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Christine Watson
Christine Watson grew up in Castle Hill, Sydney. With a BA in history and European languages from Sydney University she joined the former Department of Aboriginal Affairs under the Whitlam government. Working with Aboriginal leaders widened her world, and convinced her that her best workplace lay outside the bureaucracy. She retrained in fine art, anthropology and museum studies at ANU and Sydney University, then worked as an art administrator and curator of Aboriginal Art for Boomalli Aboriginal Artists’ Cooperative and Coo-ee Aboriginal Art. Her encounter with Balgo art led her to undertake post-graduate study of Balgo women’s art. Piercing the Ground is the culmination of this physical and theoretical exploration.
Awards
Short listed, AITSIS Stanner Award, 2004
Books available from Fremantle Press
- Piercing the Ground 2003
From the Catalogue
Outdoor Reading in Freo
The National Year of Reading is about turning Australia into a nation of readers. Fremantle City Library invites you the launch of the National Year of Reading 2012 at their Outdoor Reading Room.
Indulge your love of reading this Valentine’s Day with a morning tea and talks by Susanna Juliano author of Fremantle Italians and Andrew Relph, author of Not Drowning, Reading
When: 10am, 14 February 2012
Where: Outdoor Reading Room, Kings Square, Fremantle
RSVP by 7 Feb: 08 9432 9766 or frelib@fremantle.wa.gov.au
