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Postcards
from Mummy:
The First Third of a
Life
Galleries
One and Foyer
Destiny Deacon
What can pictures say about a Mummy's life
journey?
With this effort I come to terms with Mummy's
beginnings - childhood to young adulthood in
Queensland. Before three 'husbands' and seven
spoilt children: Deborah Deacon, Kerry Deacon,
Johnny Harding, Janina Harding, Clinton
Petersen/Nain, Tommy Petersen & me, born
second. Life before us and her settling into
Melbourne, 1959. Now that's another story!.
This is the first-third of a life that was
action-packed … When World War 2 happened,
Mummy was an orphan. She was evacuated from
Darnley/Erub Island to her strict grandmother Annai
Pitt [wife of deceased grandfather Edward Pitt,
second son of the famous Douglass Pitt and Sophie
from Lifu Island]. Annai resented Mummy's
father's 'Aboriginal side', the Kuku tribe who
inhabited the sand-dune regions from 'above
Cooktown to the Daintree'. Anyway Mummy's life at
Bloomfied river got her started - a tough life as a
youngster, earning her own keep at thirteen as a
kitchen-hand at the Lake Eacham Hotel (and we
complained about study grants …).
I wish I went with Mummy to these Queensland
regions of her youth. When I finally took the
journey, from 'Cooktown to Brisbane' to explore the
placements in Mummy's early life, I got to see that
everything she said about the Land she spent her
early life in was true, and I found out something
about why she became so strong and independent.
Destiny Deacon
See Also: http://www.roslynoxley9.com.au/artists/2/Destiny_Deacon/200/
Image Credits:
• Destiny Deacon, Postcard from
Mossman, 1998
• Destiny Deacon, Mummy at 6 Years
Old - Darnley/Erub Island, 1998
• Destiny Deacon, Postcard from
Cooktown 6 & 7,
1998
In
My Father's House
July
1998
Tue - Sun: 11.00am - 6.00pm
Gallery Two
Brenda Croft
New bodies of work by two of Australia's
leading contemporary indigenous artists Brenda L
Croft (Gurindji) and Destiny Deacon (Kuku / Erub /
Mer). Emerging in response to recent family losses
for both artists his exhibition focused closely on
a sense of place both physical and emotional where
each locates their familial identity.
Image Credits:
• Brenda L Croft, 1998
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