The Aboriginal Memorial
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The Aboriginal Memorial is a major Australian artwork comprising 200 painted hollow log coffins created by Aboriginal artists to commemorate Indigenous people who died as a result of European colonisation.
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
→
installation art → memorial → |
| artisticTheme |
Indigenous rights
→
colonisation → cultural survival → remembrance → |
| basedOn | Arnhem Land hollow log coffin funerary tradition → |
| collection | National Gallery of Australia collection → |
| country | Australia → |
| countryOfOrigin | Australia → |
| creator | Aboriginal artists → |
| depicts |
Aboriginal Australians
→
surface form: "Indigenous Australians"
death → impact of European colonisation in Australia → mourning → |
| exhibitionHistory | permanent display at the National Gallery of Australia → |
| genre | Indigenous Australian art → |
| hasPart |
hollow log coffin from Arnhem Land
→
painted hollow log coffin → |
| inception |
1987
→
1988 → |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English → |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Australian Capital Territory (enclaved within) (geographical context)
→
surface form: "Australian Capital Territory"
Canberra → |
| location | National Gallery of Australia → |
| materialUsed | wood → |
| movement | Contemporary Indigenous Australian art → |
| numberOfParts | 200 → |
| purpose | to commemorate Indigenous people who died as a result of European colonisation → |
| significantEventCommemorated | deaths of Indigenous Australians due to European colonisation → |
| significantPlace | Arnhem Land → |
| title | The Aboriginal Memorial → |
| use | funerary symbolism → |
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