Click to enlarge1954 – 2022
- Region
- South-East Australia
- Community
- Ngarrindjeri
- Language group
- Ngarrindjeri; Tanganekald
Milerum’s Lament, 2019
oil on Belgian linen
76 x 102 cm
$4,200
- Provenance
- Direct from artist, SA Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
- Artwork story
- The artist’s grandfather, Clarence Long (Milerum), was born in the mallee country east of the Coorong in South Australia. Here his spirit is seen flying over the country now denuded and damaged due to introduced species. All the native grasses have gone, and the trees have been felled. The native animals have no food and are dying as a result.