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Tania Murray | Australia
A tree without leaves, naked, aged, solitary. Rooted in darkness, seeking truth, there is healing in the life of a tree. The landscape I inhabit is recognised for its unique biodiversity. Noosa within the Sunshine Coast Shire defines the nature of my work. When a forest I tended for five years was felled, a way was lost. Casting tree and female forms in paper clay and extracting dyes from leaves collected at the Mill Point cemetery, led to the film children of the cemetery. A link between heaven and earth, the tree is like a cross. It has roots in the ground and branches that stretch to the sky. Redemption is what I seek.
children of the cemetery (2007): a film
Between 1869 and 1892 an area of 5678 acres, portion 1 parish of Noosa, was depleted of much of its timber. Mill Point today remains a place defined not by physical ruins but by its lumen naturae. Scraggy melaleucas edge the lake like silent keepers of dark secrets. The cemetery is delineated by long grass and bloodwood trees. Symbols of loss and renewal, 30 children recorded buried here remain, present in the overwhelming beauty of this protagonist; the landscape.
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Ábhar agus Meon, Sixth World Archaeological Congress, School of Archaeology, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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