PETER B MORRISON | 'Sea Urchin II' Drawing | Pen and ink on archival paper Slender barracuda ELVERINA JOHNSON (‘BUNYA BADJIL’)

ELVERINA JOHNSON (‘BUNYA BADJIL’)

initiation

the context of the contemporary Torres Strait Islander printmaking movement within Australian Indigenous and Melanesian art

and scientific themes

north to the Mission Beach area

PETER B MORRISON | 'Sea Urchin II' Drawing | Pen and ink on archival paper Slender barracuda ELVERINA JOHNSON (‘BUNYA BADJIL’)Peter 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