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Past show

The Ranger

Artist: Julie Gough
Curator: Mary Knights
Visiting Scholar: Dr Pat Hoffie

Exhibition Launch:
6pm Wednesday 19 September

Exhibition Open:
11 September - 3 October (extended)

Exhibition invite (PDF file 203kb, download Adobe Acrobat)

Julie Gough, Chase (detail), 2001 Installation at NGV, tea-tree and fabric

Julie Gough, Chase (detail), 2001 Installation at NGV, tea-tree and fabric

 

This exhibition has been inspired by the determined self-sufficiency of an Aboriginal woman who roamed King Island during the 1830s and 1840s, avoiding contact with others. References to her stealth survive in the journal of John Scott, a sealer, who called her "The Ranger".

Gallery installation photos of The Ranger

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The Ranger by Julie Gough The Ranger by Julie Gough The Ranger by Julie Gough
The Ranger by Julie Gough The Ranger by Julie Gough The Ranger by Julie Gough
The Ranger by Julie Gough The Ranger by Julie Gough The Ranger by Julie Gough

 

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