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









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