ELLEN ROUGHSEY | 'The Rainbow Serpent Bones' | Painting / acrylic paint on paper Exploring Giant Molecules with the people

with the people

Fiona is originally from Dauan Island in the northern islands of Zenadh Kes (the Torres Strait)

I was young when the Europeans came in 1946 to take us away from our home and forced us to live on Mornington Island in the dormitory in the mission there

Leah King-Smith

“When I was a little girl I used to be playing marbles

ELLEN ROUGHSEY | 'The Rainbow Serpent Bones' | Painting / acrylic paint on paper Exploring Giant Molecules with the people"Rainbow serpent and sister had a growl and she was asking him to put baby in the humpy. She kept asking him,"Please brother put my baby in the humpy, he's getting sick and he's ready to die." She kept on asking,but he kept saying no every time making excuses. First time he said, "No this room is for my head", Second time "Please put my baby in the humpy", and Third time said," No this is for my arms". Again she asked he said "No this is for my