Sunday, March 23, 2014

Coranderrk Festival 2014




I was delighted to be chosen as the official photographer for the 2014 Coranderrk Festival.




In 2013 the inaugural Coranderrk Festival commemorated the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Aboriginal station in Healesville. It celebrated the history of the reserve and its links to the community.

The 2014 Coranderrk Festival once again paid tribute to the dignity and resilience of the original inhabitants who survived despite the forced closure of their Coranderrk home in 1924. Visitors to the festival, indigenous and non-indigenous, were invited to join descendants of the Coranderrk community in a family day of music, dance, stories and art.

Here is a selection of my favourite portraits:


Dardee Balagamdail member © Barbara Oehring 2014



Djirri Djirri Dance Group girls © Barbara Oehring 2014



Alesa Lajana © Barbara Oehring 2014



Bobby Binnungurr © Barbara Oehring 2014



June Mills © Barbara Oehring 2014


Rod Neason © Barbara Oehring 2014



Allan and Jacqui Wandin © Barbara Oehring 2014



Sally Grice © Barbara Oehring 2014



Djon Mundine © Barbara Oehring 2014



Uncle Jack Charles © Barbara Oehring 2014









Sunday, March 9, 2014

Fun at the Fair

I enjoyed visiting the annual Knox Festival to photograph for the local community paper "Ferntree Gully News".

The 2014 Knox Festival took place on the first weekend in March in Ferntree Gully. On Saturday I spent a couple of hours at the Wally Tew Reserve. I would like to share some of my images of the fair.
 

© Barbara Oehring 2014
 


© Barbara Oehring 2014
 Lesley Maxwell, author & world figure champion.



© Barbara Oehring 2014




Logan © Barbara Oehring 2014
 
 

Sandra © Barbara Oehring 2014
 Community Newspaper Stand.


  
© Barbara Oehring 2014
Kirigami from recycled books at the Ferntree Gully Library.




 
© Barbara Oehring 2014

 Hand-crafted rocking horse by the Knox & District Woodworkers.





© Barbara Oehring 2014

Swing Patrol, Ringwood.
  




© Barbara Oehring 2014
 



© Barbara Oehring 2014