The Carrolup Story: Gallery

Dancing figures by Reynold Hart, pastel on paper, 29 x 38cm, 1949. Stan, Melvie and Gael Phillips Collection, Berndt Museum of Anthropology. [WU7316]

Dancing figures by Reynold Hart, pastel on paper, 29 x 38cm, 1949. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Melvie, Stan and Gael Phillips, Berndt Museum of Anthropology, The University of Western Australia [1992/0122].

A Native Corroboree by Reynold Hart, pastel on paper, 75 x 112cm, 1949. The Herbert Mayer Collection of Carrolup Artwork, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University.

Down to Drink by Parnell Dempster, pastel on paper, 58.6 x 76.4cm, 1949. The Herbert Mayer Collection of Carrolup Artwork, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University.

Explorer’s massacre by Parnell Dempster, 1948, ink and watercolour on paper, 19 x 24cm. Stan, Melvie and Gael Phillips Collection, 1947 – 65, Berndt Museum of Anthropology.

Explorer’s massacre by Parnell Dempster, 1948, ink and watercolour on paper, 19 x 24cm. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Melvie, Stan and Gael Phillips, Berndt Museum of Anthropology, The University of Western Australia [1992/0071].

The creek by Simpson Kelly, pastel on paper, 18.5 x 24 cm, c.1948. Noel & Lily White Collection, Berndt Museum of Anthropology. [WU7563]

The creek by Simpson Kelly, pastel on paper, 18.5 x 24 cm, c.1949. Noel & Lily White Collection, Berndt Museum of Anthropology, The University of Western Australia [1993/0016].

Bounding for Home by Barry Loo, watercolour and black ink on paper, 30.2 x 50.5cm, 1950. The Herbert Mayer Collection of Carrolup Artwork, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University.

Blackboys by Revel Cooper, watercolour on paper, 38 x 57cm, 1964. Purchased from George Abdullah, Perth, 1965. Berndt Museum of Anthropology. [WU3269]

Blackboys by Revel Cooper, watercolour on paper, 38 x 57cm, 1964. Purchased from George Abdullah, Perth, 1965. Berndt Museum of Anthropology, The University of Western Australia Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Melvie, Stan and Gael Phillips, Berndt Museum of Anthropology, The University of Western Australia [1965/0006].

Hunters by Revel Cooper, pastel on paper, 29 x 38cm, c.1948. Stan, Melvie and Gael Phillips Collection, 1947 – 65, Berndt Museum of Anthropology. [WU7304]

Hunters by Revel Cooper, pastel on paper, 29 x 38cm, c.1948. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Melvie, Stan and Gael Phillips, Berndt Museum of Anthropology, The University of Western Australia [1992/0114].

The Colours of the Setting Sun by Keith Indich, pastel and graphite on paper, 28.9 x 44.9cm, c.1949. The Herbert Mayer Collection of Carrolup Artwork, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University.

Untitled [Landscape with Fallen Tree] by Parnell Dempster, pastel and graphite on paper, 23 x 29.1cm, 1953. The Herbert Mayer Collection of Carrolup Artwork, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University.

Landscape by Claude Kelly, pastel on paper, 18 x 25cm, c.1948. Stan, Melvie and Gael Phillips Collection, 1947 - 65, Berndt Museum of Anthropology.

Landscape by Claude Kelly, pastel on paper, 18 x 25cm, c.1948. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Melvie, Stan and Gael Phillips, Berndt Museum of Anthropology, The University of Western Australia [1992/0110].

Leaning tree by Milton Jackson, pastel on paper, 41 x 33cm, c.1949. Noel & Lily White Collection, Berndt Museum of Anthropology. [WU7568]

Golden sunset by Cliff Ryder, pastel on paper, 18 x 25cm, 1950. Melvie, Stan and Gael Phillips Collection 1947 – 65, Berndt Museum of Anthropology, The University of Western Australia [1992/0088].

Imagined corroboree by Reynold Hart, watercolour and ink on paper, 25 x 30cm, c.1948. Stan, Melvie and Gael Phillips Collection, 1947 - 65, Berndt Museum of Anthropology. [WU7255]

Imagined corroboree by Reynold Hart, watercolour and ink on paper, 25 x 30cm, c.1948. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Melvie, Stan and Gael Phillips, Berndt Museum of Anthropology, The University of Western Australia [1992/0070].

