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Portrait of Annie Wonga
Title: Annie Wonga At Home
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 122 X 122 cm
Frame: Custom-made with Nth QLD wood species with embellishments
Cat. No.: 257
Price: $8990
Description
This 60th birthday portrait of Annie Wonga was painted in 2000, before she received the Cassowary Award in 2006. It is set on her property beside Babinda Creek, close to the small township of Babinda, North Queensland, which is about 65 kms south of Cairns. Annie’s traditional name is Murrai, which means unconditional love of dogs. She is a descendant of the Madjanydji People who were custodians of the Lower Russell River and Woolanmarroo South to North Bramston Beach. The work presently hangs at the James Cook University in Cairns.
Although her ancestors spoke the Yidinji language, Annie was not encouraged to learn her language while growing up (probably because they were under the Act). However, she taught herself some language later in her adult life when she was freer to do so. Annie is the last of five Wonga siblings who never married. When she was an active community member, she volunteered for the Babinda information centre and conducted church charity work. She is now in respite at the Babinda Hospital where she is loved and highly respected by all that come into contact with her.
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 122 X 122 cm
Frame: Custom-made with Nth QLD wood species with embellishments
Cat. No.: 257
Price: $8990
Description
This 60th birthday portrait of Annie Wonga was painted in 2000, before she received the Cassowary Award in 2006. It is set on her property beside Babinda Creek, close to the small township of Babinda, North Queensland, which is about 65 kms south of Cairns. Annie’s traditional name is Murrai, which means unconditional love of dogs. She is a descendant of the Madjanydji People who were custodians of the Lower Russell River and Woolanmarroo South to North Bramston Beach. The work presently hangs at the James Cook University in Cairns.
Although her ancestors spoke the Yidinji language, Annie was not encouraged to learn her language while growing up (probably because they were under the Act). However, she taught herself some language later in her adult life when she was freer to do so. Annie is the last of five Wonga siblings who never married. When she was an active community member, she volunteered for the Babinda information centre and conducted church charity work. She is now in respite at the Babinda Hospital where she is loved and highly respected by all that come into contact with her.
