Wyndham council will host its second virtual exhibition, with an installation focused on Tasmanian Aboriginal children taken by colonists.
Titled True Lies (and alibis), the exhibition will feature the work of Tasmanian Trawlwoolway artist Julie Gough.
The exhibition will be installed at the Wyndham Art Gallery in Werribee, then photographed and digitally rendered for residents to view online.
Wyndham’s arts and heritage portfolio holder, Cr Tony Hooper, said Gough’s work focused on the lives of Tasmanian Aboriginal children taken by colonists in the early 1800s – including the artist’s ancestor, Dalrymple Briggs, who lived with a colonial surgeon and his wife, as a child.
“The exhibition delves into the lives of Dalrymple and other Aboriginal people through video, a series of 181 posters originally presented in the forest of the Queens Domain, Hobart, and an evidence wall which demonstrates the interactions between the colonial settlers and Aboriginal people,” Cr Hooper said.
The free virtual exhibition will run from July 9 to August 30.
See wyndham.vic.gov.au/whats-on/true-lies-and-alibis for details.
