Reverse of Bronze head of Noongar Boodja , sculpture outside the museum by Nicole Mickle, Safehaven Studios, 2021, cast in bronze
Information label reads: ” Noongar Boodja
Nicole Mickle, Safehaven Studios, 2021, cast in bronze
Gift of The Copland Foundation
Not one man… but all Noongar men.
Graceful and proud he stands here as a reminder we live and walk on Noongar country and pay deep respect to the oldest living culture on the planet.
Historical photographs dating from the 1870s to the early 1900s, coupled with contemporary images of Noongar men today, guided the creation of this bronze.
This figure is an adaption of the original study from which evolved a striking 5-metre high contemporary artwork, Wardandi Boodja, at Koombana Bay, Bunbury.
The Noongar nation is vast, with 14 language groups in all”
Reverse of Bronze head of Noongar Boodja , sculpture outside the museum by Nicole Mickle, Safehaven Studios, 2021, cast in bronze
Information label reads: ” Noongar Boodja
Nicole Mickle, Safehaven Studios, 2021, cast in bronze
Gift of The Copland Foundation
Not one man… but all Noongar men.
Graceful and proud he stands here as a reminder we live and walk on Noongar country and pay deep respect to the oldest living culture on the planet.
Historical photographs dating from the 1870s to the early 1900s, coupled with contemporary images of Noongar men today, guided the creation of this bronze.
This figure is an adaption of the original study from which evolved a striking 5-metre high contemporary artwork, Wardandi Boodja, at Koombana Bay, Bunbury.
The Noongar nation is vast, with 14 language groups in all”