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after 5 years in Wellington New Zealand I returned to Australia in 2024 

I live 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

I am a 5th 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

i support the Statewide Treaty negotiations that are progressing in Victoria

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

   

 

Barbara Wheeler

Education

University of Canberra

Post Graduate studies in Museology 

App Sci (Hons) Cultural Heritage Management

National Trust Award - Academic Achievement

Charles Sturt University

Undergraduate studies in Communications and Visual Arts 

Linguistics, Politics, Printmaking, Photography

Ass Dip Lib Arts

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