The Black Faced Shag project in Goolwa South Australia was based where the Murray River meets the sea. A thousand kilometers from where I live. Installed in the Courthouse Gallery in Goolwa, this project encompassed writing, performance, photography and visual art.

I installed a cut paper work that was inspired by walking in the tea tree forest near the sand dunes at Goolwa. This powerful place where the trees make cathedrals of branches, protected and nurtured Aboriginal families for eons.

The project was the brainchild of Michelle Murray, Richard Hodges and Leah Grace. It told the story of a woman inspired by history who was found marooned on an island close to the coast who was solely clad in a cloak of shag feathers. It confronts the role of women in history and the power of the landscape and colonisation of Australia.