Lunchtime Talk: Carol Cooper
Carol Cooper discusses the role and significance of shields in the south-east and the inherent use of designs and incised carving within the region.
Curator, collections manager and historian Carol Cooper has worked at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies,
the Public Service Merit and Protection Commission and the National Museum of Australia, Canberra. At the NMA, she has held the positions of Senior
Registrar, Head Curator Collections Development, Senior Curatorial Fellow, Research Centre and is currently Senior Curator, Visible Collections. She
has a long-term research interest in Aboriginal Art, collections, and historical photography, and is currently undertaking doctoral research in the
Research School of Humanities & the Arts at the Australian National University.
When
1 October 2016, 1pm
Where
Public Program Marquee, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
Admission
Free, no bookings required
See Also
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Lorraine Connelly-Northey (Waradgerie) discusses her cultural practice, fashioning traditional forms from found industrial and organic materials.
18 September 2016, 1pm, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
Lunchtime Talk
Dr Peter Yanada McKenzie (Eora/ Anaiwan) relates the history of the local Aboriginal community of La Perouse, including ongoing cultural practices.
28 September 2016, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
Lunchtime Talk
Dr Paul Irish discusses the Aboriginal people who lived around coastal Sydney in the 1870s and 1880s, during the construction and use of the Garden Palace.
23 September 2016, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
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