00:00If walls could talk, these would tell stories of country, colonisation and family.
00:08The exhibition showcasing some of Australia's most profound Indigenous art.
00:13The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards is the longest running and most prestigious Indigenous art award in this country
00:20and has nurtured and celebrated the richness and diversity of contemporary Indigenous art for over 40 years.
00:26Taking home the top prize of $100,000 is Nole Richter.
00:31He may well be the youngest first contact person in Australia,
00:35having survived in the Western Australian desert with only his immediate family until 1986.
00:41His painting depicts the journey of a father and son water serpent creating rock holes on his country, as his interpreter explains.
00:59Their kind of footprints through the country are known to Nole, especially because as a young man he actually drank from these rock holes.
01:07Other works too aim to keep the dreaming stories alive, like this one from Maningrida artist Obed Namariki.
01:24Judges had the difficult job of narrowing over 70 finalists down to a winner's circle of seven.
01:30And this year's exhibition is particularly special with over 60% of the works done by women and an increasing number of emerging artists taking part.
01:39It's really an exciting time for all of us as a community of artists.
01:44It's a coming together and that's always the way I have felt about this. This is the big one.
01:51Exceptional works of art telling exceptional stories.
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