Red Centre - Konstantina (Kate Constantine)

Central to all First Nations people in Australia is the innate sense of belonging to and being a part of place. This sense of place is our attachment to Country and all that connects us to it, and it to us.

Country, or Ngura, is the lifeblood of our people. The heart, soul and creator of Culture. Ngura is the physical land, animals, water, sky and air, and it is also the emotions one feels when standing on Country or working on Country for the betterment of our people and Culture. Ngura is the spiritual manifestation of our connection and engagement with, and to, Country. It is this Ngura that Aboriginal artists channel into their works. A physical storytelling from our rich oral history. It allows us to remember our place, our Ngura, as our ancestors did. It allows us the opportunity to preserve these memories and histories for our next generations and for millennia to come.