Artist: Queenie McKenzie | Title: Rainbow Snake over Texas Downs | Year: 1996 | Medium: natural pigments on canvas | Dimensions: 72 x 99 cm
PROVENANCE
Fireworks Gallery Cat No. FW3680
Cooee Gallery
Private Collection, QLD
Private Collection, NSW
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ARTIST PROFILE
COMMUNITY/ REGION
Turkey Creek (Warmun), East Kimberley Region, WA
LANGUAGE
Gija
BIOGRAPHY
Queenie McKenzie was born c.1930 at the Old Texas station on the Ord River in the north west of Western Australia. As a child, her Aboriginal mother protected her from removal to an orphanage under the prevailing government policy that took Aboriginal children such as Queenie, who’s absent father was white… Continue Reading
PROVENANCE
Fireworks Gallery Cat No. FW3680
Cooee Gallery
Private Collection, QLD
Private Collection, NSW
PRICE
Enquire about this work
ARTIST PROFILE
COMMUNITY/ REGION
Turkey Creek (Warmun), East Kimberley Region, WA
LANGUAGE
Gija
BIOGRAPHY
Queenie McKenzie was born c.1930 at the Old Texas station on the Ord River in the north west of Western Australia. As a child, her Aboriginal mother protected her from removal to an orphanage under the prevailing government policy that took Aboriginal children such as Queenie, who’s absent father was white… Continue Reading
PROVENANCE
Fireworks Gallery Cat No. FW3680
Cooee Gallery
Private Collection, QLD
Private Collection, NSW
PRICE
Enquire about this work
ARTIST PROFILE
COMMUNITY/ REGION
Turkey Creek (Warmun), East Kimberley Region, WA
LANGUAGE
Gija
BIOGRAPHY
Queenie McKenzie was born c.1930 at the Old Texas station on the Ord River in the north west of Western Australia. As a child, her Aboriginal mother protected her from removal to an orphanage under the prevailing government policy that took Aboriginal children such as Queenie, who’s absent father was white… Continue Reading