Mavis Phillips (nee Walley) Collection

An extraordinary collection of photographs taken by Mavis Phillips (nee Walley) from the 1930s onwards are on display. Phillips is one of the earliest-known Indigenous photographers who, with a box brownie camera in hand, documented everyday life in her community at Goomalling in Western Australia. These rare and intimate photographs of Noongar life, decades ago, were bequeathed to Phillips’ daughter Dallas Phillips who has curated this exhibition, which includes exhibits, projections and screenings around Perth, and a small display at the State Library.

Mavis Phillips (nee Walley), This Francis and two of our Walley cousins. Mum didn’t have much money, but she had to run around and buy white clothes for us to dress us up like Brides of Christ. © 2021 Photographs and stories: Dallas Phillips. © 2021 Publication: Community Arts Network. Courtesy Dallas Phillips and Perth Centre for Photography, Western Australia

Perth Centre for Photography
15 May to 31 July 2021
Western Australia

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