PAUL BONG | 'The Heart Will Live On' | 2026 | Hand coloured intaglio etching | H 1120 x W 800 mm Totem Poles mimicking the actions of their

mimicking the actions of their elders – fishing

But I’m one of the only people who is working with the black palm which I harvest from up home and near Mum’s place at Cow Bay in the Daintree

to amplify our voices

then rapidly cooled and placed in combustible materials like straw or sawdust

JOEL SAM | 'Thabu Ganaw (Snake Skin)' | Etching printed from one plate | Paper size: 1200mm x 800mm | Image size: 920mm x 490mm

PAUL BONG | 'The Heart Will Live On' | 2026 | Hand coloured intaglio etching | H 1120 x W 800 mm Totem Poles mimicking the actions of their"The final work in the series, The Heart Will Live on 2000 present, shows that despite frontier wars and colonisation, Aboriginal people and their cultures are still very much alive. In a statement about the work the artist writes: 'The flag of the Union Jack is now as part the other fragments in this shield. The middle fragment represents the "Heart, The Heart of the Dreamtime, The Heart of the song lines and the heart of my story. The shield is the