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Nathan Williams is a descendant of the Tag clan of Ugar (Stephen) Island in the Torres Strait on his father’s side and a descendant of the Guugu Yimithirr Nation on his mother’s side. He is wearing an Indigenous Knowledge Centre Coordinators Workshop shirt, 2016. The logo is designed by Sharon Phineasa. Photo by Brian Cassey. Source: State Library of Queensland.
By Rachael Hocking, NITV News
24 March 2021
‘Where did you get that shirt?’
Whether it’s the annual NAIDOC march, Invasion Day protest or waiting at your local Aboriginal Medical Service, chances are you’ve heard that question.
Girramay, Kuku Nyungul and South Sea Islander woman Louise Hunter said it was this question, and the yarns that come with it, that inspired a new exhibition at the Queensland State Library called Deadly Threads.
“The concept came from years of visiting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Queensland and seeing different people in community with different shirts on for various reasons,” she said.
“I have loaned some items for the exhibition, one of them is the Cowboys 2016 Indigenous Round jersey, and I’ve got a few of the shirts from the community that my mother comes from: shirts that really identify who I am and the items I have a connection to.”
Ms Hunter, who curated the exhibition, said much of Queensland’s Indigenous history can be traced through the community’s clothing, including key moments such as the Mabo decision of 1992.
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