00:01An artistic response to an act of racism.
00:05So I haven't gone to a dawn service now for three years because the last thing I want
00:09to do is sit in amongst other people's noise when all we're trying to do is pay our respects
00:14as well.
00:15Hello everyone, welcome.
00:16Welcome to Nyongar Country.
00:17Booing and heckling during Welcomes to Country prompted this piece.
00:21This artwork is a parody of our Australian award system, seen from an Indigenous point
00:27of view or an Aboriginal or an Islander point of view.
00:29Titled Who We Forgot, it uses traditional materials from Bardjawi Country in Western
00:35Australia.
00:35The white ochre and the pearl shells and the baler shells are significant items culturally
00:41for us back on our country.
00:43Shells carved to resemble military medals and badges are mounted on kangaroo skin,
00:48craftsmanship combined with a powerful message.
00:51It's about a togetherness of all Australians and moving forward with that.
00:55I think that really struck the judges.
00:57The Napier Waller Prize was established in 2018, encouraging ADF members and veterans
01:03to share the impact of their service through art.
01:06There's intimate partner violence, there's works that reference post-traumatic stress
01:10disorder and all the various types of operations that our service personnel have been on.
01:16Healing through art.
01:17It's one of the best things you can do when you're struggling with mental and emotional
01:21illness issues.
01:22The shortlisted works are on display at the memorial.
01:25The survival history of our reparation system, however, is an outlet will destroy theBackground
01:29community.
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