Listen in Kuninjku
Acknowledgements

Ngabenmarneyime manjbun ngudberre kare kubolkbuyika dolobbo kure ngudda ngurrini.

I wish to pay my respects to the traditional owners of places where my bark paintings will travel.

– John Mawurndjul

The Museum of Contemporary Art and the Art Gallery of South Australia pay their respects to Kuninjku Country, the home of the artist and the land upon which all the works of this show were made.


The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional owners of the land and waters upon which the MCA stands.

The Art Gallery of South Australia acknowledges and pays respect to the Kaurna people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Gallery stands.

Aerial view of Liverpool River, south of Maningrida

National tour

Murray Arts Museum Albury (NSW)

The Murray Arts Museum Albury acknowledges the Traditional Custodians, the Wiradjuri people, on whose land we meet, work and create. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and extend our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from all nations of this land.

Glasshouse Port Macquarie (NSW)

We acknowledge that we are gathered in Birpai Land and pay respect to Birpai Elders both past and present. We also extend that respect to all other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Caboolture Regional Art Gallery (QLD)

We respectfully acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands across the Moreton Bay Region, and pay our respects to elders’ past, present and emerging, for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and hopes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Blue Mountains Cultural Centre (NSW)

We acknowledge that we are on the traditional lands of the Darug and Gundungurra peoples. The Blue Mountains Cultural Centre acknowledges that this exhibition is presented on Aboriginal land and recognises the strength, capacity and resilience of past and present Aboriginal people of this region.

Cairns Art Gallery (QLD)

Cairns Art Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the Land and pays its respect to their Elders both past and present.

Charles Darwin University Art Collection and Art Gallery (NT)

Charles Darwin University Art Collection and Art Gallery, Darwin, acknowledges the Larrakia people as the Traditional Custodians of the land, and we pay our respects to Elders both past and present.

Tweed Regional Gallery (NSW)

Tweed Shire Council wishes to recognise the generations of the local Aboriginal people of the Bundjalung Nation who have lived in and derived their physical and spiritual needs from the forests, rivers, lakes and streams of this beautiful valley over many thousands of years as the Traditional Owners and custodians of these lands.

Bunjil Place Gallery (VIC)

Our gallery stands on the traditional lands of the Bunurong, Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung people and we wish to acknowledge them as Traditional Owners. We pay respects to their Elders, past and present, Elders from other communities, and our future Elders.