PETER B MORRSION | 'Red Hoya' Drawing | Pen and ink on archival paper Artwork Dewallewal and Djin Djin

Dewallewal and Djin Djin

Queensland Art Gallery and Arts Queensland

TOMMY PAU | 'Swimming at Tamwoy Wharf' | Linocut | 2013 | 565 x 760mm | Edition of 10

Sawur is a wild yam found on the side of sand dunes on Badu Island

PETER B MORRSION | 'Red Hoya' Drawing | Pen and ink on archival paper Artwork Dewallewal and Djin DjinPeter Bertie Morrison was born on Thursday Island and grew up in Cairns. After he finished school, like many Torres Strait Islanders at the time, he moved to Western Australia to work for many years, before he returned to his familys place Wug Village, Saint Pauls Community on Moa Island in the Western Island Cluster. This is where I learnt our traditional customs, on the island. My mother is from Darnley Island and her tribal group is Zagareb, which