Under the Act : an artist book / by Judy Watson
- Bib ID:
- 4384681
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Watson, Judy, 1959-
- Description:
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- Milton, Qld. : Numero Uno Publications, Grahame Galleries + Editions, 2007
- 20 sheets, unbound : 20 ill. ; 42 cm. in 1 portfolio
- Summary:
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Artist's book interpreting her family's life and therefore the history of all Aboriginal people who lived under the Aboriginal Protection; and, Restriction of Sale of Opium acts of 1897, Queensland. She uses her great-grandmother and grandmother's documents found in the Queensland Archives. The documents reveal the categories, 'full blood', 'half-cast'. 'quadroon' and 'octeroon ascribed to the indigenous Australians of the day and the exemption card which allowed the holders to live and work outside the reservations.
- Notes:
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- Limited ed. of 20 numbered copies signed by the artist and 5 a/p (artist's proofs).
- Twenty etchings with chine collé on Hahnemühle paper 42 x 30.5 cm.
- Bound by Fred Pohlmann.
- Library's copy is no. 2.
- Library's copy includes 6 proofs donated by the artist. These are from pp. 11, 13. An additional 2 sheets of documentation detailing the processes used for these 6 proofs.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Pohlmann, Fred
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2007
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