterhole of Kinship

Their piece, Waterhole of Kinship is one of the finalists at the Shepparton Art Museum for the Indigenous Ceramic Award, exhibition open from 13 August to 4 December 2022. The Bankstown Koori Elders Group reflected as a group the importance of water; on the many forms it can manifest. With this piece, they can try to reconnect with their sacred rivers, waterholes and oceans that kept their ancestors strong and alive. “We recall words from our Elders, ‘no water, no seasons’”. From the dreamtime, water has been a vital source of beginnings, creatures large and small. “Our Wise Elders respected the water because they knew it was a giver for life. In this spirit, we created this artwork and dedicate it to the up-and-coming new generations, in the hope that they will carry on the love and the respect for all living things.”