Sami and others post Monday Mural photos.
This is an exciting new mural, in Bowen Crescent less than 200 metres from my garage gate. It was painted by Pete CTO and features Louisa Briggs, who was an Aboriginal matriarch of the Boonwurrung people and the first Aboriginal woman to become a paid midwife. Louisa died in 1925. Such a shame that while her heritage in this country will go back thousands of years, she was not an Australian citizen.
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She is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful mural, Andrew!
ReplyDeleteI think that aboriginals should rule Australia with an iron fist and all you whities should be their slaves.
ReplyDeleteIf you hadn't deported us to 'terra nullias', there wouldn't be a problem.
DeleteGet a life - you are a bloody drongo!
DeleteAND DON'T EVER COME HERE - YOU WON'T LAST A MINUTE!
Colin
My heritage on the POMMY side was that of a 14 year old boy who "stole" a bloody potato from a Manor House Estate.
Spent 4 years on a filthy barge on the Thames due to the
Yanks and there war of Independence and then was transported to Australia where after getting his leave
married another prisoner and started off making a fortune in the Tavern/hotel industry.
You are a "##ucking" Pommie mongrel
Colin
You really should not address Andrew in that manner Colin. Most uncouth. Also - when did you get your SENSE OF HUMOUR BY-PASS OPERATION?
DeleteTry and learn some history.
DeleteMaybe you are the pommie version of that drongo in the White House and the golf cheat!
Andrew has an interesting blog and sometimes I don't agree
but I keep this to myself.
Go and eat some of your bloody pudding - YUCK!
Oh and check the record of the poms in the African, American and the subcontinent areas. Pretty brutal and cruel, of course with inbreeding of the "royals" that would be expected . MAD KING GEORGE comes to the fore!!!!
And for the record it was the Pommy troopers who were shooting and murdering the native people of Australia and doing it as fast as they could!
Andrew has a very informative blog.
Colin
You sound just like an angry racist to me Colin - the object of your racism being British people. And I am sorry but I have never liked racists. On second thoughts, perhaps you need to have a check up with your doctor. He might be able to help. Perhaps with medication. Have you read "The Fatal Impact" by Alan Moorehead? I have.
DeleteAnd that is the end of that.
DeleteThanks Andrew and continue with your most informative
Deleteblog reports and stories.
Colin
As far as I am concerned they ARE all Australian citizens. The mural is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteFirst time I hear of this artist, but he's very talented. Beautiful mural and beautiful colours. Thanks for participating in Monday Murals Andrew.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful mural. And I immediately went on to read more about Louisa Briggs. Very interesting
ReplyDeleteA gorgeous and eye-catching homage!
ReplyDeleteI love the color; so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteFunny that today, both you and Debra [https://shewhoseeks.blogspot.com/2026/05/monday-murals-leonard-cohen.html] chose large scale murals of faces.
That's a great mural in Montreal, Bob.
DeleteThat story combined with the headline from Alice Springs today is especially poignant to me.
ReplyDeleteHorrible business in The Alice, Debby. I don't really understand the situation.
DeleteThe decorative pattern below her face, and the colours, remind me of our $10 note. Why not put Ms Briggs on a future note?
ReplyDeleteA nice tribute
ReplyDeleteThat is a nice one, Andrew. Not a citizen? Disgusting.
ReplyDeleteThis guy has a lot of talent ! Hope for him that he will have a lot of success !!
ReplyDeleteYes, it does look like a bank note!
ReplyDeleteStriking, Andrew!
ReplyDeleteThis is a good one. Gonna find it myself
ReplyDeleteMuch like Native Americans, who didn't become US citizens until 1924, even though they, too, went back thousands of years.
ReplyDeleteKIrk, it was 1967 here, even though they had fought in WWI and WWII.
DeleteA beautiful mural. Thanks for the background as it now viewed in a completely different way.
ReplyDeleteI love that mural, a beautiful looking women.
ReplyDeleteWe do not appreciate those we have until after their death.
ReplyDeleteNot a citizen?! Astonishing!
ReplyDeletebeautiful mural, but um, not a citizen of Australia even though she was Aboriginal?
ReplyDeleteGreat use of colour. Apparently citizenship in Australia wasn't a thing for anyone until 1949 (and we stopped being British subjects in 1984!) and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders also got that right at the same time. Voting rights, however, were specifically excluding certain groups until 1962, and the 1967 referendum was to recognise them in the Australian Constitution and remove any other such barriers - 91% of enfranchised voters voted Yes to pass this referendum. Thanks for the rabbit hole this morning.
ReplyDeleteThat's quite right Jeanie. We had a neighbour in the 1980s who said she was an English citizen as she was born before 1949. I didn't know about the 1984 change. That 91% figure makes me pleased, almost as close to unanimous as such a vote could be.
DeleteWhat a lovely mural!
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