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[The Guardian] First Nations photography, reframed: ‘This is who we really are’

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First Nations photography, reframed: ‘This is who we really are’

A new exhibition is correcting the record in Queensland, contrasting staged historical photography with the vibrant presentTravelling north through Cape York, you can’t miss the tiny town of Coen; the main road runs right through it. If Coen Heritage House was your only stop you’d learn a lot about the region’s mining, cattle and police history – it was home to “the biggest gold rush in tropical Australia” a sign declares – but little about Coen’s 300 or so primarily Indigenous residents.Among framed photographs of the early pastoralists’ properties and portraits of their owners are photos of Kaantju woman Naomi Hobson’s great-grandfather, great-uncle and great-auntie. The images were returned to her community by the National Museum of Australia “to put up proudly on display”, says Hobson. “But it’s not who we are.” Continue reading...
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