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"Once located 250 metres to the east of the Art Gallery of South Australia, the
grand beaux-arts style Jubilee Exhibition Building was constructed to house the
1887 Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition and to celebrate the 50th
anniversary of South Australian settlement.
Hosting interstate and international participants, the exhibition presented
various items, including machinery, fine art, textiles and produce.
In the South Australian section, the Protector of Aborigines, responsible for
controlling Aboriginal people in South Australia and the Northern Territory,
exhibited cultural implements and artefacts.
Some of these items included bags and wallets made of “native hemp” from the
Northern Territory.
This colonial presentation of forced and unpaid fashion labour from First
Nations people was a practice that had commenced decades earlier.
In 1866, the Central Board for the Protection of the Aborigines showcased
baskets, bags, and bonnets at the Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition of
Australasia.
In the Queensland Court of the 1888 Melbourne Centennial Exhibition, pearl
jewellery from the Torres Strait Islands was exhibited.
By the mid-20th century, these wares ceased being displayed in the exhibitions
and First Nations people had more autonomy in their craft production. This rise
of self-determination led to the first wave of First Nations fashion design, of
contemporary garment-makers and textile-designers."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
