Transforming Tindale
This event is now in the past.
Unheard stories are given a voice in this powerful exhibition of scientific photographs and contemporary artworks, exploring the legacy of a 1938 anthropological expedition to Aboriginal communities.
Artist Vernon Ah Kee has drawn on photographs of his family from the Tindale collection to produce poignant works capturing the personalities behind the scientific images.
Transforming Tindale is a thought-provoking journey into the Tindale Genealogical Collection, what it means to Aboriginal people and its place in Queensland’s history.
The State Library has copies of genealogical information and photographs from the Tindale collection available for the Queensland Aboriginal communities of Yarrabah, Cherbourg, Mona Mona, Palm Island, Woorabinda, Bentinck Island, Doomadgee and Mornington Island, as well as two northern New South Wales communities at Boggabilla and Woodenbong.
Access to these records is restricted to family members and can be arranged by contacting the John Oxley Library.
Visit our Transforming Tindale pages | View the online gallery
Image credit:Vernon Ah Kee, neither pride nor courage, 2006, 1 of 3 The James C. Sourris, AM, Collection, Gift of James C Sourris through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 2007. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program
- Venue:
- Various venues at State Library, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank
- Cost:
- Free
- More information:
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Exhibitions
07 3840 7768
learningparticipation@slq.qld.gov.au
Program of events
Transforming Tindale exhibition tour
slq Gallery, level 2, State Library
Starts 8th Sep 2012, 11am -
slq Gallery, level 2, State Library
Starts 6th Sep 2012 10:00am-5:00pm, then Every day, until 9th Dec 2012
Transforming Tindale exhibition tour
slq Gallery, level 2, State Library
Starts 9th Sep 2012, 1pm -
slq Gallery, level 2, State Library
Starts 9th Sep 2012, 2:30pm -
The legacy of Tindale: Photography and the politics of anthropology and Native Title
slq Auditorium 1, level 2
Starts 24th Sep 2012, 9:30am -
Join cultural heritage professionals for an exploration of the career of Norman Tindale and why his name is so prominent in Australian anthropology, linguistics, Native Title and Aboriginal history.
A night by the fire with Michael Aird
Talking Circle, level 1, State Library
Starts 2nd Oct 2012, 6:30pm -
Deepen the Conversation: Transforming Tindale
slq Auditorium 1, level 2
Starts 25th Oct 2012, 6pm -
