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City of Fremantle Art Collection > Records

Walyalup Dreaming

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Sharyn Egan

2002

Overview

Acrylic paint and photographs on three plywood panels, predominantly black, red (pictured) and yellow (triptych)

Historical information

Gifted by the artist Sharyn Egan (1957-) to COF following COF Community Development Project, Walyalup conducted in 2002.

Details

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Registration number

cwa-org-7-1092.12

Themes

First Peoples
Environment
Nature
People
Photography
Social History

Width

91 cm

Height or length

181.5000 cm

Contextual Information

This painting relates to the Nyoongar Whadjuk people/community/family and connection to the Derbal Yerrigan (Swan River) and Walyalup (Fremantle).

Keywords

Place made

Fremantle
Western Australia
Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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