ARONE MEEKS | 'Mangrove Place' | 2009 | Coloured etching from shaped zinc plates | Paper: 1200 x 800 mm cowerie Much like a flash of

Much like a flash of sunset or a reflection in a lake

Freshwater Shark

part of my job was remounting a collection of plant species originally collected in Weipa on behalf of a Mining Company during the 1980s

So we decided that we would follow Sally and paint too

"My Mum was born at Minikuri on the west side of Bentinck Island

ARONE MEEKS | 'Mangrove Place' | 2009 | Coloured etching from shaped zinc plates | Paper: 1200 x 800 mm cowerie Much like a flash ofIn Mangroves we continue the journey of the wet season as the rains flush out the creeks and rivers to create a rich alluvium that washes into the mangroves and then the sea. The mangroves are vitally important to many infant growing species that live there; as this is the rich nursery nurturing and protecting vast forms of sea life, until each creature is able to fend for itself. Aboriginal people have always relied on the mangroves as a food source.