Viewing ofReference Material
Art students and others conducting research are welcome to make an appointment with us to view the works listed in the adjacent table.
It is also recommended for Europeans to use the online search system at KVK (Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog), in which all German and many European scholarly libraries list their available references. Sometimes the works are available for loan.
A list of further references about Australian art, which however are not yet in our reference collection, is also maintained and continually extended.
Literature in our Collection
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Beier, Ulli: Quandamooka. The Art of Kath Walker, Bathurst 1985, ISBN 0949267120
Table of Contents ¦ Cover Text ¦ Book Review
Table of Contents
Introduction -6-
A Short Biography -10-
Bibliography -21-
Illustrations -23-
Index -71-
Cover Text
Kath Walker was born on Stradbroke Island in 1920. She grew up on the shores of Mornington Bay, known to her people as Quandamooka. The happiest times of her childhood were spent in the shallow waters of the bay, observing the colourful life of the marine creatures. Kath Walker is self-educated, because she had to leave school at fifteen, to get a job. Her involvement in the civil rights movement prompted her to write poetry, because she wanted to give the Aboriginal people a voice. Her first volume of poems, 'We Are Going', published in 1964, was an immediate bestseller. Kath Walker is widely known as a writer and civil rights activist, but her painting has remained a very private activity until now. In 1970 Kath Walker returned to her tribal land on Stradbroke Island, where she conducts camps for children, who come from all over Australia, to learn about the Aboriginal way of life.