- Film
Coming Home
A film honouring Aboriginal Diggers
Coming Home tells the story of a families yearning to know what happened to brothers Cyril and Rufus Rigney.
Both brothers set off from their community of Raukkan, Point Macleay Mission in South Australia and join the
Great War and fight for country.
Victor Koolmatrie interviews his mother Verna and together they recall a journey to Ypres, Belgium. The story is beautifully remembered and effortlessly told by Ngarrindjeri Elder Verna Koolmatrie, she tells us of a chance meeting with a kind and friendly stranger with a generous heart
and how he helped their family find peace.
Coming Home (2017) from Country Arts SA on Vimeo.
Allan Collins ACS Cinematographer Artist in residence and lead mentor
Lee-Ann Tjunypa Buckskin Creative Producer and mentor
Kiara Milera Post Production Assistant
Isaac Lindsay Research Assistant
Victor Koolmatrie Interviewer
Verna Koolmatrie Storyteller
Lara Damiani Editor and mentor
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- Visual Arts
Naomi Hobson: Adolescent Wonderland
10th June 2022 — 1st September 2023
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- Visual Arts
Art Exhibition THREADS by Kat Bell
22nd June 2022
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- Dance
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5th July 2022 — 6th July 2022
Presented by Base Entertainment
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