Gumbadik
Baluk Arts
Gumbadik (Soft Tree Fern) was conceived to connect a group of artists through photography and language to one of the few original natural environments in the Mornington Peninsula, Endeavour Fern Gully in Red Hill. This thoughtful and intimate book is small in stature but ambitiously reflects the stories of millennia. Short biographies of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander contributors Robert Kelly, Daniel Kelly, Dominic Bramall-White, Jacinta Kelly, Lindi Dietzel, Lisa Waup, Sharee Harper, Tallara Gray and Yvonne Luke introduce unique chapters containing a view through their lens overlaid with plant names and moving poetic and appreciative reflections on country, both as verdant and deeply symbolic. Daniel writes, “this fern shoot represents the growth and unfolding of cultural journeys.”
