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After 5 years in Wellington Aotearoa New Zealand I returned to Australia in 2024 

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Home is on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation, Narrm Melbourne Australia and respectfully acknowledge their Ancestors and Elders, past and present

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I am a 6th generation Australian migrant, descended from an English convict transported to Sydney in 1819.  My family prospered on the stolen lands of the Wiradjuri people of New South Wales

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I support the Statewide Treaty with Victoria's First Peoples

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I am a solarpunk  polymath feminist crone who makes story vessels, sculptures and embroideries.  Propelled by deep connection to nature, I begin with materials-led methodologies to bring waste and unwanted materials back into usefulness, re-contextualising their meaning and value  

 

Humour and optimism seed my critiques of consumption, intergenerational legacies of colonialism and misogyny

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Barbara Wheeler

Education

University of Canberra

Post Graduate studies in Museology 

B App Sci (Hons) Cultural Heritage Management

National Trust Award - Academic Achievement

Charles Sturt University

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Undergraduate studies in Communications and Visual Arts 

Linguistics, Politics, Printmaking, Photography

Ass Dip Lib Arts

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