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Ray CROOKE, Laura River c1970, oil on canvas, 44.5 x 60 cm. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Denis Savill, 2011.
Kerry TRAPNELL, Aboriginal stockmen, Glen Garland station 1999, ilfochrome photographic print, 27.8 x 42cm. Purchased by Cairns Regional Gallery with the assistance of Friends of the Gallery, 2002
William YANG, My Family in front of our old home 2001, gelatin photograph. Commissioned by Cairns Regional Gallery, 2001
Daniel BOYD, untitled 2013, oil and archival glue on linen 196 x 300cm. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Daniel Boyd for the people of Yarrabah, 2015
Isaac Walter JENNER, Captain Kiddles Pearl Shelling Station Prince of Wales Island, Torres Strait 1897, oil on canvas, 24.9 x 44.2cm. Cairns Art Gallery Collection. Purchased 1997
How we see and experience life in tropical Far North Queensland continues to be a source of inspiration for artists – those who live here, and those who are passing through or who have spent time working in our region.
The exhibition connects different historical and contemporary narratives relating to the people, landscape, architecture and industries that have shaped people’s lives and cultural identity in three distinct regions – Cairns and its surrounds, Cape York and the Torres Straits.
The Gallery’s Permanent Collection comprises more than seven hundred historical and contemporary works acquired, donated and commissioned since the mid 1990’s that focus on the cultural heritage of Far North Queensland. A feature of the exhibition is a painting by Isaac Walter Jenner, 1897, that represents a pearling station in the Torres Straits, and is the oldest work in the Collection.
Image: William YANG, Herbert See Boy #1 1990, gelatin silver photograph, 41 x 27cm. Commissioned by Cairns Regional Gallery 2000
