Thomas William Murray, 1993

oil on canvas

122 x 91 cm

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Provenance: The Collection of Gordon and Elaine Syron, NSW
Exhibited: Black Deaths in Custody, Balmain Community Centre, Balmain NSW, 1993 Syron’s War: Gordon Syron Retrospective, Newstead Art, Bondi Beach, 19 March – 23 April 2026
Artwork story: First exhibited in Black Deaths in Custody at the Balmain Community Centre in 1993, this work belongs to a group of nineteen paintings informed by the findings of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. The exhibition was supported by the Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council, and the works were later presented at NSW Parliament House in 1996 in an exhibition curated by Jane Raffan. Like others in this group, Gordon depicts the gravestone of the individual named in the title. He learned of these stories through trial transcripts and official records, which he accessed while giving testimony to the Royal Commission itself.

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b. 1941

oil on canvas

122 x 91 cm

Price on application — enquire

Provenance: The Collection of Gordon and Elaine Syron, NSW
Exhibited: Black Deaths in Custody, Balmain Community Centre, Balmain NSW, 1993 Syron’s War: Gordon Syron Retrospective, Newstead Art, Bondi Beach, 19 March – 23 April 2026
Artwork story: First exhibited in Black Deaths in Custody at the Balmain Community Centre in 1993, this work belongs to a group of nineteen paintings informed by the findings of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. The exhibition was supported by the Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council, and the works were later presented at NSW Parliament House in 1996 in an exhibition curated by Jane Raffan. Like others in this group, Gordon depicts the gravestone of the individual named in the title. He learned of these stories through trial transcripts and official records, which he accessed while giving testimony to the Royal Commission itself.