29 AM 4242/06
Rosalind Langford Blackwood Seeds 2006
Acrylic on canvas 755mm x 1010mm SOLD
This painting is about the Blackwood - Blackwood lives for 150 years - during it's life, much changes in the world
are made. The centre represents a Blackwood with it's age rings = 150 years. This period seen European
occupation on Aboriginal land. The death of Truganini and the desecration of her remains. War is declared against
Tasmanian Aboriginal people. William Crowther Illegally removes remains of Aborigines from graves at Oyster
Cove. Aborigines imprisoned at Wyballeena. More Tasmanian Aborigines per population enlist in Great War than
anywhere else in Australia. Welfare authorities removal of Aboriginal children. The Blackwood seeds represent
Regeneration - For Land and it's people.