Landscape by Parnell Dempster, pastel on paper, 29 x 37cm, c.1948. Stan, Melvie and Gael Phillips Collection, Berndt Museum of Anthropology. [WU7303]

Landscape by Parnell Dempster, pastel on paper, 29 x 37cm, c.1948. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Melvie, Stan and Gael Phillips, Berndt Museum of Anthropology, The University of Western Australia [1992/0113].

Leaning tree by Milton Jackson, pastel on paper, 41 x 33cm, c.1949. Noel & Lily White Collection, Berndt Museum of Anthropology, The University of Western Australia [1993/0019].

Lovely night by Arthur Bropho, pastel on paper, 18 x 24cm, c.1948. Noel & Lily White Collection, Berndt Museum of Anthropology. [WU7566]

Lovely night by Arthur Bropho, pastel on paper, 18 x 24cm, c.1948. Noel & Lily White Collection, Berndt Museum of Anthropology The University of Western Australia. [1993/0002A].

Contentment by Revel Cooper, pastel on paper, 76.3 x 58mm, c.1949. The Herbert Mayer Collection of Carrolup Artwork, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University.

Contentment by Revel Cooper, pastel on paper, 76.3 x 58cm, c.1949. The Herbert Mayer Collection of Carrolup Artwork, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University.

On the Alert by Barry Loo, pastel on paper, 76.2 x 58.7cm, c.1949. The Herbert Mayer Collection of Carrolup Artwork, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University.

Native & Possom [sic] by Revel Cooper, pastel on paper, 24.9 x 18.1cm, c.1949. The Herbert Mayer Collection of Carrolup Artwork, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University.

Owl in moonlight by Keith Indich, pastel on paper, 25 x 19cm, c.1949. H. Khan Collection, 1951, Berndt Museum of Anthropology, The University of Western Australia [1985/0011].

Moonlit coast by Parnell Dempster, pastel on paper, 25 x 19cm, c.1949. P. Jakes Collection, 1949, Berndt Museum of Anthropology. [WU5983]

Moonlit coast by Parnell Dempster, pastel on paper, 25 x 19cm, c.1949. P. Jakes Collection, 1949, Berndt Museum of Anthropology, The University of Western Australia. [1985/0118]

A pastel drawing, 28.5 x 22cm, by Keith Indich from one of his government-issued pastel drawing books. The Myrtle K Benn Collection, 1947.

Two trees by Thomas Jackamarra, pastel on paper, 38 x 29cm, c.1949. Stan, Melvie and Gael Phillips Collection 1947 – 65, Berndt Museum of Anthropology, The University of Western Australia.

Landscape by Barry Loo, pastel on paper, 18 x 25cm, 1950. Melvie, Stan and Gael Phillips Collection 1947 – 65, Berndt Museum of Anthropology, The University of Western Australia. [WUXXXX]

An example by of the girls’ geometrical designs, 28.5 x 22cm, taken from one of Edie Wallam’s government-issued schoolbooks. The Myrtle K Benn Collection, 1947.

A pastel drawing, 28.5 x 22cm, by Dulcie Penney from one of her government-issued schoolbooks. The Myrtle K Benn Collection, 1947.

A pastel drawing, 28.5 x 22cm, by Dulcie Penny from one of her government-issued schoolbooks. The Myrtle K Benn Collection, 1947.

A pastel by Reynold Hart donated to the Berndt Museum by Timothy Dauth. This is likely The Red Road which was drawn in 1950 and was purchased at the 1957 Boans exhibition organised by the W.A. Native Welfare Council (Inc.).

Landscape by Claude Kelly, pastel on paper, 38 x 29 cm, 1949. Submitted as an exhibit for the International Seminar on Rural Education sponsored by UNESCO held at Mysore, India, in November 1949. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Melvie, Stan and Gael Phillips, Berndt Museum of Anthropology, The University of Western Australia [1992/0132].

Nightscape by Parnell Dempster, pastel on paper, 18 x 25cm, 1950. Melvie, Stan and Gael Phillips Collection 1947 – 65, Berndt Museum of Anthropology, The University of Western Australia. [1992/0004.B]

A pastel drawing on paper (26.5 x 37cm) by an unidentified Carrolup child artist, which was found in a rubbish bin in the schoolroom in Albany where the Carrolup art was exhibited at a Teachers’ Convention in June 1948. Private Collection.